🪁U+1FA81
Kite emoji
A diamond-shaped kite flying on a string in the wind. Kite flying, windy days, outdoor fun and soaring all call for it, as do festivals and a feeling of being light and carefree.
- Unicode name
- kite
- Category
- Activities, Games
- Added
- Emoji 12.0 in 2019
- Code points
- U+1FA81
- Shortcode
:kite:- Keywords
- fly, kite, soar
How it looks
How to type 🪁
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “kite”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “kite”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “kite”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “kite”.
- GitHub
- Type :kite: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | cometa | cometa, juguete, planear, viento, volar |
| Français | cerf-volant | cerf-volant, planer, voler |
| Deutsch | Drachen | Drachen, fliegen, hochfliegen, steigen, Wind |
| Italiano | aquilone | aquilone, planare, vento, volare, volo |
| Português | pipa | papagaio, pipa, planar, voar |
| Nederlands | vlieger | buiten, opstijgen, spelen, vliegen, vlieger, zweven |
| Svenska | flygande drake | flyga, flygande drake, sväva |
| Polski | latawiec | latanie, latawiec, na wietrze, wiatr |
| Türkçe | uçurtma | süzülme, uçma, uçurtma |
| Русский | воздушный змей | ветер, воздушный змей, змей, игра, летать, парить |
| Українська | повітряний змій | витати, линути, літати, літун, підніматися, повітряний змій, ширяти |
| Ελληνικά | χαρταετός | αιωρούμαι, πετάω, χαρταετός |
| العربية | طائرة ورقية | العاب, تحليق, طائرة ورقية, طيارة, طيارة ورق, طيران, هواء |
| עברית | עפיפון | להעיף, מתעופף, מתרומם, עפיפון |
| فارسی | بادبادک | اوج گرفتن, بادبادک, پرواز |
| हिन्दी | पतंग | उड़ान, उत्तरायण, काइट, पतंग, पतंगबाज़ी, मकर संक्रांति, संक्रांत |
| বাংলা | ঘুড়ি | উড়ে যায়, ওড়া, খেলা, ঘুড়ি, মাঝ আকাশে |
| Bahasa Indonesia | layang-layang | layang-layang, layangan, melayang, terbang |
| Tiếng Việt | diều | bay, bay lên, bay lượn, diều |
| ไทย | ว่าว | บิน, ลอยละล่อง, เล่นลม, ว่าว |
| 日本語 | たこ | おもちゃ, カイト, たこ, 凧揚げ, 玩具 |
| 한국어 | 연 | 날리기, 연, 연날리기, 활공 |
| 中文（简体） | 风筝 | 翱翔, 风筝, 飞翔 |
| 中文（繁體） | 風箏 | 上升, 放風箏, 風箏, 飛 |
Names in 87 more languages
| Afrikaans | vlieër |
|---|---|
| Akan | kaete |
| Albanian | balonë |
| Amharic | ካይት |
| Armenian | օդապարուկ |
| Assamese | চিলা |
| Azerbaijani | çərpələng |
| Bashkir | ҡағыҙ осорғос |
| Basque | haize-parpaila |
| Belarusian | паветраны змей |
| Bosnian | zmaj od papira |
| Breton | sarpant-nij |
| Bulgarian | хвърчило |
| Burmese | စွန် |
| Cantonese | 風箏 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 风筝 |
| Catalan | estel |
| Cherokee | ᎠᎳᏫᏅᏙᏗ |
| Chuvash | хут ҫӗлен |
| Croatian | papirnati zmaj |
| Czech | papírový drak |
| Danish | legetøjsdrage |
| Estonian | tuulelohe |
| European Portuguese | papagaio de papel |
| Faroese | flúgvandi dreki |
| Filipino | saranggola |
| Finnish | leija |
| Galician | papaventos |
| Georgian | ფრანი |
| Gujarati | પતંગ |
| Hausa | fiffiluwa |
| Hungarian | papírsárkány |
| Icelandic | flugdreki |
| Igbo | kitee |
| Irish | eitleog |
| Javanese | layangan |
| Kannada | ಗಾಳಿಪಟ |
| Kazakh | қағаз батпырауық |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | قاعاز باتپىراۋىق |
| Khmer | ខ្លែង |
| Konkani | पतंग |
| Kyrgyz | Кагаз батперек |
| Lao | ວ່າວ |
| Latvian | gaisa pūķis |
| Lithuanian | aitvaras |
| Lower Sorbian | plon za pušćanje |
| Macedonian | летечки змеј |
| Malay | layang-layang |
| Malayalam | പട്ടം |
| Marathi | पतंग |
| Mongolian | цаасан шувуу |
| Nepali | चङ्गा |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Kait |
| Norwegian | papirdrage |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | papirdrake |
| Odia | ଗୁଡି |
| Oromo | kaayitii |
| Pashto | کاغذباد |
| Punjabi | ਪਤੰਗ |
| Quechua | cometa nisqa |
| Romanian | zmeu |
| Romansh | dragun en l’aria |
| Sardinian | abbilone |
| Scottish Gaelic | itealag |
| Serbian | змај на ветар |
| Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | змај на вјетар |
| Serbian (Latin) | zmaj na vetar |
| Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) | zmaj na vjetar |
| Shan | ၵႃဝၢဝ်ႇ |
| Sindhi | لغڙ |
| Sinhala | සරුංගලය |
| Slovak | papierový šarkan |
| Slovenian | zmaj (igrača) |
| Somali | abitey |
| Spanish (United States) | papalote |
| Swahili | kishada |
| Tamil | பட்டம் |
| Telugu | గాలి పటం |
| Tigrinya | ካይት |
| Tongan | lofa |
| Turkmen | batbörek |
| Upper Sorbian | zmij za pušćenje |
| Urdu | پتنگ |
| Uzbek | varrak |
| Welsh | barcud |
| Yoruba | káìtì |
| Zulu | i-kite |
Codes
- Code points
U+1FA81- HTML
🪁- CSS
\1FA81- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1FA81}- Python
\U0001FA81- UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F AA 81- UTF-16
D83E DE81- URL encoded
%F0%9F%AA%81
Questions
What does the 🪁 kite emoji mean?
A diamond-shaped kite flying on a string in the wind. Kite flying, windy days, outdoor fun and soaring all call for it, as do festivals and a feeling of being light and carefree.
How do I type the 🪁 emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “kite”. 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 :kite:.
When was the 🪁 emoji added?
🪁 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.
What is the Unicode code point for 🪁?
U+1FA81. In HTML you can write 🪁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FA81}.