The bomb emoji is the classic cartoon explosive: a glossy black sphere with a stubby fuse that’s literally lit. On Apple/iOS, it’s drawn at a slight angle with a silver fuse cap, a tan rope, and a bright yellow-orange spark at the tip—pure Looney Tunes energy you can almost hear go ssssss… kaboom. It’s not about real-world danger; it’s that over-the-top, comic-book drama used for impact. Think “truth bomb,” “news just dropped,” or “that verse was explosive.”
Online, people fire this off to hype a big reveal, punctuate a savage punchline, or react to tea so strong it needs a blast radius. It can be playful or flirty—“you’re the bomb”—throwback ‘90s style, or sarcastic, like “my presentation? bombed.” Gamers see Bob-omb vibes from Mario, and older cartoon fans picture Wile E. Coyote juggling these like it’s Tuesday. Pair it with a mic 🎤 for lyrical detonation, a skull 💀 when the joke slays, or a stopwatch ⏱️ for ticking-drama energy.
It also moonlights in puns (bath bomb haul, anyone?) and shows up in meme captions where “boom goes the dynamite” still lives rent-free. If you’re aiming for maximum “plot twist” energy, this little sphere brings cinematic suspense to your texts without saying a word.
Definition
A black old fashioned gunpowder backed cannonball type lit bomb. This is the bomb baby!
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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)
731 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
:bomb:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Comic Style Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Comic Style Symbols
Names & Annotations
BOMB Temporary Notes: Bomb (about to blow up)
Symbol Information
U+1F4A3 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B58
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#154 'Bomb' 爆弾 U+E6FE SJIS-F9A3 JIS-7533
KDDI
#268 爆弾 U+E47A SJIS-F652 JIS-7533
Softbank
#149 #old287 爆弾 U+E311 SJIS-F9B1
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)
e311
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E311
Decimal Code Point(s)
58129
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x8C 0x91
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 8C 91
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 214 221
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE311
UTF-16 Hex
e311
UTF-16 Dec
58129
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E311
UTF-32 Hex
E311
UTF-32 Dec
58129
Python Src
u"\uE311"
PHP Src
"\xee\x8c\x91"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE311"
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)
1f4a3
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4A3
Decimal Code Point(s)
128163
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xA3
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 92 A3
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 222 243
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCA3
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddca3
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56483
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4A3
UTF-32 Hex
01F4A3
UTF-32 Dec
128163
Python Src
u"\U0001F4A3"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x92\xa3"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCA3"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
