birthday cake
About this emoji
The birthday cake emoji is part of the Food & Drink category (food-sweet) since Unicode 0.6. It is associated with: bday, birthday, cake, celebration.
The birthday cake emoji belongs to the Food & Drink category, specifically the food-sweet subgroup. It was introduced in Unicode 0.6 and is supported across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS.
People commonly use the 🎂 birthday cake emoji for sharing food experiences, recipes, restaurant visits, and culinary moments. It is often associated with bday, birthday, cake, celebration.
Quick facts
| Emoji | 🎂 |
| Name | birthday cake |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Subgroup | food-sweet |
| Unicode version | 0.6 |
| Codepoint(s) | U+1F382 |
| Shortcode alias | :birthday_cake: |
How to use
Copy and paste: Click the “Copy to clipboard” button above and paste the emoji anywhere — messages, social media posts, emails, or documents.
Shortcode: On platforms that support emoji shortcodes (Slack, GitHub, Discord), type :birthday_cake: and the emoji will auto-complete.
Mobile keyboard: Open your device's emoji keyboard (🌐 or 😊 key) and search for “birthday cake” to find it quickly.
Windows: Press Win + . to open the emoji picker, then search by name.
macOS: Press ⌃ Control + ⌘ Cmd + Space to open the Character Viewer.