The bikini emoji is pure vacation energy in two tiny triangles: sun, saltwater, and “beach please” attitude. People drop it to announce pool days, summer getaways, or a flirty thirst-trap moment—aka the unofficial banner of Hot Girl Summer. It’s also used ironically in mid-January with a snowflake to scream, “mentally I’m here,” or as a meme-y stand‑in for minimalism (“give me the bikini version of this report”). Paired with palm trees, sunglasses, and splash emojis, it practically smells like sunscreen and lime seltzer.
On Apple devices, it’s a bright magenta two‑piece with a classic triangle top, string‑tie straps, and matching tie‑side bottoms, shown front‑on with soft glossy shading and neat little bow knots—instantly recognizable even at tiny sizes. Beyond vacay vibes, it can signal body‑positivity (“bikini body = have a body, put on a bikini”), retail therapy for swimwear hauls, or cheeky drama when someone posts a spicy seaside selfie. The name “bikini” famously traces back to the post‑war Bikini Atoll headlines—fashion designed to cause a splash—so it’s long been shorthand for bold, summery rebellion. Use it to caption beach selfies, threaten to live at the pool until September, or to say, with maximum drama, that your weekend plans involve SPF 50 and zero responsibilities.
Definition
Pink bikini laid out on a white background.
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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)
1019 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
:bikini:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Clothing and Accessories
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Clothing and Accessories
Names & Annotations
BIKINI
Symbol Information
U+1F459 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-4DA
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
[ビキニ]
KDDI
#413 ビキニ 「bikini」 U+EAA4 SJIS-F377 JIS-7958
Softbank
#217 #old304 ビキニ 「bikini」 U+E322 SJIS-F9C2
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)
1f459
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F459
Decimal Code Point(s)
128089
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x91 0x99
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 91 99
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 221 231
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDC59
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddc59
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56409
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F459
UTF-32 Hex
01F459
UTF-32 Dec
128089
Python Src
u"\U0001F459"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x91\x99"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDC59"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
