# 🧨 Firecracker emoji

🧨 Firecracker is an emoji in the events set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 11.0 in 2018. Related words: dynamite, explosive, fire, fireworks, light and pop.

- Emoji: 🧨
- Unicode name: firecracker
- Code points: U+1F9E8
- Category: Activities, Events
- Added: Emoji 11.0 (2018)
- GitHub shortcode: :firecracker:
- Keywords: dynamite, explosive, fire, firecracker, fireworks, light, pop, popping, spark
- Page: https://emojichart.com/firecracker-emoji

## What it means

A small explosive with a lit fuse, ready to go off with a bang. People use it for fireworks, celebrations such as Lunar New Year and the Fourth of July, and for explosive energy, big reveals or heated moments.

## How to type 🧨

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “firecracker”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “firecracker”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “firecracker”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “firecracker”.
- GitHub: Type :firecracker: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | petardo | dinamita, explosivo, fuegos artificiales, petardo |
| Français (fr) | pétard | dynamite, étincelle, explosif, explosive, feu d’artifice, pétard, tnt |
| Deutsch (de) | Feuerwerkskörper | Dynamit, Explosion, explosiv, Feuer, Feuerwerk, Feuerwerkskörper, Funken, Knall, knallen, Knaller, Kracher, Silvester, sprengen, Sprengstoff, Zündstoff |
| Italiano (it) | petardo | botto, dinamite, esplodere, esplosivo, far esplodere, fuochi artificiali, fuochi d’artificio, petardo, scintilla, scoppiare, scoppio |
| Português (pt) | bombinha | artifício, bomba, bombinha, chiando, dinamite, estourar, explosivo, faísca, fogo, luz, pirotecnia, roubada |
| Nederlands (nl) | rotje | boem, dynamiet, explosief, licht, ontploffing, rotje, vonk, vuur, vuurwerk |
| Svenska (sv) | smällare | dynamit, fyrverkeri, smällare, sprängämne |
| Polski (pl) | petarda | dynamit, fajerwerki, iskra, materiał, materiały, ogień, petarda, petardy, trotyl, wybuch, wybuchowe, wybuchowy |
| Türkçe (tr) | maytap | ateş, bomba, dinamit, havai fişek, kırmızı, kıvılcım, maytap, patlama, patlayıcı |
| Русский (ru) | динамитная шашка | взрыв, взрывчатка, динамит, динамитная шашка, искра, петарда, фейерверк, хлопушка, шашка |
| Українська (uk) | петарда | вибух, вибухівка, вогонь, динаміт, іскри, салют, феєрверк, хлопавка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κροτίδα | ανάβω, δυναμίτης, εκρηκτικά, εκρηκτικός, εκτινάσσομαι, κροτίδα, πετάγομαι, πυροτεχνήματα, σπίθα, φωτιά |
| العربية (ar) | مفرقعات | ألعاب نارية, احتفال, انفجار, بهجة, تفجير, حفلة, ديناميت, شرارة, شرر, شعلة, ضوء, فرقع, فرقعة, قنبلة, متفجرات, مفرقعات نارية, مهرجان, نار, نيران |
| עברית (he) | זיקוקין די נור | דינמיט, זיקוקים, זיקוקין די נור, חזיז |
| فارسی (fa) | ترقه | آتش, آتش بازی, آتش‌بازی, انفجار, ترقه, ترقه بازی, ترکیدن, جرقه, دینامیت, ماده منفجره, محترقه, منفجر, مواد منفجره, نور |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पटाखे | आग, आतंक, आतिशबाजी, डायनामाइट, डायनेमाइट, त्योहार, दिवाली, पटाका, पटाखा, पटाखे, फट, बम, बारूद, रोशनी, रौश्नी, विस्फ़ोट, विस्फोटक, सुतली |
| বাংলা (bn) | বাজি | আগুন, আগুনের শিখা, আতশবাজি, আলো, জ্বলন্ত আগুন, ডিনামাইট, বাজি, বিস্ফোরক, বোমা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | petasan | api, bahan peledak, bunga api, dinamit, kembang api, ledakan, mercon, percikan, petasan, sinar |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | pháo | nổ, pháo, pháo hoa, thuốc nổ |
| ไทย (th) | ประทัด | ดอกไม้ไฟ, ไดนาไมต์, ประกาย, ประทัด, ไฟ, ระเบิด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 爆竹 | ダイナマイト, 火花, 火薬, 爆発, 爆発物, 爆竹, 爆薬, 花火 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 폭죽 | 다이너마이트, 불꽃, 불꽃놀이, 빛, 튀다, 폭발적인, 폭약, 폭죽 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 爆竹 | 光亮, 火花, 炸药, 烟火, 烟花, 爆炸, 爆竹, 鞭炮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 鞭炮 | 火花, 火藥, 炸藥, 煙火, 爆炸, 爆竹, 爆裂物, 鞭炮 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): klapper
