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In chats, it’s the quick shorthand for “I just crashed into Monday,” “deadline hit me,” or the app that exploded your patience. It’s sarcasm-ready—“what a smooth rollout 💥” when the servers eat dirt—and it leans flirt-chaotic too: “that fit is smashing 💥,” often paired with 👏 for extra oomph. Think of it as cranking the volume to 11, instantly.

On iOS, it appears as a jagged yellow–orange blast ringed by a bold, spiky red outline—clean, flat, and instantly loud—like a POW bubble ripped from a vintage superhero panel. Across the internet it reads as the comic-book “BOOM!”: a starburst that broadcasts impact, chaos, and dramatic entrances.

People drop it when a take lands, a beat hits, a play crushes, or a plot twist detonates. It doubles as punctuation for mic-drop moments, K.O. replays, and “that was a banger” reactions. Meme-side, you’ll spot it in CapCut edits, sports highlights, K-pop comeback teasers, and any caption chasing a sonic boom without actual sound. Compared to 🤯 (mind-blown) or 🔥 (hype), 💥 is the event itself—the instant of impact.

Definition

An explosive collision of two or more objects. Boom! A fiery emoji used frequently in conjunction with the pistol emoji. Bang! Adds general emphasis and "wow" factor.

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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.

1. This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.

Emoji General Information

Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)	126 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	:boom:
Keywords	Boom, Bang, Collision, Fire, Emphasis, Wow, Bam
Previous Names:	Collision Symbol

Unicode Category Information

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

Editorial Comment

If emoji could make a sound, this one surely would.

Proposed Unicode Information & Notes

Unicode Category	Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory	Comic Style Symbols
Names & Annotations	COLLISION SYMBOL Temporary Notes: Bump (collision)
Symbol Information	U+1F4A5 proposed
Proposal Identifier	e-B5A

Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes

DoCoMo	#161 'Bump (collision)' どんっ(衝撃) 「dontsu(衝撃)」 U+E705 SJIS-F9AA JIS-784F
KDDI	#329 どんっ(衝撃) 「dontsu(衝撃)」 U+E5B0 SJIS-F7CD JIS-784F
Softbank	[ドンッ]

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)	1f4a5
Formal Unicode Notation	U+1F4A5
Decimal Code Point(s)	128165
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)	0xF0 0x9F 0x92 0xA5
UTF-8 Hex Bytes	F0 9F 92 A5
UTF-8 Octal Bytes	360 237 222 245
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)	0xD83D 0xDCA5
UTF-16 Hex	d83ddca5
UTF-16 Dec	55357 56485
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)	0x0001F4A5
UTF-32 Hex	01F4A5
UTF-32 Dec	128165
Python Src	u"\U0001F4A5"
PHP Src	"\xf0\x9f\x92\xa5"
C/C++/Java Src	"\uD83D\uDCA5"

Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)