Bomb Emoji
Objects
A classic cartoon-style spherical bomb, typically black with a lit fuse sputtering sparks. It draws heavily from traditional comic book depictions of explosives.
Usage Context
Used to signal a sudden disaster, a failing situation, or a 'blast' of information. People often pair it with 💥 to emphasize an explosion or use it metaphorically to describe a piece of content that is shockingly good or bad.
History
Included in the early Japanese emoji sets that were eventually standardized into Unicode 6.0 in 2010. It served as a quick way to communicate the concept of 'danger' or 'impact' within character-limited SMS messages.
Details
Glyph
💣
Unicode
U+1F4A3
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4a3:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Objects
Subcategory tool
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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