🎈U+1F388
Balloon emoji
A single inflated party balloon floating on a string. Birthdays, parties, celebrations and decorations all call for it, and it adds a bit of cheer to festive, upbeat messages.
- Unicode name
- balloon
- Category
- Activities, Events
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+1F388
- Shortcode
:balloon:- Keywords
- balloon, birthday, celebrate, celebration
How it looks
How to type 🎈
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “balloon”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “balloon”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “balloon”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “balloon”.
- GitHub
- Type :balloon: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | globo | celebración, globo |
| Français | ballon gonflable | anniversaire, ballon, ballon de baudruche, ballon gonflable, fête |
| Deutsch | Luftballon | Ballon, Feier, Geburtstag, Luftballon |
| Italiano | palloncino | auguri, compleanno, festa, palloncino |
| Português | balão | aniversário, balão, celebração, comemoração, festa, parabéns |
| Nederlands | ballon | ballon, feest, jarig, verjaardag, vieren, viering |
| Svenska | ballong | ballong, fest |
| Polski | balon | balon, balonik, impreza, uroczystość, urodziny |
| Türkçe | balon | balon, doğumgünü, kırmızı balon, kutlama, parti |
| Русский | воздушный шарик | веревочка, воздух, воздушный, праздник, шарик |
| Українська | повітряна кулька | повітряна кулька, святкування |
| Ελληνικά | μπαλόνι | γενέθλια, γιορτάζω, γιορτή, μπαλόνι |
| العربية | بالون | احتفال, بالون, بالونة, حفلة, ذكرى ميلاد, عيد ميلاد |
| עברית | בלון | בלון, חגיגה, יום הולדת, לחגוג, מסיבה |
| فارسی | بادکنک | بادکنک, بزرگداشت, جشن, عید |
| हिन्दी | गुब्बारा | गुब्बारा, जन्मदिन, समारोह |
| বাংলা | বেলুন | উদযাপন, জন্মদিন, বার্থডে, বেলুন |
| Bahasa Indonesia | balon | balon, perayaan, ulang tahun |
| Tiếng Việt | bóng bay | bóng bay, lễ kỷ niệm, sinh nhật |
| ไทย | ลูกโป่ง | เฉลิมฉลอง, ลูกโป่ง |
| 日本語 | 風船 | バルーン, 風船 |
| 한국어 | 풍선 | 기념, 생일, 축하, 파티, 풍선 |
| 中文（简体） | 气球 | 庆祝, 气球, 生日, 节日 |
| 中文（繁體） | 氣球 | 慶祝, 氣球, 生日 |
Names in 95 more languages
| Afrikaans | ballon |
|---|---|
| Akan | baaluu |
| Albanian | tullumbace |
| Amharic | አፉፋ |
| Armenian | փուչիկ |
| Assamese | বেলুন |
| Azerbaijani | şar |
| Bashkir | һауа шары |
| Basque | puxika |
| Belarusian | паветраны шарык |
| Bosnian | balon |
| Breton | cʼhwezigell |
| Bulgarian | балон |
| Burmese | လေပူဖောင်း |
| Canadian French | ballon de fête |
| Cantonese | 汽球 |
| Catalan | globus |
| Cherokee | ᎤᏃᎸᎠᏲᏙᏗ |
| Chuvash | сывлӑш шарӗ |
| Croatian | balon |
| Czech | balónek |
| Danish | ballon |
| Estonian | õhupall |
| Faroese | ballón |
| Filipino | lobo |
| Finnish | ilmapallo |
| Galician | globo |
| Georgian | ბუშტი |
| Gujarati | ફુગ્ગો |
| Hausa | balan-balan |
| Hungarian | léggömb |
| Icelandic | blaðra |
| Igbo | Blonblo |
| Irish | balún |
| Javanese | balon |
| Kalaallisut | ballon |
| Kannada | ಬಲೂನ್ |
| Kazakh | шар |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | شار |
| Khmer | ប៉ោងប៉ោង |
| Kinyarwanda | akabaruni |
| Konkani | बोमाडो |
| Kyrgyz | шар |
| Kʼicheʼ | Pupu |
| Lao | ໝາກປູມເປົ້າ |
| Latvian | balons |
| Lithuanian | balionas |
| Lower Sorbian | baloncyk |
| Luxembourgish | Ballon |
| Macedonian | балон |
| Malay | belon |
| Malayalam | ബലൂൺ |
| Maltese | bużżieqa |
| Marathi | फुगा |
| Mongolian | шаар |
| Māori | pūangi |
| Nepali | बेलुन |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Balun |
| Northern Sotho | palone |
| Norwegian | ballong |
| Odia | ବେଲୁନ୍ |
| Oromo | afuuffee |
| Pashto | پوکاڼۍ |
| Punjabi | ਗੁਬਾਰਾ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | پکانہ |
| Quechua | glubu |
| Romanian | balon |
| Romansh | ballun |
| Sardinian | palloneddu |
| Scottish Gaelic | bailiùn |
| Serbian | балон |
| Serbian (Latin) | balon |
| Shan | ပွင်းလူမ်း |
| Sindhi | ڦوڪڻو |
| Sinhala | බැලූනය |
| Slovak | balónik |
| Slovenian | balon |
| Somali | baaluun |
| Swahili | puto |
| Tajik | ҳубоб |
| Tamil | பலூன் |
| Telugu | గాలి బుడగ |
| Tigrinya | ባላንቺና |
| Tongan | foʻi pula |
| Tswana | balune |
| Turkmen | şar |
| Upper Sorbian | balonk |
| Urdu | غبارہ |
| Uyghur | شار |
| Uzbek | shar |
| Welsh | balŵn |
| Wolof | baloŋ |
| Xhosa | ibhaloni |
| Yoruba | Bàlúùnù |
| Zulu | ibhaluni |
Codes
- Code points
U+1F388- HTML
🎈- CSS
\1F388- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F388}- Python
\U0001F388- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 8E 88- UTF-16
D83C DF88- URL encoded
%F0%9F%8E%88
Questions
What does the 🎈 balloon emoji mean?
A single inflated party balloon floating on a string. Birthdays, parties, celebrations and decorations all call for it, and it adds a bit of cheer to festive, upbeat messages.
How do I type the 🎈 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “balloon”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :balloon:.
When was the 🎈 emoji added?
🎈 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for 🎈?
U+1F388. In HTML you can write 🎈, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F388}.