U+1F4AD "💭" Thought Balloon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F4AD "💭" Thought Balloon is a graphical symbol representing a cloud-like, speech bubble tail shape associated with internal contemplation, daydreaming, or the visualization of a thought. It is commonly used in digital communication to indicate that a character or person is thinking, imagining, or having an idea, as opposed to speaking aloud. This pictogram, officially classified under the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, often appears in comic strips and text messages to convey a reflective, suggestive, or whimsical tone. Its design typically features a puffy white cloud with a dotted tail trailing to the implied thinker, distinguishing it from the solid speech bubble used for dialogue.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F4AD
Version Added 6.0
Name Thought Balloon
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 💭
HTML Hex Encoding 💭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDCAD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F4AD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\udcad

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Emoji Presentation Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes