Sparkles emoji
Type :sparkles: · #36 most-used emoji · Activities
Unicode name Sparkles · added in Emoji 0.6, 2010
What ✨️ means
Sparkles make anything slightly magical: a new feature, clean code, a good hair day. Also the internet’s italics, wrapping words in ✨ aesthetic ✨ emphasis.
If you are trying to read into it
Sparkles make anything slightly magical: a launch, clean work, a good day. They also serve as the internet’s italics, wrapping a phrase in ✨ emphasis ✨ that is usually affectionate and sometimes sarcastic. Which one it is depends entirely on the phrase inside.
How to type ✨️ without a picker
With Emoji Anywhere
installed, type :spar
in any text field (X, Gmail, Facebook, LinkedIn, anywhere), pick ✨️ from the suggestion that
appears, and keep typing. No picker, no copy-paste round trip.
Shortcodes
:sparkles: Search terms
Also found by searching *, magic, sparkle, star.
✨️ in HTML, CSS and code
Sparkles is a single codepoint, so any of these forms produces the same character.
- Unicode
- U+2728
- HTML
- ✨
- JavaScript
- '\u{2728}'
- CSS content
- "\2728"
- Python
- '\u2728'
- URL-encoded
- %E2%9C%A8
Related emojis
:sparkler: 🔮 :crystal_ball: 🪄 :magic_wand: 🎃 :jack_o_lantern: 🎈 :balloon: 🎉 :party: 🎊 :confetti_ball: 🎁 :gift: 🏆️ :trophy: 🥇 :1st: All activities shortcodes are in the full shortcode list .
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