Moon cake emoji 🥮
🥮 is the moon cake: a round pastry with a patterned top and a slice cut out. It means the Mid-Autumn Festival — celebrated across China, Vietnam and East Asian…
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What the moon cake 🥮 emoji means
🥮 is the moon cake: a round pastry with a patterned top and a slice cut out. It means the Mid-Autumn Festival — celebrated across China, Vietnam and East Asian communities in September or early October — and the cakes shared at it. Added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). Its companions are 🎑 moon viewing ceremony, 🌕 full moon, 🏮 red paper lantern and 🍵 tea; the season is on the fall emoji list.
Unicode name: moon cake · U+1F96E · Emoji 11.0 (2018) · group: Food & Drink.
How people use it
- Mid-Autumn Festival: greetings, family gatherings
- Mooncakes: gifting, flavours
- Full moon: with 🌕
- Chinese culture: festivals
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| moon cakeU+1F96E | Mid-Autumn | |
| moon viewing ceremonyU+1F391 | Tsukimi | |
| full moonU+1F315 | The moon | |
| red paper lanternU+1F3EE | Lantern | |
| teacup without handleU+1F375 | Tea |
How the mooncake emoji is used in messages
The mooncake emoji 🥮 works as a shorthand for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the sweet pastries shared during it. In chats, it can appear alongside the full moon 🌕, moon viewing ceremony 🎑, red lantern 🏮, and a cup of tea 🍵 to set the scene for a moon festival celebration.
In regions where the festival is known as the Moon Festival, the mooncake emoji still carries the same meaning. Its round shape and patterned top reflect the typical appearance of a mooncake. The filling of a classic mooncake is often lotus seed paste with a salted egg yolk, so the egg yolk emoji 🥚 can be used to reference that filling.
Questions people ask
What does 🥮 mean?
A mooncake — the Mid-Autumn Festival.
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
The 15th day of the 8th lunar month, usually mid-September to early October.
When was 🥮 added?
2018, Emoji 11.0.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
