# 🎈 Balloon emoji

🎈 Balloon is an emoji in the events set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: birthday, celebrate and celebration.

- Emoji: 🎈
- Unicode name: balloon
- Code points: U+1F388
- Category: Activities, Events
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :balloon:
- Keywords: balloon, birthday, celebrate, celebration
- Page: https://emojichart.com/balloon-emoji

## What it means

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 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 (es) | globo | celebración, globo |
| Français (fr) | ballon gonflable | anniversaire, ballon, ballon de baudruche, ballon gonflable, fête |
| Deutsch (de) | Luftballon | Ballon, Feier, Geburtstag, Luftballon |
| Italiano (it) | palloncino | auguri, compleanno, festa, palloncino |
| Português (pt) | balão | aniversário, balão, celebração, comemoração, festa, parabéns |
| Nederlands (nl) | ballon | ballon, feest, jarig, verjaardag, vieren, viering |
| Svenska (sv) | ballong | ballong, fest |
| Polski (pl) | balon | balon, balonik, impreza, uroczystość, urodziny |
| Türkçe (tr) | balon | balon, doğumgünü, kırmızı balon, kutlama, parti |
| Русский (ru) | воздушный шарик | веревочка, воздух, воздушный, праздник, шарик |
| Українська (uk) | повітряна кулька | повітряна кулька, святкування |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μπαλόνι | γενέθλια, γιορτάζω, γιορτή, μπαλόνι |
| العربية (ar) | بالون | احتفال, بالون, بالونة, حفلة, ذكرى ميلاد, عيد ميلاد |
| עברית (he) | בלון | בלון, חגיגה, יום הולדת, לחגוג, מסיבה |
| فارسی (fa) | بادکنک | بادکنک, بزرگداشت, جشن, عید |
| हिन्दी (hi) | गुब्बारा | गुब्बारा, जन्मदिन, समारोह |
| বাংলা (bn) | বেলুন | উদযাপন, জন্মদিন, বার্থডে, বেলুন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | balon | balon, perayaan, ulang tahun |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bóng bay | bóng bay, lễ kỷ niệm, sinh nhật |
| ไทย (th) | ลูกโป่ง | เฉลิมฉลอง, ลูกโป่ง |
| 日本語 (ja) | 風船 | バルーン, 風船 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 풍선 | 기념, 생일, 축하, 파티, 풍선 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 气球 | 庆祝, 气球, 生日, 节日 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 氣球 | 慶祝, 氣球, 生日 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): ballon
- Akan (ak): baaluu
- Albanian (sq): tullumbace
- Amharic (am): አፉፋ
- Armenian (hy): փուչիկ
- Assamese (as): বেলুন
- Azerbaijani (az): şar
- Bashkir (ba): һауа шары
- Basque (eu): puxika
- Belarusian (be): паветраны шарык
- Bosnian (bs): balon
- Breton (br): cʼhwezigell
- Bulgarian (bg): балон
- Burmese (my): လေပူဖောင်း
- Canadian French (fr-CA): ballon de fête
- Cantonese (yue): 汽球
- Catalan (ca): globus
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏃᎸᎠᏲᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): сывлӑш шарӗ
- Croatian (hr): balon
- Czech (cs): balónek
- Danish (da): ballon
- Estonian (et): õhupall
- Faroese (fo): ballón
- Filipino (fil): lobo
- Finnish (fi): ilmapallo
- Galician (gl): globo
- Georgian (ka): ბუშტი
- Gujarati (gu): ફુગ્ગો
- Hausa (ha): balan-balan
- Hungarian (hu): léggömb
- Icelandic (is): blaðra
- Igbo (ig): Blonblo
- Irish (ga): balún
- Javanese (jv): balon
- Kalaallisut (kl): ballon
- Kannada (kn): ಬಲೂನ್
- Kazakh (kk): шар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): شار
- Khmer (km): ប៉ោងប៉ោង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akabaruni
- Konkani (kok): बोमाडो
- Kyrgyz (ky): шар
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Pupu
- Lao (lo): ໝາກປູມເປົ້າ
- Latvian (lv): balons
- Lithuanian (lt): balionas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): baloncyk
- Luxembourgish (lb): Ballon
- Macedonian (mk): балон
- Malay (ms): belon
- Malayalam (ml): ബലൂൺ
- Maltese (mt): bużżieqa
- Marathi (mr): फुगा
- Mongolian (mn): шаар
- Māori (mi): pūangi
- Nepali (ne): बेलुन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Balun
- Northern Sotho (nso): palone
- Norwegian (no): ballong
- Odia (or): ବେଲୁନ୍‍
- Oromo (om): afuuffee
- Pashto (ps): پوکاڼۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਗੁਬਾਰਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پکانہ
- Quechua (qu): glubu
- Romanian (ro): balon
- Romansh (rm): ballun
- Sardinian (sc): palloneddu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): bailiùn
- Serbian (sr): балон
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): balon
- Shan (shn): ပွင်းလူမ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ڦوڪڻو
- Sinhala (si): බැලූනය
- Slovak (sk): balónik
- Slovenian (sl): balon
- Somali (so): baaluun
- Swahili (sw): puto
- Tajik (tg): ҳубоб
- Tamil (ta): பலூன்
- Telugu (te): గాలి బుడగ
- Tigrinya (ti): ባላንቺና
- Tongan (to): foʻi pula
- Tswana (tn): balune
- Turkmen (tk): şar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): balonk
- Urdu (ur): غبارہ
- Uyghur (ug): شار
- Uzbek (uz): shar
- Welsh (cy): balŵn
- Wolof (wo): baloŋ
- Xhosa (xh): ibhaloni
- Yoruba (yo): Bàlúùnù
- Zulu (zu): ibhaluni

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/balloon-emoji