What does 🎂 mean?
A birthday cake with candles: birthdays, anniversaries, greetings.
Its official Unicode name is BIRTHDAY CAKE and its CLDR short name is "birthday cake" (in Hungarian: "születésnapi torta"). It belongs to the Food & Drink group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- bday
- birthday
- cake
- celebration
- dessert
- happy
- pastry
- sweet
In Hungarian: desszert, édesség, étel, sütemény, süti, születésnap, szülinap, torta
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🎂 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F382. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BIRTHDAY CAKE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- születésnapi torta
- English name (CLDR)
- birthday cake
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Food & Drink · food sweet
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :birthday:
Related emojis
- Shortcake
- Chocolate bar
- Lollipop
- Soft ice cream
- Shaved ice
- Ice cream
- Doughnut
- Cookie
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎂 emoji mean?
A birthday cake with candles: birthdays, anniversaries, greetings.
How do I type the 🎂 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "bday".
When was the 🎂 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.