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

&#xD83D;&#xDCA3;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory tool

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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