Moon Cake 🥮

🥮 (U+1F96E) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Moon Cake is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: The MOON CAKE emoji depicts a moon cake. Use it to reference a dessert in messages or menus, such as after meals or in snack lists. Use it to mark celebrations or events that involve sweet treats, like parties or festival planning notes. Use it in UI text to signal a dessert option, a treat, or a celebratory item in apps and dashboards. Across platforms, colors and details vary, so the appearance may differ by device or font. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning and provide plain language cues when the emoji stands in for a specific idea or object.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F96E in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.

See our category page for related symbols.