Balloon Emoji

Activities

A bright red, round balloon tied to a short, white string. It is shown inflated and floating, typically leaning slightly to the right as if caught in a breeze.

Usage Context

Used to signal excitement, mark a birthday, or celebrate a milestone achievement. It serves as a visual shorthand for parties and festive occasions. It is frequently sent alongside 🎉 or 🎂 to add a celebratory flair to digital messages.

History

Balloons have been a staple of celebratory graphics since the early days of personal computing and instant messaging. This specific design was added to the Unicode standard in 2010 to help users convey joy and festive moods in mobile text chats.

Details

Glyph

🎈

Unicode

U+1F388

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f388:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF88;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory event

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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