Speech balloon Emoji
Smileys
A grey or white speech bubble with three small dots inside, resembling a classic dialogue cloud found in comic books. The graphic is designed to represent spoken words or a live, incoming text message.
Usage Context
This emoji is the standard way to signal that a conversation is happening or to denote a comment section on a social platform. It is frequently used to initiate a direct message or to represent the 'is typing...' indicator seen in apps like iMessage or WhatsApp. It is often paired with 💭 to show a private thought or 🗯 for more aggressive shouting.
History
Part of the Unicode 6.0 set released in 2010, this icon draws its lineage from the 'speech balloon' used in 20th-century print media to convey dialogue. It was adopted into digital character sets to bridge the gap between static text and real-time instant messaging interfaces.
Details
Glyph
💬
Unicode
U+1F4AC
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4ac:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Smileys
Subcategory emotion
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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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