🥡 Takeout Box emoji meaning
🥡 means takeout or delivery food, especially Chinese takeout, and often a night in without cooking. It can also stand for leftovers or food to go. Apple's artwork shows a white folded paper box with open flaps and a red pagoda printed on the side.
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What 🥡 means
The tone is casual and relaxed. The box design comes from American Chinese restaurants, where food is packed in folded paper pails, so 🥡 is strongly tied to fried rice, noodles and similar dishes. Today people use it for almost any takeout or app delivery, whether it is pizza, biryani or burgers. It often signals a lazy or cozy plan: staying home, watching a show and not doing dishes. It can also mean packing up leftovers or grabbing food on the way home. It has no hidden or slang meaning beyond this.
In texting
It usually answers questions like what's for dinner or what are we doing tonight. Paired with 🛋️ or 📺 it means a quiet night in.
At work
Colleagues use it when collecting a group lunch order or saying food has arrived. It is neutral and fine in a work chat.
🥡 How people use it
- Saying you ordered in instead of cooking
- Planning a movie or series night at home
- Collecting a lunch order from friends or coworkers
- Talking about leftovers from a restaurant
Example messages
Too tired to cook, ordering 🥡 tonight
Food's here, come to the pantry 🥡
Movie night? I'll bring the 🥡
Packed the leftover noodles for you 🥡🥢
Common 🥡 combinations
- 🥡🥢Chinese takeout eaten with chopsticks
- 🥡📺Takeout and a show at home
- 🛋️🥡Lazy night in on the couch with delivery
🥡 vs similar emojis
| 🥡 vs 🍱 | 🍱 is a Japanese bento with food in sections, while 🥡 is a closed paper takeout pail. |
|---|---|
| 🥡 vs 🍜 | 🍜 shows a hot bowl of noodles being eaten, while 🥡 is about food packed to take away. |
| 🥡 vs 📦 | 📦 is a shipping package for any parcel, while 🥡 is only for food. |
Emoji details
| Name | takeout box |
|---|---|
| Codepoints | U+1F961 |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Keywords | box, chopsticks, delivery, food, oyster, pail, takeout |
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FAQ
What does the 🥡 takeout box emoji mean?
🥡 means takeout or delivery food, especially Chinese takeout, and often a night in without cooking. It can also stand for leftovers or food to go. Apple's artwork shows a white folded paper box with open flaps and a red pagoda printed on the side.
Is 🥡 only for Chinese food?
No, the box design comes from Chinese takeout, but people use it for any food that is ordered in or taken away. Context or a second food emoji usually shows which kind.
What does 🥡 mean in a plan for the evening?
It usually means staying in and ordering food rather than going out. It suggests a relaxed, low-effort night.
Is 🥡 the same as a delivery emoji?
Mostly yes, it is widely used to mean food delivery. Some people add 🛵 to make the delivery part clear.
Are the backgrounds transparent?
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