Sparkles adds magic, newness or emphasis. It is also known as the shine emoji. ✨️ Sparkles is an emoji from the Activities category. Its Unicode code point is U+2728 and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does ✨️ Sparkles mean?
Sparkles adds magic, newness or emphasis. It highlights something special, signals "aesthetic" vibes, and is often wrapped around words for ✨emphasis✨ or gentle sarcasm.
✨️ Sparkles is part of the “Events & Holidays” set in the Activities emoji category. It is commonly associated with *, magic, sparkle and star. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and works on virtually every modern phone and computer. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :sparkles: to insert it.
Sparkles emoji codes
| Emoji | ✨️ |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2728 |
| HTML entity (decimal) | ✨ |
| HTML entity (hex) | ✨ |
| CSS | \2728 |
| JavaScript | \u{2728} |
| Python | \u2728 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%9C%A8 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C A8 |
| Shortcode | :sparkles: |
How to type ✨️ on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “sparkles”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “sparkles”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “sparkle”.
- HTML: write
✨in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Sparkles keywords
- *
- magic
- sparkle
- star
Frequently asked questions
What does ✨️ mean?
Sparkles adds magic, newness or emphasis. It highlights something special, signals "aesthetic" vibes, and is often wrapped around words for ✨emphasis✨ or gentle sarcasm.
What is the ✨️ emoji called?
Its official Unicode name is Sparkles, but people also call it the shine emoji.
How do I copy and paste the Sparkles emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the ✨️ emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was ✨️ Sparkles added to Unicode?
Sparkles was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Events & Holidays emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.