What does 🎁 mean?
Wrapped gift: birthdays, Christmas, giveaways, a surprise.
Its official Unicode name is WRAPPED PRESENT and its CLDR short name is "wrapped gift" (in Hungarian: "becsomagolt ajándék"). 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
- bow
- box
- celebration
- christmas
- gift
- present
- surprise
- wrapped
In Hungarian: ajándék, becsomagolt, doboz, karácsony, meglepetés, születésnap, 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+1F381. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- WRAPPED PRESENT
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- becsomagolt ajándék
- English name (CLDR)
- wrapped gift
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Activities · event
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :gift:
Related emojis
- Sparkles
- Balloon
- Party popper
- Confetti ball
- Ribbon
- Jack-o-lantern
- Christmas tree
- Fireworks
Frequently asked questions
What does the 🎁 emoji mean?
Wrapped gift: birthdays, Christmas, giveaways, a surprise.
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.