Pancakes Emoji

Food

A stack of two or three golden-brown pancakes drizzled with a generous pat of melting butter. The topping drips realistically down the side of the fluffy, circular cakes, signaling a hearty morning meal.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to choice for signaling weekend brunches, breakfast plans, or just showing off a stack of homemade comfort food. It frequently appears alongside other breakfast staples like 🍳 or 🥓 to coordinate morning cravings or dinner-for-breakfast social media posts.

History

Pancakes were added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0. Their inclusion reflects the global shift toward using visual shorthand to share specific lifestyle moments, such as the Sunday morning tradition of flipping flapjacks.

Details

Glyph

🥞

Unicode

U+1F95E

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f95e:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD5E;

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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