- Akan (ak): gyawuo
- Albanian (sq): fishekzjarr
- Amharic (am): ርችቶች
- Armenian (hy): ճայթռուկ
- Assamese (as): ফটকা
- Azerbaijani (az): feyerverk
- Bashkir (ba): динамит
- Basque (eu): petardo
- Belarusian (be): петарда
- Bosnian (bs): petarda
- Breton (br): strakerez
- Bulgarian (bg): пиратка
- Burmese (my): ဗြောက်အိုး
- Cantonese (yue): 炮丈
- Catalan (ca): petard
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᏙᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 炮仗
- Chuvash (cv): петарт
- Croatian (hr): petarda
- Czech (cs): petarda
- Danish (da): kanonslag
- Estonian (et): ilutulestikurakett
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): petardo
- Faroese (fo): kinesari
- Filipino (fil): paputok
- Finnish (fi): sähikäinen
- Galician (gl): petardo
- Georgian (ka): შუშხუნა
- Gujarati (gu): ફટાકડા
- Hausa (ha): mai ƙyalƙyalin wuta
- Hungarian (hu): petárda
- Icelandic (is): púðurkerling
- Igbo (ig): ọkụ ọkụ
- Irish (ga): pléascóg thine
- Javanese (jv): petasan
- Kannada (kn): ಪಟಾಕಿ
- Kazakh (kk): отшашу
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): وتشاشۋ
- Khmer (km): ផាវ
- Konkani (kok): फोगेट
- Kyrgyz (ky): петарда
- Lao (lo): ໝາກກະໂພກ
- Latvian (lv): petarde
- Lithuanian (lt): fejerverkas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wognjopraskotak
- Macedonian (mk): петарда
- Malay (ms): petasan
- Malayalam (ml): പടക്കം
- Marathi (mr): फायरक्रॅकर
- Mongolian (mn): салют
- Nepali (ne): पटाका
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Fáyákráka
- Norwegian (no): kinaputt
- Odia (or): ବାଣ
- Oromo (om): dhukaatuu ibiddaa
- Pashto (ps): پټاکۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਪਟਾਖੇ
- Quechua (qu): petardo
- Romanian (ro): petardă
- Romansh (rm): petarda chastrada
- Sardinian (sc): petardu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): dìorrasan-fùdair
- Serbian (sr): петарда
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): petarda
- Shan (shn): မူၵ်ႇတႅၵ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): فائر ڪريڪر
- Sinhala (si): රතිඤ්ඤා
- Slovak (sk): petarda
- Slovenian (sl): petarda
- Somali (so): dab-demiyeyaasha
- Swahili (sw): fataki ya kuchezea
- Tamil (ta): வெடி
- Telugu (te): టపాకాయలు
- Tigrinya (ti): ርችት
- Tongan (to): ʻone
- Turkmen (tk): salýut
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): praskotak
- Urdu (ur): پٹاخہ
- Uzbek (uz): bang‘illoq
- Welsh (cy): gwialen tân
- Yoruba (yo): olufa iná
- Zulu (zu): firecracker

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9E8` |
| HTML | `🧨` |
| CSS | `\1F9E8` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9E8}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9E8` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 A8` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDE8` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%A8` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧨 firecracker emoji mean?

A small explosive with a lit fuse, ready to go off with a bang. People use it for fireworks, celebrations such as Lunar New Year and the Fourth of July, and for explosive energy, big reveals or heated moments.

### How do I type the 🧨 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “firecracker”. 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 :firecracker:.

### When was the 🧨 emoji added?

🧨 was added in Emoji 11.0, released in 2018.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧨?

U+1F9E8. In HTML you can write 🧨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9E8}.

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