Emoji
(FIRECRACKER): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(FIRECRACKER), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji FIRECRACKER
- Unicode Name
- FIRECRACKER
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F9E8
- Category
- Activities & Sports
- Subcategory
- event
- Slug
- firecracker
Meaning and description of emoticon 🧨
The 🧨 emoji depicts a cylindrical firecracker with a burning fuse and sparks. Part of the Unicode standard, "Activities" category.
🧨 usually conveys a holiday, seasonal ritual and atmosphere of the event. Paired with 🎉 ✨ 🏮 it becomes more precise, and examples like “It feels like an event and a festive context here 🧨” convey this well. A close shade is given by 🎎, 🎏, 🎐, but 🧨 remains the most expressive option. The sign is appropriate when you need to show a holiday, decoration, seasonal event or holiday tradition. Such emoji often convey not the literal object, but the ritual, mood and cultural context of the holiday.
Usage Examples 🧨
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :firecracker: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :firecracker: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :firecracker: | |
| HTML Dec | 🧨 | |
| HTML Hex | 🧨 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F9E8"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F9E8 | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83E\uDDE8 | |
| Perl | \x{1F9E8} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F9E8} | |
| Punycode | xn--yv9h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%A7%A8 | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F A7 A8 |