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🍕 Pizza Emoji — Meaning & Usage
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Description
Pepperoni slice, cheese pulling — the iconic comfort food emoji. Google once caused a minor controversy by placing the pepperoni under the cheese in their design. It's one of the most-sent food emoji globally, which tracks because pizza is one of those rare foods with almost no haters.
When to Use
Cravings, dinner plans, or expressing that pizza fixes everything.
Example Usage
- “Ordered a large for myself and I regret nothing 🍕”
- “Friday tradition: couch + pizza + Netflix 🍕”
- “NYC vs Chicago deep dish — fight me 🍕”
Popular Combinations
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Movie night pizza
🍕🍕🍕
Whole pizza please
How Pizza looks across platforms
Open-source emoji designs. Each project maintains its own visual style — colors, shapes, and details may differ from what you see on your device.
Did You Know?
The 🍕 pizza emoji was one of the most requested before its addition in Unicode 8.0 (2015). A petition gathered over 30,000 signatures.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🍕 mean in a text message?▼
Pepperoni slice, cheese pulling — the iconic comfort food emoji. Google once caused a minor controversy by placing the pepperoni under the cheese in their design. It's one of the most-sent food emoji globally, which tracks because pizza is one of those rare foods with almost no haters. Cravings, dinner plans, or expressing that pizza fixes everything. The tone can shift depending on context — a message to a friend reads differently than one to a coworker.
Which platforms show 🍕 differently?▼
Food emoji vary a lot between platforms. Apple tends toward photorealistic designs, Google uses a flatter style, and Samsung sometimes picks different food items entirely. The Pizza emoji is recognizable across platforms but the visual details — color, angle, garnish — will differ.
What are popular emoji combinations with 🍕?▼
Food emoji work great in combinations. Pair them with 😋 (yum face) for cravings, 🍽️ (plate) for meals, 👨🍳 (chef) for cooking, or 📸 (camera) for food photography posts. Check the "Combinations" section above for specific pairings.
What is the shortcode for 🍕?▼
On platforms like Slack and Discord, you can type `:pizza:` to insert the Pizza emoji. On GitHub, the same shortcodes work in issues and comments.
Unicode
U+1f355
Category
Food & Drink
Added
Unicode 1.0
Shortcodes
:pizza:Keywords
foodpartyitaly
When to Use 🍕 Pizza
Cravings, dinner plans, or expressing that pizza fixes everything.
- •Send 🍕 when you want to express or reference "pizza" in a message — it instantly conveys the meaning without extra words
- •Use 🍕 in conversations about food or party to add visual emphasis and make your point clearer
- •React with 🍕 Pizza on social media posts, stories, or comments related to pizza
- •Combine 🍕 with related emoji in captions or bios — works well when talking about food, party, italy
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Open your system emoji picker to type any emoji directly:
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Windows
Win + .🍎
Mac
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