• long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick
The sparkler emoji is the handheld firework of your texts—a pocket-sized supernova on a stick. It screams celebration: New Year’s countdowns, Fourth of July selfies, Diwali lights, wedding send-offs, and birthday cakes that are doing the most. On Apple/iOS it looks like a silver‑gray wand at a diagonal with a blazing golden starburst at the tip, tiny four‑point stars and hot embers flicking outward in a warm yellow‑to‑orange glow—basically a mini sun you can hold. Visually, it’s all about that bright white core and radiating spikes that make you feel the “oooh” and “aaah” without the noise complaint from your neighbors.
A sparkler is a firework that emits sparks when lit and is designed to be held in the hand. A bit of an abnormality for fireworks in that safe handling of the vast majority of fireworks requires that they be observed from a distance due to their potential danger and unpredictability. Some fireworks are so big and dangerous that they can only be handled and set off by certified pyro technicians. A firework is a carefully engineered explosive that was invented in China and is used to deliver visual and audible celebration across the world. In the United States, best known for the celebration of Independence Day (July 4th). An emoji of celebration, entertainment and excitement.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1143 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 | :sparkler: |
| Keywords | |
| Previous Names: | Firework Sparkler |
| Unicode Category | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| Unicode Range | 1F300–1F5FF |
| Unicode Subcategory | Celebration Symbols |
Sparkler emoji! I love these things. A long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick Unicode note: "Senkoo Hanabi" in Japanese iEmoji old name: Asteroid in Sky (incorrect)
| Unicode Category | Artifacts |
| Unicode Subcategory | Celebration Symbols |
| Names & Annotations | FIREWORK SPARKLER * long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick Temporary Notes: "Senkoo Hanabi" in Japanese |
| Symbol Information | U+1F387 proposed |
| Proposal Identifier | e-51D |
| DoCoMo | [線香花火] |
| KDDI | #484 線香花火 U+EAEB SJIS-F3BF JIS-7A41 |
| Softbank | #315 #old411 線香花火 U+E440 SJIS-FB81 |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 4 Code |
|---|---|
| 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) | e440 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+E440 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 58432 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0x91 0x80 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE 91 80 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 221 200 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xE440 |
| UTF-16 Hex | e440 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 58432 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000E440 |
| UTF-32 Hex | E440 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 58432 |
| Python Src | u"\uE440" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\x91\x80" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uE440" |
| 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) | 1f387 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F387 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127879 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x87 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 8E 87 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 216 207 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDF87 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cdf87 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 57223 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F387 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F387 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127879 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F387" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x8e\x87" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDF87" |
| Emoji Encoding | KDDI | |
|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | | |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 1 | 1 |
| Character(s) In Input | ||
| Decimal HTML Entity |  | 󾔝 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity |  | 󾔝 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | eaeb | fe51d |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+EAEB | U+FE51D |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 60139 | 1041693 |
| UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEE 0xAB 0xAB | 0xF3 0xBE 0x94 0x9D |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | EE AB AB | F3 BE 94 9D |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 356 253 253 | 363 276 224 235 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xEAEB | 0xDBB9 0xDD1D |
| UTF-16 Hex | eaeb | dbb9dd1d |
| UTF-16 Dec | 60139 | 56249 56605 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0000EAEB | 0x000FE51D |
| UTF-32 Hex | EAEB | 0FE51D |
| UTF-32 Dec | 60139 | 1041693 |
| Python Src | u"\uEAEB" | u"\U000FE51D" |
| PHP Src | "\xee\xab\xab" | "\xf3\xbe\x94\x9d" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uEAEB" | "\uDBB9\uDD1D" |
