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Bento box

  • food
  • bento
  • box
U+1F371

The bento box emoji, officially named “bento box”, is listed under Food & Drink in the EmojiAll dictionary. In everyday chat it usually comes up in messages about food, bento and box. Scored 73 out of 100, it falls in the Positive range.

The usual emoji copy and paste route runs from this page straight into a chat app, and Bento box keeps its meaning on the way.

1. Bento box emoji attributes

Symbol
🍱
Name
Bento box
English name
bento box
Unicode code point
U+1F371
HTML entity
🍱
Decimal
🍱
Category
Food & Drink›Asian Food
Keywords
food, bento, box
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Background
512 × 512 PNG · transparent background

2. Bento box emoji meaning

The bento box emoji is one of the Chinese and Asian specialty dishes and is used quite often in emoji collections. It refers to Asian cuisine, or expresses warmth and authenticity, with a concrete image that is easy to recognize. As a reply it is both easy and accurate, and as a supplementary note it feels natural too.

In everyday chat, the bento box (🍱) usually appears alongside words about food, bento and box. A few words of text make the intent clearer than the symbol on its own.

3. Bento box emoji sentiment

Positive
73 / 100

Scored 73 out of 100, this emoji sits in the Positive range. The symbol reads as upbeat, which makes it a safe closing for a cheerful line.

A higher score means a more positive feeling; scores near 50 are neutral.

4. Bento box emoji examples

  • 1Breakfast before the meeting 🍱
  • 2Trying the new bakery 🍱
  • 3Fresh fruit from the market 🍱

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