Piñata Emoji

Activities

A colorful, fringed paper figure shaped like a donkey, decorated with bright geometric patterns. The design depicts a traditional hollow vessel typically filled with sweets and small toys.

Usage Context

Used to signal party planning, festive moods, or birthdays. It is frequently sent when discussing celebrations, gatherings, or as a playful way to refer to breaking something open to get a reward, similar to the 🎉 party popper or 🎂 birthday cake.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2020 as part of Emoji 13.0, the piñata was included to represent the cultural heritage of Latin American celebrations. While the modern paper-mâché version is most familiar, the object traces its roots to early religious and harvest traditions in Mexico and Spain.

Details

Glyph

🪅

Unicode

U+1FA85

Shortcode

:emoji_u1fa85:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDE85;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory game

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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