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A party balloon

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Code points: U+1F388
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Meaning

A balloon — parties, celebrations, or a light touch of festivity.

Balloon — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

In conversation

Birthdays, small celebrations, or playful 'woohoo' energy.

Tone

Festive and light.

Common uses

birthdays
small celebrations
party vibes

Watch out

Lighter than 🎉 — a single balloon, not full confetti.

Examples

it's party time 🎈
happy birthday 🎈
woohoo 🎈

Also known as

balloonparty ballooncelebration

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Used in combos

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birthday celebration

party package

balloon party

circus balloons

balloon and party — it's a party

toast and balloon — celebration toast

confetti and balloon — festive day

gift · balloon — another year

Related collections

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Emoji names around the world

English: balloonالعربية بالون español globo português balão हिन्दी गुब्बारा Indonesia balon

Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Related kaomoji

panda dancing

party kaomoji — festive, celebrating

Quick facts

Code points: U+1F388
Unicode name: balloon
Category: ActivitiesEvents
Unicode: 6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6Unicode history
Keywords: balloon birthday celebrate celebration emoji meaning mean

Developer

Single code point

Unicode data

Code pointsU+1F388

Unicode nameballoon

UTF-8F0 9F 8E 88

Shortcodes

Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):balloon:

HTML & CSS

HTML (hex)🎈

HTML (decimal)🎈

CSS\1F388

Languages

JavaScript\u{1F388}

Python\U0001F388

Perl\x{1F388}

PHP / Ruby\u{1F388}

Encodings

Punycodexn--ck8h

URL escape code%F0%9F%8E%88

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Open-source artwork under commercially compatible licenses, shown with correct attribution. These are not Apple, Samsung or WhatsApp designs.

Noto Emoji — Licenses & attribution — **Noto Emoji**Google Fonts · SIL OFL 1.1

Twemoji — Licenses & attribution — **Twemoji**Twemoji project · CC BY 4.0

OpenMoji — Licenses & attribution — **OpenMoji**OpenMoji project · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Frequently asked

What does 🎈 balloon mean?