U+1F388

๐ŸŽˆ Balloon

birthday celebrate celebration

Category
Activities
Shortcode
Unicode version
6.0 (2010)
Emoji version
0.6 (2010)
Status
fully-qualified

What the ๐ŸŽˆ emoji means

A red balloon on a string. Birthdays and parties, and the lightness that goes with them.

Rarely alone: it usually travels with ๐ŸŽ‚ or ๐ŸŽ‰. In a hospital or a memorial post the same balloon reads very differently, so it is worth checking the room.

Chat examples

Will your readers see ๐ŸŽˆ

The symbol predates 2018, so every system in use today draws it. Safe for an email, a heading or a signature.

  • Apple always there
  • Google always there
  • Microsoft always there
  • Samsung always there

Checked against release descriptions on August 31, 2026. When new emoji reach devices.

Where the ๐ŸŽˆ emoji is used

The ๐ŸŽˆ smiley copies in one tap and pastes into a chat as text, not as a picture: it is a Unicode symbol, so it works the same in WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord and in a post caption. Every platform draws emoji its own way โ€” below you can see how balloon is drawn in the open Noto, OpenMoji and Twemoji sets.

How the smiley looks on different platforms

Only openly licensed emoji sets are shown. Artwork from Apple, Samsung and other closed platforms is not reproduced. Emoji fonts and image sets.

Emoji codes for developers

Name in other languages

English balloon
ะ ัƒััะบะธะน ะฒะพะทะดัƒัˆะฝั‹ะน ัˆะฐั€ะธะบ
Deutsch Luftballon
Espaรฑol globo
Franรงais ballon gonflable
Polski balon
Dansk ballon
ะฃะบั€ะฐั—ะฝััŒะบะฐ ะฟะพะฒั–ั‚ั€ัะฝะฐ ะบัƒะปัŒะบะฐ
Portuguรชs balรฃo

Unicode CLDR 48