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The round, golden-brown pastry of a <a href="/flag-china/">Chinese</a> mooncake, a traditional delicacy and lunar symbol of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival">Mid-Autumn Festival</a>. Many platforms feature a design or character imprinted on the crust, and depict a slice cut out to show a brown paste with a duck egg yolk inside. Twitter displays the Chinese character for <a href="/fall-autumn/">&ldquo;fall/autumn&rdquo;</a> or &ldquo;harvest&rdquo; (秋) on top.

Moon Cake

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A stack of breakfast pancakes, topped with a pad of butter and maple syrup oozing down its golden-brown sides, onto a plate on some platforms.&nbsp;

Especially popular on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday">Pancake Tuesday</a>.

An <a href="/nsfw/">alternative use</a> for this emoji on TikTok and other platforms: to represent that someone has a flat bottom (&#39;flat as a pancake&#39;).

Pancakes

Moon Viewing Ceremonies (called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi">Tsukimi</a> in Japan) are held each year in <a title="🍂 Fall / Autumn" href="/fall-autumn/">autumn</a> to celebrate the <a title="🌕 Full Moon Symbol" href="/full-moon/">full moon</a> and <a title="🌒 Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol" href="/waxing-crescent-moon/">waxing moon</a> in Japan.
This symbol shows Japanese pampas grass and <a title="🍡 Dango" href="/dango/">dango</a> (sweet dessert food) which are used in the ceremony, as well as the moon in the background.

Moon Viewing Ceremony

A slice of Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narutomaki">narutomaki</a>, a ridged fishcake of processed whitefish with an iconic pink&nbsp;<a href="/cyclone/">swirl</a>, often served in <a href="/steaming-bowl/">ramen</a> or <a href="/oden/">oden</a>. Thanks to its distinct swirl, may be used for flair.

Fish Cake with Swirl Design

A full moon, the fifth phase of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>, when it is completely lit. Depicts the moon as a full, gold or silver, cratered disc, completely illuminated by the sun.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings. Commonly used during <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>, associated with werewolves and Friday the 13th.

See also <a href="/full-moon-face/">🌝&nbsp;Full Moon Face</a>. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/full-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/full-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a full moon in a night sky with stars.

Full Moon Symbol

A slice of strawberry shortcake, layered with whipped cream and topped with a whole&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry</a>. Like the&nbsp;<a href="/birthday-cake/">Birthday Cake</a>, may be used to represent birthday celebrations or cake in general.

Shortcake

A frosted cake with lit candles, as presented for a birthday celebration. The style of cake widely varies across platforms. With white frosting and&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberries</a>, Apple and Google&rsquo;s designs suggest&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-japanese-eat-cake-christmas-180961556/">Japanese Christmas cake</a>. Other vendors depict a chocolate, pink, and/or sponge cake.

Birthday Cake

A red envelope, as gifted with money on <a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese New Year</a> or on other joyous occasions, such as <a href="/wedding-marriage/">weddings</a>, in&nbsp;Chinese and some other Asian cultures around the world.

Depicted as a red, vertical envelope with a gold design, typically featuring the Chinese character <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_(character)">福</a> (f&uacute;, &ldquo;good fortune, luck, happiness&quot;). Google&rsquo;s design<a href="/google/android-9.0/red-envelope/"> previously</a> featured&nbsp;the character upside down, indicating &ldquo;good luck arrives.&rdquo;

Often used to celebrate and wish good fortune on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year">Chinese New Year</a> (Lunar New Year, Spring Festival). Also used to represent gifts, celebration, Chinese culture, and the color red more generally.

Red Gift Envelope

A red paper lantern, as hangs outside an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izakaya">izakaya</a>, a Japanese bar that serves drinks and casual food. Generally depicted as cylindrical with a black top and base and soft, orange glow.

May be used to represent various lights and lanterns as well as for its red color.

Izakaya Lantern

An individual cupcake in a liner topped with a swirl of frosting and sprinkles. The style of cupcake widely varies across platforms. The cake may be sponge or chocolate, the frosting pink or white, and the sprinkles rainbow or red.

