Birthday Cake Emoji

Birthday Cake is a single code point introduced in Emoji 0.6. It belongs to the Food & Drink group, Food Sweet subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
birthday cake
CLDR short name
birthday cake
Korean name (CLDR)
생일 케이크
Code points
U+1F382
Group
Food & Drink
Subgroup
Food Sweet
Added to Unicode
6.0
Added to Emoji
0.6
Sequence
Single code point
Skin tones
Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
πŸŽ‚
Unicode code points
U+1F382
JavaScript escape
\u{1f382}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F382
HTML hexadecimal entity
🎂
HTML decimal entity
🎂
JSON escaped string
"\uD83C\uDF82"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F382
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83C\uDF82
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%8E%82
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 8E 82

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œbirthday cake”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Birthday Cake?

Birthday Cake is U+1F382.

Does Birthday Cake support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

How do I use Birthday Cake in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 🎂 in HTML, \u{1f382} in JavaScript.

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