U+1FA83 "🪃" Boomerang Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

🪃

U+1FA83 "🪃" Boomerang is a pictographic symbol representing the curved throwing tool historically used by Indigenous Australians for hunting and sport, and it was added to the Unicode Standard in 2020 as part of the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block. This character is commonly used in digital communication to denote travel, return, or the concept of something coming back, drawing on the boomerang's distinctive aerodynamic property. It also serves as a cultural emblem, frequently appearing in contexts related to Australian heritage, outdoor activities, or metaphorical references to reciprocal actions.

General Properties

Code Point U+1FA83
Version Added 13.0
Name Boomerang
Block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
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 0xAA 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDE83
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001FA83
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\ude83

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