U+1F9C6 "🧆" Falafel Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🧆
U+1F9C6 "🧆" Falafel is a pictographic representation of a popular Middle Eastern dish consisting of deep fried balls or patties made from ground chickpeas or fava beans, often served in pita bread with vegetables and sauces like tahini. Added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0, this character depicts a golden brown, spherical food item with a textured surface, typically used in digital communication to convey the enjoyment of street food, vegetarian or vegan cuisine, and cultural dining experiences. Its visual design shows a single falafel ball with a slightly crispy exterior, emphasizing its round shape and savory nature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F9C6 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Falafel |
| Block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🧆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🧆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDDC6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F9C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\uddc6 |