bagel Emoji
🥯 · U+1F96F · Emoji 11.0
What does the bagel emoji mean?
Meaning reviewed and updated July 2026 · Unicode data from the official Unicode Standard
When the conversation turns to breakfast or brunch, or someone is craving a satisfying snack, the 🥯 emoji is often reached for, and it directly represents a toasted or untoasted bagel, a ring-shaped bread product that is typically boiled before being baked, often topped with seeds or salt, and it is also used figuratively to refer to something that is considered a staple or a comfort food, and in slang, it can be used to express a desire for a casual, low-key meal or to jokingly describe a person who is seen as a bit quirky or old-fashioned.
How the bagel emoji is used
The tone of messages that include the 🥯 emoji is usually casual and lighthearted, and it is frequently used in texting and social media captions to express a craving for a bagel or to make a humorous comment about a person's eating habits, with younger generations using it more ironically or sarcastically, while older generations tend to use it more literally, and it is also popular on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where foodies and enthusiasts share photos and videos of their favorite bagel toppings and recipes.
bagel emoji examples
- just got to the coffee shop and they have everything bagels with scallion cream cheese 🥯
- who else is having a bagel for dinner 🥯
How to copy the bagel emoji
To use the bagel emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F96F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
bagel emoji on different platforms
How the bagel emoji looks across emoji sets. These designs come from openly-licensed sets (Twemoji, Google Noto, OpenMoji). See image credits.
bagel Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🥯 |
| Name | bagel |
| Category | Food & Drink |
| Codepoints | U+1F96F |
| Shortcode | :bagel: |
| Emoji version | 11.0 |
| Unicode version | 11.0 |
bagel Emoji FAQ
When the conversation turns to breakfast or brunch, or someone is craving a satisfying snack, the 🥯 emoji is often reached for, and it directly represents a toasted or untoasted bagel, a ring-shaped bread product that is typically boiled before being baked, often topped with seeds or salt, and it is also used figuratively to refer to something that is considered a staple or a comfort food, and in slang, it can be used to express a desire for a casual, low-key meal or to jokingly describe a person who is seen as a bit quirky or old-fashioned.
Tap the Copy button at the top of this page, then paste 🥯 wherever you type. Because it copies the real Unicode character, it works in every app on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac.
It is U+1F96F, introduced in Emoji version 11.0 (Unicode 11.0). Its shortcode is :bagel:.
People also search for the bagel emoji as bakery, bread, breakfast, schmear.