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Fireworks ๐ŸŽ†

Added in Emoji 0.6 · Activities Events & Holidays

Codepoint U+1F386
Shortcode :fireworks:
Version Emoji 0.6

Meaning

Fireworks burst across the sky in a brilliant explosion of colorsโ€”reds, blues, yellows, and greens radiating outward from a central point, capturing that magical moment of celebration and spectacle. The design is energetic and celebratory, with multiple points of light suggesting joy, excitement, and grand achievement.

Fireworks are used for celebrations of all kinds: New Year's Eve, Independence Day (Fourth of July), New Year's Day, weddings, promotions, and major victories. It's the go-to emoji when something big and wonderful has happened and you want to match that explosive energy. People also use it to hype up announcements, celebrate wins, or mark milestone moments with visual flair.

Beyond literal fireworks displays, it symbolizes excitement, triumph, celebration, and moments worth commemorating. It's bolder and more emphatic than confetti or balloonsโ€”fireworks say "this is huge, this is worth celebrating loudly." You'll see it in messages about achievements, relationship milestones, or New Year's resolutions being crushed.

Fireworks work well in combo chains with other celebratory emojis, amplifying the festive vibe. Different platforms render the colors and burst patterns slightly differently, but the celebratory feeling stays consistent. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, fireworks have become the ultimate symbol of major celebration across digital culture.

Common Uses

  • Celebrating New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
  • Marking major achievements and wins
  • Announcing exciting news or milestones
  • Expressing joy and explosive excitement

Popular Combos

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Did You Know?

Fireworks usage spikes dramatically on December 31st and January 1st globally, but it also sees surges around Independence Day and New Year celebrations in different time zonesโ€”it's one of the most time-dependent emojis for usage patterns.

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Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :fireworks:
Slack :fireworks:
Discord :fireworks:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🎆
HTML (hex)
🎆
CSS
\1F386
JavaScript
\uD83C\uDF86
Python
\U0001F386
Java
\uD83C\uDF86
Perl
\x{1F386}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F386}
Punycode
xn--2qo6
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%8E%86
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x86

๐ŸŽ† in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali เฆ†เฆคเฆธ เฆฌเฆพเฆœเฆฟ
Chinese (Simplified) ็„ฐ็ซ
Chinese (Traditional) ็ˆ†็ซน
Danish fyrvรฆrkeri
Dutch vuurwerk
English fireworks
English (UK) fireworks
Estonian ilutulestik
Finnish ilotulitus
French feu dโ€™artifice
German Feuerwerk
Hindi เค†เคคเคฟเคถเคฌเคพเคœเฅ€, เคธเคฎเคพเคฐเฅ‹เคน
Hungarian tลฑzijรกtรฉk
Italian fuochi dโ€™artificio
Japanese ๆ‰“ใกไธŠใ’่Šฑ็ซ
Korean ๋ถˆ๊ฝƒ๋†€์ด
Lithuanian fejerverkai
Malay bunga api
Norwegian fyrverkeri
Polish fajerwerki
Portuguese fogos de artifรญcio
Russian ั„ะตะนะตั€ะฒะตั€ะบ
Spanish fuegos artificiales
Spanish (Mexico) fuegos artificiales
Swedish fyrverkerier
Thai เธžเธฅเธธ
Ukrainian ั„ะตั”ั€ะฒะตั€ะบะธ
Vietnamese phรกo hoa