What does 💥 mean?
A collision or explosion: sudden impact, 'boom', a hit. Also used as comic-book style emphasis.
Its official Unicode name is COLLISION SYMBOL and its CLDR short name is "collision" (in Hungarian: "ütközés"). It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion 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).
- bomb
- boom
- collide
- comic
- explode
In Hungarian: bumm, csattanás, képregény, robbanás
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+1F4A5. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- COLLISION SYMBOL
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- ütközés
- English name (CLDR)
- collision
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Smileys & Emotion · emotion
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :boom: :collision:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 💥 emoji mean?
A collision or explosion: sudden impact, 'boom', a hit. Also used as comic-book style emphasis.
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 "bomb".
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.