U+1F388
๐ Balloon
- Category
- Activities
- Subcategory
- Events & Holidays
- Shortcode
- Unicode version
- 6.0 (2010)
- Emoji version
- 0.6 (2010)
- Status
- fully-qualified
What the ๐ emoji means
A red balloon on a string. Birthdays and parties, and the lightness that goes with them.
Rarely alone: it usually travels with ๐ or ๐. 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 ๐
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 ๐ emoji is used
The ๐ 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
- ๐ Your deviceNative system font
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Noto Color Emoji Apache License 2.0 ๐พ SVG
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OpenMoji CC BY-SA 4.0 ๐พ SVG
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Twemoji CC BY 4.0 ๐พ SVG
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 ัััะบะธะน | ะฒะพะทะดััะฝัะน ัะฐัะธะบ |
| Deutsch | Luftballon |
| Espaรฑol | globo |
| Franรงais | ballon gonflable |
| Polski | balon |
| Dansk | ballon |
| ะฃะบัะฐัะฝััะบะฐ | ะฟะพะฒััััะฝะฐ ะบัะปัะบะฐ |
| Portuguรชs | balรฃo |
Unicode CLDR 48
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