# 🧁 Cupcake emoji

🧁 Cupcake is an emoji in the sweets set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: bakery, dessert, sprinkles, sugar, sweet and treat.

- Emoji: 🧁
- Unicode name: cupcake
- Code points: U+1F9C1
- Category: Food & drink, Sweets
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :cupcake:
- Keywords: bakery, cupcake, dessert, sprinkles, sugar, sweet, treat
- Page: https://emojichart.com/cupcake-emoji

## What it means

A small frosted cupcake in a paper wrapper, often topped with sprinkles or a cherry. People use it for cupcakes, baking, birthday parties and dessert, and for cute, sweet things in general.

## How to type 🧁

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | magdalena | cupcake, dulce, magdalena, repostería |
| Français (fr) | cupcake | cupcake, dessert, muffin, pâtisserie, sucre, sucrerie |
| Deutsch (de) | Cupcake | Bäckerei, Cupcake, Dessert, Essen, Gebäck, Kalorienbombe, Konditorei, Muffin, Nachspeise, Streusel, süß, Zucker |
| Italiano (it) | cupcake | cupcake, delizia, dessert, dolce, festa, panetteria, panificio, pasticceria, tortina, zucchero |
| Português (pt) | cupcake | açúcar, bolinho, bolo, comida, confeitaria, confeito, cupcake, doce, sobremesa, torta |
| Nederlands (nl) | cupcake | bakkerij, cupcake, dessert, hagelslag, suiker, traktatie, zoet |
| Svenska (sv) | muffin | bakelse, bakverk, muffin |
| Polski (pl) | babeczka | babeczka, ciastko, cukier, cukiernia, deser, jedzenie, piekarnia, podjadać, posypka, słodycze |
| Türkçe (tr) | cupcake | cupcake, fırın, kapkek, kek, krema, muffin, pasta, pembe krema, şekerli, tatlı, top kek, yemek |
| Русский (ru) | капкейк | выпечка, десерт, еда, капкейк, кекс, корзиночка с кремом, пирожное, сахар, сладости |
| Українська (uk) | капкейк | випічка, десерт, капкейк, кекс, ласощі, посипка, смаколик, солодке, солодощі, тістечко, торт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κεκάκι | αρτοπωλείο, γλυκό, επιδόρπιο, ζάχαρη, κεκάκι, κέρασμα, πασπαλίζω, φούρνος |
| العربية (ar) | كعكة صغيرة | بهجة, تحلية, حلاوة, حلو, حلوى, حلويات, سكر, سكر مرشوش, فرحة, كاب كيك, كب كيك, كعك مكوب, كعكة صغيرة, مخبز, مخبوزات |
| עברית (he) | קפקייק | מאפה, מאפין, מתוק, עוגה, עוגה אישית, קפקייק |
| فارسی (fa) | کیک فنجانی | دسر, شکر, شیرین, شیرینی, قنادی, قند, کیک, کیک فنجانی, کیک یزدی, نانوایی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | कपकेक | कप केक, कपकेक, जन्मदिन, ट्रीट, बेकरी, मिठाई, मिष्ठान्न, मीठा |
| বাংলা (bn) | কাপ কেক | কাপ কেক, কাপকেক, খাদ্য, চিনি, ডেজার্ট, বেকারি, মিষ্টান্ন, মিষ্টি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | kue mangkuk | camilan, cupcake, gula, kue mangkok, makanan penutup, manis, pugasan, taburan, toko roti |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bánh nướng nhỏ | bánh ngọt, bánh nướng nhỏ, ngọt, tiệm bánh, tráng miệng |
| ไทย (th) | คัพเค้ก | ขนมหวาน, ของหวาน, คัพเค้ก, น้ำตาล, เบเกอรี่, รสหวาน |
| 日本語 (ja) | カップケーキ | おやつ, お菓子, カップケーキ, ケーキ, スイーツ, ベーカリー, 砂糖 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 컵케이크 | 디저트, 베이커리, 설탕, 스프링클, 컵케이크 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 纸杯蛋糕 | 烘焙食品, 甜点, 纸杯蛋糕, 请客, 面包店 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 杯子蛋糕 | 杯子蛋糕, 杯蛋糕, 烘焙, 甜點, 糕點 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): kolwyntjie
- Akan (ak): kuruwakeeki
- Albanian (sq): kek i vogël
- Amharic (am): የኩባያ ኬክ
- Anii (blo): kɔɔpʊ nɩ kaŋkala
- Armenian (hy): կեքս
- Assamese (as): কাপকেক
