Croissant Emoji

Food

A golden-brown, crescent-shaped pastry featuring visible flaky layers. It depicts a classic viennoiserie, showing the buttery, golden crust characteristic of a freshly baked French croissant.

Usage Context

Used to represent French cuisine, bakery culture, or a morning meal. It is frequently sent when discussing brunch plans, travel to Paris, or simply craving a buttery snack. It is often paired with ☕ for the quintessential coffee-and-pastry breakfast combination.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 under Unicode 9.0, this emoji was heavily campaigned for by food enthusiasts who felt the lack of a proper pastry icon was a major oversight in the expanding food category.

Details

Glyph

🥐

Unicode

U+1F950

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f950:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD50;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Food

Subcategory food-prepared

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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