✨U+2728
Sparkles emoji
Several four-pointed stars glittering together. It's used for something magical, new, clean or special, to add glitter or emphasis to a post, and to give a playful or ironic tone. Apps also often use it to mark AI-powered features.
- Unicode name
- sparkles
- Category
- Activities, Events
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+2728
- Shortcode
:sparkles:- Keywords
- *, magic, sparkle, sparkles, star
How it looks
How to type ✨
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “sparkles”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “sparkles”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “sparkles”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “sparkles”.
- GitHub
- Type :sparkles: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | chispas | *, bengala, chispas, estrellas |
| Français | étincelles | *, étincelles, étoile, étoiles, magie, nuit, nuit étoilée, scintiller |
| Deutsch | funkelnde Sterne | *, funkel, funkeln, funkelnde Sterne, Funkelnde Sterne, Sterne |
| Italiano | stelline | scintille, spendente, stelle, stelline |
| Português | brilhos | *, brilhantes, brilhos, estrelas, faíscas, mágica |
| Nederlands | sterretjes | *, glinsteren, glinsterende sterren, ster, sterretjes |
| Svenska | gnistrande stjärnor | gnistrande stjärnor, gnistrar, stjärnor |
| Polski | gwiazdki | *, błysk, gwiazda, gwiazdki, gwiazdy, iskry, noc, świecący, świeci |
| Türkçe | parıltılar | *, mucize, parıldayan yıldızlar, parıltı, parıltılar, pırıldayan yıldızlar, pırıltı, sihir, yıldız, yıldızlar |
| Русский | блестки | блестка, блестки, звезда, звезды, искры, мерцание, свет |
| Українська | блискітки | блискітки, зірка, іскра, іскри, яскравий |
| Ελληνικά | αστράκια | *, αστέρι, αστράκια, λάμψη, μαγεία, σπίθα, σπίθες |
| العربية | ومضات | ثلاث نجمات, فضاء, لامع, نجمة, نجوم, نجوم ساطعة, ومضات, ومضة, وميض |
| עברית | נצנוץ | כוכב, כוכבים, נצנוץ, נצנוצים |
| فارسی | درخشش | جرقه, درخشش, ستاره |
| हिन्दी | चमकदार तारे | चमक, चमकदार तारे, चमचम, जादू, तारे |
| বাংলা | দ্যুতি | *, জাদু, ঝিকিমিকি, তারা |
| Bahasa Indonesia | berkilau | *, berkilau, bintang, kilauan, majik |
| Tiếng Việt | ánh lấp lánh | ánh lấp lánh, kỳ diệu, lấp lánh, ngôi sao |
| ไทย | ประกายวิบวับ | *, ดาว, ดาววิบวับ, ประกายวิบวับ |
| 日本語 | きらきら | きらきら, キラキラ, スター, ぴかぴか, 星 |
| 한국어 | 블링블링 | 마술, 매직, 반짝거림, 반짝반짝, 별, 블링블링 |
| 中文（简体） | 闪亮 | 星星, 火花, 闪亮, 闪光, 闪耀 |
| 中文（繁體） | 閃爍 | 閃亮, 閃爍, 閃耀, 魔術 |
Names in 98 more languages
| Afrikaans | vonke |
|---|---|
| Akan | gyaeteԑ |
| Albanian | xixëllima |
| Amharic | የእሳት ፍንጣሪዎች |
| Armenian | կայծեր |
| Assamese | চিকমিকনি |
| Azerbaijani | qığılcımlar |
| Bashkir | осҡондар |
| Basque | distira |
| Belarusian | іскры |
| Bosnian | iskrice |
| Breton | fulennoù |
| Bulgarian | звездички |
| Burmese | မီးပွင့်များ |
| Cantonese | 閃 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 闪 |
| Catalan | espurnes |
| Cherokee | ᏗᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 閃光 |
| Chuvash | йӑлтӑркка |
| Croatian | iskre |
| Czech | jiskry |
| Danish | stjerner |
| Estonian | sädemed |
| European Portuguese | cintilação |
| Faroese | neistafok |
| Filipino | kumikinang |
| Finnish | säihke |
| Galician | chispas |
| Georgian | ნაპერწკლები |
| Gujarati | ચમકતા તારા |
| Hausa | ƙyalƙyalai |
| Hungarian | szikrák |
| Icelandic | stjörnur |
| Igbo | icheku ọkụ gasị |
| Irish | drithlí |
| Javanese | mbang api |
| Kalaallisut | stjerner |
| Kannada | ಹೊಳೆಯುವ |
| Kazakh | ұшқындар |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | ۇشقىندار |
| Khmer | ចែងចាំង |
| Kinyarwanda | ibishashi |
| Konkani | ठिणगी काडपी |
| Kyrgyz | учкундар |
| Kʼicheʼ | Kachupchutik |
| Lao | ປະກາຍໄຟ |
| Latvian | zibšņi |
| Lithuanian | kibirkštėlės |
| Lower Sorbian | se błyšćece gwězdy |
| Luxembourgish | fonkelend Stären |
| Macedonian | светки |
| Malay | berkilauan |
| Malayalam | തിളങ്ങുന്നവ |
| Maltese | tlellix |
| Marathi | चमकणारे |
| Mongolian | гэрэлтэх |
| Māori | he korakora |
| Nepali | चमक |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Spákuls |
| Northern Sotho | ya phadima |
| Norwegian | stjerner |
| Odia | ଚମକିଲା |
| Oromo | calaqqeewwan |
| Pashto | پړقېدونکي |
| Punjabi | ਫੁੱਲਝੜੀਆਂ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | چمکیلا |
| Quechua | pinchikuna |
| Romanian | steluțe |
| Romansh | sbrinzlas |
| Sardinian | ischintiddas |
| Scottish Gaelic | lainnirean |
| Serbian | искре |
| Serbian (Latin) | iskre |
| Shan | ႁိူဝ်ႈလႅင်းဝိတ်းဝွတ်း |
| Sindhi | ڦلجڙيون |
| Sinhala | දියමන්ති |
| Slovak | iskry |
| Slovenian | iskrice |
| Somali | dhalaali |
| Swahili | nyota |
| Tajik | шарора |
| Tamil | ஒளிரும் நட்சத்திரம் |
| Telugu | చిన్న చిన్న మెరుపులు |
| Tigrinya | ስፓርክ |
| Tongan | fetapatapaki |
| Tswana | matlhasedi |
| Turkmen | uçgunlar |
| Upper Sorbian | so zybolace hwězdy |
| Urdu | چمکتے ستارے |
| Uyghur | ۋالدۇر-ۋۇلدۇر |
| Uzbek | uchqunlar |
| Welsh | gwreichion |
| Wolof | ferñeent |
| Xhosa | izikhazimli |
| Yoruba | Awọn Titan |
| Yoruba (Benin) | Awɔn Titan |
| Zulu | okukhazimulayo |
Codes
- Code points
U+2728- HTML
✨- CSS
\2728- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2728}- Python
\u2728- UTF-8 bytes
E2 9C A8- UTF-16
2728- URL encoded
%E2%9C%A8
Questions
What does the ✨ sparkles emoji mean?
Several four-pointed stars glittering together. It's used for something magical, new, clean or special, to add glitter or emphasis to a post, and to give a playful or ironic tone. Apps also often use it to mark AI-powered features.
How do I type the ✨ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “sparkles”. 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 :sparkles:.
When was the ✨ emoji added?
✨ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for ✨?
U+2728. In HTML you can write ✨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2728}.