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 Microsoft

Category Objects

Subcategory tool

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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