firecracker

Group: Activities · Subgroup: Event · Emoji 11

Keywords

dynamite
explosive
fire
firecracker
fireworks
light
pop
popping
spark

About this character

firecracker belongs to the Activities group and is encoded at U+1F9E8. It was added in Unicode 11.0.

Shortcode

Chat apps such as Slack, Discord and GitHub accept this shortcode instead of the character itself.

Technical codes

Code point: U+1F9E8
Hex: 1F9E8
Decimal: 129512
HTML: 🧨
CSS: \1F9E8
JavaScript: \u{1F9E8}
Python: \U0001F9E8
UTF-8: F0 9F A7 A8

The same character is drawn differently by each operating system and font.

jack-o-lantern U+1F383 Similar
Christmas tree U+1F384 Similar
fireworks U+1F386 Similar
sparkler U+1F387 Similar
sparkles U+2728 Similar
balloon U+1F388 Similar
party popper U+1F389 Similar
confetti ball U+1F38A Similar
tanabata tree U+1F38B Similar
pine decoration U+1F38D Similar
Japanese dolls U+1F38E Similar
carp streamer U+1F38F Similar
wind chime U+1F390 Similar
moon viewing ceremony U+1F391 Similar
red envelope U+1F9E7 Similar
ribbon U+1F380 Similar
wrapped gift U+1F381 Similar
reminder ribbon U+1F397 Similar
admission tickets U+1F39F Similar
ticket U+1F3AB Similar

Questions

Why does this emoji look different on my phone?

Unicode standardises the meaning of a character, not its drawing. Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each ship their own artwork, so the same code point changes shape between devices.

Does copying work everywhere?

The character is copied as plain text, so it pastes into any app that accepts text. If the receiving app has no font for it, you will see an empty box instead.