• long, stick-like firework that looks like a burning incense stick
Information
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.
Definition
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.
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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)
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 Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Celebration Symbols
Editorial Comment
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)
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
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
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
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 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)
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 Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
