U+1F4AD "ðŸ’" Thought Balloon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F4AD "ðŸ’" 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 |