# 🎂 Birthday cake emoji

🎂 Birthday cake is an emoji in the sweets set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: bday, celebration, dessert, happy, pastry and sweet.

- Emoji: 🎂
- Unicode name: birthday cake
- Code points: U+1F382
- Category: Food & drink, Sweets
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :birthday:
- Keywords: bday, birthday, cake, celebration, dessert, happy, pastry, sweet
- Page: https://emojichart.com/birthday-cake-emoji

## What it means

Shown as a frosted layer cake topped with lit candles. It is the go-to symbol for wishing someone a happy birthday, and people also use it for parties, anniversaries, other celebrations and cake in general.

## How to type 🎂

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “birthday cake”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “birthday cake”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “birthday cake”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “birthday cake”.
- GitHub: Type :birthday: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | tarta de cumpleaños | celebración, cumpleaños, tarta, tarta de cumpleaños |
| Français (fr) | gâteau d’anniversaire | anniversaire, bougies, dessert, fête, gâteau, gâteau d’anniversaire, goûter, joyeux anniversaire, nourriture, pâtisserie |
| Deutsch (de) | Geburtstagskuchen | Essen, feier, Feier, Geburtstag, Geburtstagskuchen, Geburtstagstorte, happy birthday, kerzen, Kuchen, Lebensmittel, Torte |
| Italiano (it) | torta di compleanno | auguri di compleanno, buon compleanno, candeline, cibo, compleanno, dolce, festa, festeggiare, pasticceria, tanti auguri, torta di compleanno, zucchero |
| Português (pt) | bolo de aniversário | aniversário, bolo, bolo de aniversário, comemoração, doce, feliz aniversário, festa, niver |
| Nederlands (nl) | verjaardagstaart | dessert, gebak, gelukkig, taart, verjaardag, verjaardagstaart, viering, zoet |
| Svenska (sv) | födelsedagstårta | fest, Fest, födelsedag, födelsedagstårta, fördelsedagstårta, Grattis, tårta, Tårta med ljus på |
| Polski (pl) | tort urodzinowy | ciasto, jedzenie, przyjęcie, słodki, słodkie, świeczki, święto, świętowanie, tort, urodzinowy, urodziny, zdmuchnąć |
| Türkçe (tr) | doğum günü pastası | dilek, doğum günü, doğum günü pastası, gıda, iyi ki doğdun, kek, krema, kutlama, mum, mutlu yıllar, nice senelere, parti, pasta, tatlı, üflemek, yaş günü, yemek, yiyecek |
| Русский (ru) | торт ко дню рождения | выпечка, день рождения, отмечать, пирог, праздник, с днем рождения, свечи, свечки, сладкое, торт, торт ко дню рождения |
| Українська (uk) | торт на день народження | бажання, випічка, день, десерт, народження, свічки, святковий торт, святкування, солодкий, солодощі, торт, торт на день народження |
| Ελληνικά (el) | τούρτα γενεθλίων | γενέθλια, γενεθλίων, γιορτή, γλυκό, επιδόρπιο, ζύμη, κεράκια, τούρτα, χρόνια πολλά |
| العربية (ar) | كعكة عيد ميلاد | احتفال, المأكولات والمشروبات, تورتة, تورتة عيد ميلاد, عيد ميلاد, غاتو, كعكة, كعكة عيد الميلاد, كعكة عيد ميلاد, كيكة |
| עברית (he) | עוגת יום הולדת | חגיגה, יום הולדת, מאפה, מזל טוב, מסיבה, עוגה, עוגת יום הולדת |
| فارسی (fa) | کیک تولد | تولد, تولد مبارک, تولدت مبارک, جشن, دسر, روز تولد, شیرین, شیرینی, غذا, کیک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | जन्मदिन का केक | केक, जन्मदिन, जन्मदिन का केक, जन्मदिन मुबारक, पार्टी, पेस्ट्री, बड्डे, बर्थ डे, बर्थ डे केक, बर्थडे, मिठाई, मीठा, समारोह, सालगिरह, सेलिब्रेट, सेलिब्रेशन, हैप्पी बर्थ डे |
| বাংলা (bn) | জন্মদিনের কেক | উৎসবের কেক, উদযাপন, কেক, খাদ্য ও পানীয়, খাবার, জন্মদিন, জন্মদিনের কেক, ডেজার্ট, প্যাস্ট্রি, মিষ্টি, শুভ জন্মদিন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kue ulang tahun | bahagia, kue, makanan penutup, manis, pastri, perayaan, selebrasi, ulang tahun |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bánh sinh nhật | bánh, bánh sinh nhật, lễ kỷ niệm, món tráng miệng, ngọt, sinh nhật, tráng miệng |
| ไทย (th) | เค้กวันเกิด | ขนม, ของหวาน, เค้ก, ฉลอง, เบิร์ดเดย์, วันเกิด, สุขสันต์วันเกิด, แฮปปี้เบิร์ดเดย์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | バースデーケーキ | お祝い, お菓子, ケーキ, スイーツ, バースデー, バースデーケーキ, ハッピーバースデー, 誕生日 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 생일 케이크 | 달콤, 디저트, 생일, 생일축하, 생일케이크, 축하, 케이크, 페스츄리 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 生日蛋糕 | 庆祝, 甜, 甜点, 生日, 生日快乐, 生日蛋糕, 糕点, 蛋糕 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 生日蛋糕 | 慶祝, 生日, 生日快樂, 生日蛋糕, 蛋糕 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): verjaardagkoek
- Akan (ak): awoda keeki
- Albanian (sq): tortë ditëlindjeje
- Amharic (am): የልደት ኬክ
- Anii (blo): gajɩkalka kajɩŋgaarɩ kagaatoo
- Armenian (hy): ծննդյան տորթ
- Assamese (as): জন্মদিনৰ কেক
- Azerbaijani (az): ad günü tortu
- Bashkir (ba): тыуған көн торты
- Basque (eu): urtebetetze-tarta
- Belarusian (be): імянінны торт
- Bosnian (bs): rođendanska torta
- Breton (br): gwastell deiz-ha-bloaz
- Bulgarian (bg): торта за рожден ден
- Burmese (my): မွေးနေ့ ကိတ်မုန့်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): gâteau de fête
- Cantonese (yue): 生日蛋糕
- Catalan (ca): pastís d’aniversari
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏕᏘᏱᏍᎬᎢ ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ
- Chuvash (cv): ҫуралнӑ кун торчӗ
- Croatian (hr): rođendanska torta
- Czech (cs): narozeninový dort
- Danish (da): fødselsdagskage
- Estonian (et): sünnipäevatort
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): bolo de anos
- Faroese (fo): føðingardagskaka
- Filipino (fil): birthday cake
- Finnish (fi): syntymäpäiväkakku
- Galician (gl): torta de aniversario
- Georgian (ka): დაბადების დღის ტორტი
- Gujarati (gu): જન્મદિવસની કેક
- Hausa (ha): kek na ranar haihuwa
- Hungarian (hu): születésnapi torta
- Icelandic (is): afmæliskaka
- Igbo (ig): àchịcha ncheta ọmụmụ
- Irish (ga): cáca breithe
- Javanese (jv): roti ambal taun
- Kalaallisut (kl): fødselsdagskage
- Kannada (kn): ಜನ್ಮದಿನದ ಕೇಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): туған күнге арналған торт
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تۋعان كۇنگە ارنالعان تورت
- Khmer (km): នំខួបកំណើត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): gato y’isabukuru y’amavuko
- Konkani (kok): वाडदिसाचो केक
- Kyrgyz (ky): туулган күн торту
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Kaxlanwa rech alaxib’al
- Lao (lo): ເຄັກວັນເກີດ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): pastel de cumpleaños
- Latvian (lv): dzimšanas dienas kūka
- Lithuanian (lt): gimtadienio tortas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): narodninski mazańc
- Luxembourgish (lb): Gebuertsdagskuch
- Macedonian (mk): роденденска торта
- Malay (ms): kek hari jadi
- Malayalam (ml): പിറന്നാൾ കേക്ക്
- Maltese (mt): kejk ta’ għeluq is-snin
- Marathi (mr): वाढदिवसाचा केक
- Mongolian (mn): төрсөн өдрийн бялуу
- Māori (mi): keke rāwhānau
- Nepali (ne): जन्म दिनको केक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bátdé Kek
- Northern Sotho (nso): khekhe ya matswalo
- Norwegian (no): bursdagskake
- Odia (or): ଜନ୍ମଦିନ କେକ୍‍
- Oromo (om): keekii guyyaa dhalootaa
- Pashto (ps): د زېږېدنې کیک
- Punjabi (pa): ਜਨਮਦਿਨ ਕੇਕ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): سالگرہ دا کیک
- Quechua (qu): wata huntaypaq torta
- Romanian (ro): tort aniversar
- Romansh (rm): turta d’anniversari
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cèic co-là-breith
- Serbian (sr): рођенданска торта
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): rođendanska torta
- Shan (shn): ၶဵၵ်ႉဝၼ်းၵိူတ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): جنم ڏينهن جو ڪيڪ
- Sinhala (si): උපන් දින කේක්
- Slovak (sk): narodeninová torta
- Slovenian (sl): rojstnodnevna torta
- Somali (so): keegga maalinka dhalashada
- Swahili (sw): keki ya kusherehekea siku ya kuzaliwa
- Tajik (tg): торти зодрӯзӣ
- Tamil (ta): பிறந்தநாள் கேக்
- Telugu (te): పుట్టినరోజు కేకు
- Tigrinya (ti): ናይ ልደት ኬክ
- Tongan (to): keke ʻaho fāʻeleʻi
- Tswana (tn): kuku ya letsatsi la matsalo
- Turkmen (tk): doglan gün torty
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): narodninski tykanc
- Urdu (ur): سالگرہ کا کیک
- Uyghur (ug): تۇغۇلغان كۈن تورتى
- Uzbek (uz): tort
- Welsh (cy): cacen pen-blwydd
- Wolof (wo): ngato màggal bisu-judd
- Xhosa (xh): ikeyiki yomhla wokuzalwa
- Yoruba (yo): Àkàrà òyìnbó ọjọ́ìbí
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Àkàrà òyìnbó ɔjɔ́ìbí
- Zulu (zu): ikhekhe lokuzalwa

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F382` |
| HTML | `🎂` |
| CSS | `\1F382` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F382}` |
| Python | `\U0001F382` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8E 82` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF82` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8E%82` |

## Questions

### What does the 🎂 birthday cake emoji mean?

Shown as a frosted layer cake topped with lit candles. It is the go-to symbol for wishing someone a happy birthday, and people also use it for parties, anniversaries, other celebrations and cake in general.

### How do I type the 🎂 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “birthday cake”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :birthday:.

### When was the 🎂 emoji added?

🎂 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🎂?

U+1F382. In HTML you can write 🎂, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F382}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/birthday-cake-emoji