What does 🎯 mean?
Bullseye: spot on, targeted, 'nailed it', a goal.
Its official Unicode name is DIRECT HIT and its CLDR short name is "bullseye" (in Hungarian: "telitalálat"). 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).
- bull
- dart
- direct
- entertainment
- game
- hit
- target
In Hungarian: bullseye, cél, céltábla, darts, játék, szórakozás, találat
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+1F3AF. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- DIRECT HIT
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- telitalálat
- English name (CLDR)
- bullseye
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Activities · game
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :dart:
Related emojis
- Water pistol
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎯 emoji mean?
Bullseye: spot on, targeted, 'nailed it', a goal.
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 "bull".
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.