The ferris wheel emoji is your shortcut to carnival nights, boardwalk dates, and that gentle “we’re literally going in circles but I’m fine with it” energy. People drop it to signal amusement parks, county fairs, soft-launch couple pics, or the classic “life is a loop, send help” vibe. It can read romantic (two people in one tiny gondola, sunset lighting, heart-eyes) or anxious-comic (stuck at the top while your phone’s at 2%). Also doubles as a subtle flex for travel posts featuring big wheels like the London Eye or a nostalgic nod to the OG 1893 Chicago invention that turned being gently dizzy into a global pastime.
On Apple/iOS, the emoji shows a front-facing silver wheel with bright, toy-like gondolas in primary colors perched around the rim, all mounted on a purple base—clean lines, glossy shading, zero riders, maximum whimsy. It’s the visual shorthand for “fair date tonight,” “boardwalk vibes,” or “my emotions are doing laps,” and it pops up in captions about summer festivals, fireworks panoramas, and rom-com energy (bonus points if you reference The Notebook). Meme-wise, it’s used ironically for timelines that never progress, flirtatiously as an invite to share a seat, or dramatically when the group chat spins the same drama every week. Post it with cotton candy pics, skyline shots, or that POV-from-the-top Reel where you pretend you’re braver than you are.
Definition
Ferris wheels are found where people seek entertainment, such as at an amusement park, traveling festival, carnivals, or theme park. A large circular (wheel) ride that rotates while people sit in baskets or pods that are attached tot the outer portion (circumference) of the circle. The London Eye is one of the largest Ferris wheels in the world and is a very popular tourist attraction in London.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1479 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ferris_wheel:
Keywords
Farris, Wheel, Amusement, Park, Fair, Ride, Entertainment
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Entertainment Symbols
Editorial Comment
Amusement Park. An original Ferris Wheel. A symbol of unadulterated fun for carnies and connoisseurs alike.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Activities/work/entertainment
Unicode Subcategory
Entertainment Symbols
Names & Annotations
FERRIS WHEEL = amusement park
Symbol Information
U+1F3A1 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-7FD
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[観覧車]
KDDI
#223 遊園地 U+E46D SJIS-F645 JIS-7526
Softbank
#341 #old126 観覧車 U+E124 SJIS-F764
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🎡
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🎡
Decimal HTML Entity
🎡
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🎡
Hex Code Point(s)
1f3a1
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F3A1
Decimal Code Point(s)
127905
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0xA1
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8E A1
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 216 241
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDFA1
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdfa1
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57249
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F3A1
UTF-32 Hex
01F3A1
UTF-32 Dec
127905
Python Src
u"\U0001F3A1"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8e\xa1"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDFA1"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