Cupcake

Leaves, as a have changed color and fallen from a tree in fall/autumn. Depicted as two or three golden-brown, almond-shaped leaves of various sizes, with stems up, as if falling down.

Commonly used to represent the season of <a href="/fall-autumn/">fall/autumn</a>, trees, and nature more generally.

Not to be confused with <a href="/leaf-fluttering-in-wind/">🍃 Leaf Fluttering in Wind</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Apple&rsquo;s design <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/fallen-leaf/">previously</a> featured two leaves. <a href="/google/android-7.0/fallen-leaf/">Google</a>, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/fallen-leaf/">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/fallen-leaf/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/facebook/1.0/fallen-leaf/">Facebook</a> all once featured a single leaf.

Fallen Leaf

A Japanese sweet&nbsp;<a href="/dumpling/">dumpling</a>&nbsp;made from rice flour and served on a skewer. Depicted as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dango">botchan dango</a>, comprising a pink, white or light yellow, and green ball, as colored by red beans,&nbsp;<a href="/egg/">egg</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/teacup-without-handle/">green tea</a>. Resembles the&nbsp;<a href="/oden/">Oden</a>&nbsp;and featured in the&nbsp;<a href="/moon-viewing-ceremony/">Moon Viewing Ceremony</a>, used in the Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukimi">festival</a>&nbsp;to celebrate the&nbsp;<a href="/full-moon/">full moon</a>.&nbsp;

Dango

A swirl of soft-serve ice cream&nbsp;atop a wafer-style cone, white or cream-colored, as vanilla, on most platforms. Facebook&rsquo;s design suggests&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry</a>. May be used more generally for&nbsp;<a href="/ice-cream/">ice cream</a>, frozen yogurt, and frozen treats.

Soft Ice Cream

A mound of shaved ice (snow cone) served in a dessert bowl with a short spoon, flavored with a&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry-red&nbsp;</a>syrup on many platforms. Associated with&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_ice">Hawaiian shave ice</a>&nbsp;or Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakigōri">kakigori</a>.

Shaved Ice

One or more scoops of ice cream in a dessert bowl, variously topped with sprinkles, wafer rolls, or&nbsp;<a href="/cherries/">cherry&nbsp;</a>and syrup. Flavors vary from <a href="/soft-ice-cream/">vanilla</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/chocolate-bar/">chocolate</a>, and/or&nbsp;<a href="/strawberry/">strawberry&nbsp;</a>across platforms.

Ice Cream

A chocolate-glazed donut (or doughnut) with&nbsp;<a href="/rainbow/">rainbow</a>&nbsp;sprinkles. WhatsApp features a pink glaze associated with&nbsp;The Simpsons. May resemble the&nbsp;<a href="/bagel/">Bagel</a>&nbsp;at small sizes.

Doughnut

A golden-brown chocolate chip cookie&nbsp;or biscuit.&nbsp;Used to represent cookies or biscuits in general.

Samsung&#39;s original design featured a pair of pale&nbsp;square biscuits that also look like <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-2.0/cookie/">saltine crackers</a>. Since then they have changed their design to be a single chocolate chip cookie.

Cookie

A block of dark chocolate, usually shown in&nbsp;a&nbsp;red foil wrapper peeled back to show squares of the candy. WhatsApp displays the wrapper in purple, a color commonly associated with&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536592192943000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGlQIX6a9i-4pQfISaRDhOF02JTFA" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury" target="_blank">Cadbury</a>&nbsp;chocolate.

Chocolate Bar

A golden-yellow custard dessert, as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crème_caramel">cr&egrave;me caramel or flan</a>, topped with a layer of caramel. Shown on a plate, molded in a ramekin-shape and often in a pool of caramel sauce.

