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Birthday Cake emoji ๐ŸŽ‚

๐ŸŽ‚ is the Birthday Cake emoji, in Food & Drink. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like food, dessert.

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:birthday:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

What ๐ŸŽ‚ means

Birthdays.

Every code for ๐ŸŽ‚

NameBirthday Cake
Shortcodes:birthday:
CategoryFood & Drink
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordsfood, dessert
Code pointsU+1F382
HTML🎂
CSS\1F382
JavaScript\u{1F382}
Python\U0001f382
UTF-8 bytesF0 9F 8E 82
URL encoded%F0%9F%8E%82

How to type ๐ŸŽ‚

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :birthday: in any text box and it turns into ๐ŸŽ‚.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "birthday cake" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "birthday cake" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "birthday cake".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "birthday cake".
HTMLWrite 🎂 in the page source.

Questions

About ๐ŸŽ‚

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ๐ŸŽ‚ mean?
Birthdays.
What is the shortcode for ๐ŸŽ‚?
:birthday:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ๐ŸŽ‚ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "birthday cake". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ๐ŸŽ‚?
U+1F382, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write 🎂, in CSS "\1F382", and in JavaScript "\u{1F382}".

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