Balloon

Globo

A balloon is generally an expandable rubber or flexible foil bag designed to filled with gas (such as helium or air). When filled with a gas that is lighter than the air we breath, such as helium, the balloon will float and needs to be held down with a string to keep it from flying away. Balloons are cherished and loved by children, most likely because of a balloon's vivid color and its seemingly magic-like ability to defy gravity when filled with helium. A symbol of birthdays, baby showers, festivals, entertainment, fun, excitement, children and general celebration.

Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. 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.
2. 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)	110 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	:balloon:
Keywords	Balloon, Birthday, Celebration, Helium, Gas, Children, Float
Previous Names:	Red Balloon

Unicode Category Information

Unicode Category	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range	1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory	Celebration Symbols

Editorial Comment

A single filled red balloon with a cord tied onto it. Unicode name: just "Balloon"

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory	Celebration Symbols
Names & Annotations	BALLOON
Symbol Information	U+1F388 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-516

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	[風船]
KDDI	#404 風船 U+EA9B SJIS-F36E JIS-794F
Softbank	#145 #old286 風船 U+E310 SJIS-F9B0

Emoji Character Encoding Data

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)	e310
Formal Unicode Notation	U+E310
Decimal Code Point(s)	58128
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xEE 0x8C 0x90
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	EE 8C 90
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	356 214 220
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xE310
UTF-16 Hex	e310
UTF-16 Dec	58128
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0000E310
UTF-32 Hex	E310
UTF-32 Dec	58128
Python Src	u"\uE310"
PHP Src	"\xee\x8c\x90"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uE310"

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)	1f388
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F388
Decimal Code Point(s)	127880
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x8E 0x88
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 8E 88
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 216 210
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83C 0xDF88
UTF-16 Hex	d83cdf88
UTF-16 Dec	55356 57224
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F388
UTF-32 Hex	01F388
UTF-32 Dec	127880
Python Src	u"\U0001F388"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x8e\x88"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83C\uDF88"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)