Fireworks Emoji

Activities

A vibrant burst of colorful light streaks, primarily purple and gold, exploding against a dark background. It captures the visual chaos and brightness of a pyrotechnic display lighting up the night sky.

Usage Context

Widely used to express excitement, mark major holidays like New Year's Eve or the Fourth of July, or signal a major personal achievement. It is a go-to choice for parties and festive announcements, often paired with 🎉 or 🎇 to amplify the celebratory mood.

History

Fireworks were added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0. The design was inspired by the cultural tradition of launching fireworks at public festivals and sporting events, which had become a staple of digital messaging in Japan before spreading globally.

Details

Glyph

🎆

Unicode

U+1F386

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f386:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF86;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Activities

Subcategory event

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

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