Meaning
A golden, crispy cookie bent into its iconic curved shape, usually shown cracked open to reveal a slip of paper inside. The emoji captures that delicate, translucent quality of the cookie and emphasizes the little white paper peeking out—the whole point of the treat.
Fortune cookies are most famously associated with Chinese-American cuisine, though they've become a global symbol of playful prophecy and luck. People use this emoji when talking about Chinese restaurants, desserts, or anything involving fortunes and fate. It appears in posts about trying fortunes, funny messages, or predictions.
The emoji has become shorthand for luck, destiny, or hidden messages. It's popular in birthday messages, New Year's content, or whenever someone wants to add a playful, mysterious vibe to their text. Beyond the literal cookie, it represents the fun, interactive nature of the treat and the ritual of cracking it open.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 5 in 2017, the fortune cookie emoji captures the charm of a beloved dessert that transcends its origins to become a symbol of pleasant surprises and the joy of discovering what fate has in store.
Common Uses
- • Talking about Chinese restaurant desserts
- • Discussing luck or destiny
- • Sharing amusing fortunes
- • Celebrating happy surprises
Popular Combos
Did You Know?
Fortune cookies are actually an American invention, not traditionally Chinese, but they've become so iconic that they're now globally recognized as a symbol of Asian-American cuisine and playful destiny-telling.
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Technical Reference
Platform Shortcodes
:fortune_cookie: :fortune_cookie: :fortune_cookie: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🥠 |
| HTML (hex) | 🥠 |
| CSS | \1F960 |
| JavaScript | \uD83E\uDD60 |
| Python | \U0001F960 |
| Java | \uD83E\uDD60 |
| Perl | \x{1F960} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F960} |
| Punycode | xn--2rts |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%A5%A0 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA5 0xA0 |
🥠 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | ফরচুন কুকি |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 幸运饼干 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 幸運餅乾 |
| Danish | lykkekage |
| Dutch | gelukskoekje |
| English | fortune cookie |
| English (UK) | fortune cookie |
| Estonian | õnneküpsis |
| Finnish | onnenkeksi |
| French | biscuit chinois |
| German | Glückskeks |
| Hindi | फॉर्चून कुकी |
| Hungarian | szerencsesüti |
| Italian | biscotto della fortuna |
| Japanese | フォーチュンクッキー |
| Korean | 포츈 쿠키 |
| Lithuanian | laimės sausainiukas |
| Malay | biskut nasib |
| Norwegian | lykkekake |
| Polish | ciastko z wróżbą |
| Portuguese | biscoito da sorte |
| Russian | печенье с предсказанием |
| Spanish | galleta de la fortuna |
| Spanish (Mexico) | galleta de la fortuna |
| Swedish | lyckokaka |
| Thai | คุกกี้เสี่ยงทาย |
| Ukrainian | печиво з передбаченням |
| Vietnamese | bánh quy may mắn |