Wrapped gift Emoji

Activities

A square gift box wrapped in bright red paper with a decorative yellow ribbon tied in a bow on top. It captures the anticipation of a surprise or the act of giving a physical present.

Usage Context

Used to signal birthdays, holiday gift exchanges, or general excitement about receiving something special. It is frequently sent alongside 🎂 for birthday wishes or 🎄 during the Christmas season to mark the giving of holiday presents.

History

Part of the initial emoji sets developed by Japanese mobile carriers, this icon was designed to replicate the colorful wrapping customs common in Japanese gift-giving culture. It was officially standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to ensure the concept could be shared globally across different operating systems.

Details

Glyph

🎁

Unicode

U+1F381

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f381:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF81;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Activities

Subcategory event

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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