Custard

A golden-yellow pot&nbsp;of honey, as made by&nbsp;<a href="/honeybee/">bees&nbsp;</a>and desired by&nbsp;<a href="/bear/">bears</a>. Shown with the sweet substance oozing down its sides, often with a honey dipper inside the small vessel.&nbsp;

May be used figuratively, as the term of endearment &ldquo;honey.&rdquo;

Honey Pot

A cup of green tea, as the minty-colored Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha">matcha</a>, usually shown on a wooden mat. Matcha is traditionally served in a small bowl that resembles a cup without a handle. Often taken as a bowl of soup, such as a split pea.

Teacup Without Handle

A bowl of steaming-hot food. Depicted as Japanese&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen#Etymology">ramen</a>&nbsp;(noodles in broth) with&nbsp;<a href="/chopsticks/">chopsticks&nbsp;</a>on most platforms, though it can represent a warm meal more generally.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/steaming-bowl/">previously resembled</a>&nbsp;<a href="/pot-of-food/">Pot of Food</a>.

Steaming Bowl

Quack! A duck, a waterbird with webbed feet. Depicted as a male (drake) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard">mallard</a> in full profile facing left, standing on its legs with gray and brown feathers, a yellow bill, and its distinctive green head.

May be consumed in the form of a <a href="/poultry-leg/">🍗 Poultry Leg</a>. Occasionally used as a substitute for the F-word, due to rhyming and Apple&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ducking">iPhone autocorrect</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/duck/">previously</a> featured a yellow rubber ducky.

Duck

The flag for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China">China</a>, which may show as the letters&nbsp;CN&nbsp;on some platforms.

Flag: China

A firecracker, as lit on&nbsp;<a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese New Year</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&#39;s Eve</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="/independence-day/">Independence Day</a>. Depicted as a red tube with a burning fuse, sometimes lined with gold rings at its top and base.

Often used with <a href="/fireworks/">🎆 Fireworks</a> and <a href="/sparkler/">🎇 Sparkler</a> for various celebrations and holidays. Also applied to&nbsp;figurative senses of <a href="/fire/">fire</a>, e.g., slang hot, on fire&nbsp;(&ldquo;excellent&rdquo;).

While it may resemble a stick of dynamite on some platforms, several vendor designs, such as Google and Twitter&#39;s,&nbsp;suggest the emoji is modeled after traditional Chinese firecrackers, as are strung together and lit on such occasions as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year">Chinese New Year</a>.

Firecracker

A dumpling of dough and filling, as folded and pinched closed for steaming or frying. Associated with cuisines around the world, including <a href="/flag-china/">China</a> (jiaozi), <a href="/flag-japan/">Japan</a> (gyoza&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="/dango/">dango</a>), <a href="/flag-poland/">Poland</a> (pierogi), and <a href="/flag-spain/">Spain</a> and Latin America (empanada).

Facebook&#39;s design <a href="/facebook/2.1/dumpling/">previously</a> resembled&nbsp;a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaolongbao">xiaolongbao</a>, a Chinese soup dumpling.

Dumpling

Firework emoji, showing a explosion of colored light in the night sky, used for any number of celebrations such as <a href="/new-years-eve/" title="🎊 New Year’s Eve Emoji List">New Year&#39;s Eve</a>.

Colors vary by platform, and may include pink, purple, yellow, blue, and green.

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Fireworks

A sparkler: a form of hand-held firework often used at parties and celebrations. The sparkler is lit at one end, and&nbsp;held at the other.&nbsp;

Most platforms display this with the lit end held down, as is the style for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senko_hanabi">senko hanabi</a>&nbsp;(&quot;incense-stick fireworks&quot;) which is&nbsp;a traditional&nbsp;sparkler from&nbsp;from Japan.

Firework Sparkler

A pair of equal-length chopsticks, an eating utensil used throughout East Asia. Design and color vary&nbsp;widely by platform, though often red or wood-colored and with tips angled together. Featured in many platforms&#39;&nbsp;<a href="/steaming-bowl/">Steaming Bowl of Food</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/takeout-box/">Takeout Box</a>. A counterpart to utensils such as&nbsp;<a href="/fork-and-knife/">Fork and Knife&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="/spoon/">Spoon</a>.

