What does 🎈 mean?
Balloon: party, birthday, celebration, lightness.
Its official Unicode name is BALLOON and its CLDR short name is "balloon" (in Hungarian: "léggömb"). It belongs to the Activities group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- birthday
- celebrate
- celebration
In Hungarian: lufi, születésnap, ünnepel, ünnep, ünnepi hangulat, ünneplés
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 🎈 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F388. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- BALLOON
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- léggömb
- English name (CLDR)
- balloon
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Activities · event
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :balloon:
Related emojis
- Sparkles
- Party popper
- Confetti ball
- Ribbon
- Wrapped gift
- Jack-o-lantern
- Christmas tree
- Fireworks
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎈 emoji mean?
Balloon: party, birthday, celebration, lightness.
How do I type the 🎈 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "birthday".
When was the 🎈 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.