- Azerbaijani (az): keks
- Bashkir (ba): капкейк
- Basque (eu): cupcake
- Belarusian (be): кекс
- Bosnian (bs): mafin
- Breton (br): gwastellig
- Bulgarian (bg): къпкейк
- Burmese (my): ကြက်ဥမုန့်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): petit gâteau
- Cantonese (yue): 紙杯蛋糕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 纸杯蛋糕
- Catalan (ca): cupcake
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᎵᏍᏈᏗ ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): кекс
- Croatian (hr): muffin
- Czech (cs): košíček
- Danish (da): cupcake
- Estonian (et): muffin
- Faroese (fo): koppakaka
- Filipino (fil): cupcake
- Finnish (fi): vuokaleivos
- Galician (gl): cupcake
- Georgian (ka): ქაფქეიქი
- Gujarati (gu): કપકેક
- Hausa (ha): kek na kofi
- Hungarian (hu): cupcake
- Icelandic (is): bollakaka
- Igbo (ig): àchịcha iko
- Irish (ga): cístín cupa
- Javanese (jv): kuwih mangkok
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ ಕೇಕ್
- Kazakh (kk): кекс
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەكس
- Khmer (km): នំពែង
- Konkani (kok): कपकेक
- Kyrgyz (ky): пирожное
- Lao (lo): ຄັບເຄັກ
- Latvian (lv): kēksiņš
- Lithuanian (lt): keksiukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mazańc
- Macedonian (mk): тортичка
- Malay (ms): kek cawan
- Malayalam (ml): കപ്പ് കേക്ക്
- Marathi (mr): कपकेक
- Mexican Spanish (es-MX): pastelito
- Mongolian (mn): аяган кекс
- Nepali (ne): कपकेक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kọ́pkek
- Norwegian (no): cupcake
- Odia (or): କପ୍‌ କେକ୍‌
- Oromo (om): kaapkeekii
- Pashto (ps): کپ کيک
- Punjabi (pa): ਕੱਪਕੇਕ
- Quechua (qu): cupcake
- Romanian (ro): brioșă
- Romansh (rm): cupcake
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): cèic-chuachaige
- Serbian (sr): капкејк
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kapkejk
- Shan (shn): ၶၢပ်ႉၶဵၵ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): ڪپ ڪيڪ
- Sinhala (si): කප්කේක්
- Slovak (sk): košíček
- Slovenian (sl): kolaček
- Somali (so): koob keeg
- Swahili (sw): keki ndogo
- Tamil (ta): கப்கேக்
- Telugu (te): కప్‌కేక్
- Tigrinya (ti): ካፕኬክ
- Tongan (to): ipukeke
- Turkmen (tk): kapkeýk
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tykančk
- Urdu (ur): کپ کیک
- Uzbek (uz): kapkeyk
- Welsh (cy): cacen cwpan
- Yoruba (yo): akara oyinbo
- Zulu (zu): cupcake

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9C1` |
| HTML | `🧁` |
| CSS | `\1F9C1` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9C1}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9C1` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 81` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDC1` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%81` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧁 cupcake emoji mean?

A small frosted cupcake in a paper wrapper, often topped with sprinkles or a cherry. People use it for cupcakes, baking, birthday parties and dessert, and for cute, sweet things in general.

### How do I type the 🧁 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “cupcake”. 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 :cupcake:.

### When was the 🧁 emoji added?

🧁 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

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

U+1F9C1. In HTML you can write 🧁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9C1}.

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