Chopsticks

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon">dragon</a>, a mythical creature resembling a giant reptile found in the folklore of many cultures. Depicted as a green, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon">Chinese-styled dragon</a> in full profile facing left. Generally shown with a curling, snake-like body, clawed feet, yellowish scales on its back, horn-like structures on its head, and whisker-like tendrils by its nostrils.

See also <a href="/dragon-face/">🐲 Dragon Face</a>. One of the 12 animals of the&nbsp;Chinese zodiac. Commonly used on&nbsp;<a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese New Year</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Day">St. George&#39;s Day</a>. Also used for various medieval&nbsp;and fantasy content.

Apple&#39;s dragon is holding a glowing blue orb, as a <a href="/crystal-ball/">🔮 Crystal Ball</a>. Facebook&#39;s dragon is bluish in color. Microsoft&#39;s dragon was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/dragon/">previously</a> red, <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/dragon/">Samsung&#39;s</a> a more cartoon-styled, baby&nbsp;dragon holding a blue orb.

Dragon

A new moon, the first of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a full, bluish- or grayish-black, cratered disc, not illuminated by the sun.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and&nbsp;astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

See also <a href="/new-moon-face/">🌚&nbsp;New Moon Face</a>. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Google&rsquo;s new moon was <a href="/google/android-7.0/new-moon/">previously</a>&nbsp;a gray circle with a yellow outline. <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/new-moon/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> design once resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/new-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a new moon in a night sky with stars.

New Moon Symbol

A waxing crescent moon (appearing to become larger), the second of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, its right side illuminated in a thin, golden or silver crescent, its remainder dark.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

See also <a href="/crescent-moon/">🌙&nbsp;Crescent Moon</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/waning-crescent-moon/">🌘&nbsp;Waning Crescent Moon</a>, though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/waning-crescent-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/waning-crescent-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a crescent moon in a night sky with stars.

Waxing Crescent Moon Symbol

A first quarter moon, the third of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, its right half illuminated in gold or silver, its remainder dark.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

See also <a href="/first-quarter-moon-face/">🌛&nbsp;First Quarter Moon Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/last-quarter-moon/">🌗&nbsp;Last Quarter Moon</a>, though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/last-quarter-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/last-quarter-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a first quarter moon in a night sky with stars.

First Quarter Moon Symbol

A waxing gibbous moon (appearing more than half full and getting larger), the fourth of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, mostly illuminated&nbsp;in gold or silver, but with its left side a dark crescent.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

Not to be confused with <a href="/waning-gibbous-moon/">🌖&nbsp;Waning Gibbous Moon</a>, though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/waning-gibbous-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/waning-gibbous-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a waning gibbous moon in a night sky with stars.

Waxing Gibbous Moon Symbol

A waning gibbous moon (appearing more than half full but getting smaller), the sixth of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, mostly illuminated in gold or silver, but with its right side&nbsp;a dark crescent.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

Not to be confused with <a href="/waxing-gibbous-moon/">🌔&nbsp;Waxing Gibbous Moon</a>, though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/waning-gibbous-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/waning-gibbous-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a waning gibbous moon in a night sky with stars.

Waning Gibbous Moon Symbol

A last quarter moon, the seventh of the eight <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase">phases of the moon</a>. Depicts the moon as a cratered disc, its left side half illuminated in gold or silver, its remainder dark.

May be used to represent the moon more generally, nighttime, outer space, and astronomy. May also be used to convey enchanting or eerie feelings.

See also <a href="/last-quarter-moon-face/">🌜&nbsp;Last Quarter Moon Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/first-quarter-moon/">🌓&nbsp;First Quarter Moon</a>, though their applications may overlap. Used as part of the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/moon-emoji-creep">Moon Emoji Creep</a> meme.

Samsung&rsquo;s design <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/first-quarter-moon/">once</a> resembled a full moon with stars and <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/first-quarter-moon/">previously</a> displayed as a last quarter moon in a night sky with stars.

Last Quarter Moon Symbol

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