U+1F388 "🎈" Balloon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1F388 "🎈" Balloon is a pictographic representation of a classic party balloon, typically depicted as a single, brightly colored, inflated latex balloon with a tied knot at the base and a short string trailing beneath it. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is widely used in digital communication to symbolize celebrations, birthdays, parties, joy, and festivity. It can also convey a sense of lightheartedness, childhood nostalgia, or the idea of "letting go" of something, depending on the context of the message.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1F388
Name
Balloon
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
🎈
HTML Hex Encoding
🎈
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83C 0xDF88
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001F388
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83c\udf88
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common