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A cartoon-styled representation of a collision. Depicted as a star-like, orange-and-yellow fiery burst, generally with one point extending to the bottom right, as if from the source of the collision.

May be used to represent various types of bangs, explosions, or crashes. Like <a href="/fire/">🔥 Fire</a> and <a href="/hundred-points/">💯 Hundred Points</a>, commonly used to represent something is excellent or exciting in some way.

Apple implements a version of 💥 Collision in its <a href="/firecracker/">🧨 Firecracker</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="/camera-with-flash/">📸 Camera With Flash</a>.

Collision Symbol

A yellow face with an open&nbsp;mouth, the top of its head exploding in the shape of a brain-like mushroom cloud. A visual form of the expression mind blown, it&nbsp;may represent such emotions as shock, awe, amazement, and disbelief.

Apple&rsquo;s design features the same expression as its&nbsp;<a href="/frowning-face-with-open-mouth/">😦 Frowning Face With Open Mouth</a>.

Shocked Face with Exploding Head

A yellow face with a broad, closed smile wearing black <a href="/sunglasses/">sunglasses</a>, as if a pair of classic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray-Ban_Wayfarer">Wayfarers</a>. Often used to convey the slang&nbsp;sense of <a href="/cool-button/">cool</a>. May also express a confident, carefree attitude or that something is excellent.

<a href="/nerd-face/">🤓&nbsp;Nerd Face</a> wears similarly shaped <a href="/glasses/">eyeglasses</a>.

On <a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji next to a contact denotes that you have best friends in common with this person.

Smiling Face with Sunglasses

100 emoji: the number one-hundred, written in red, underlined twice for emphasis.

Originating from the number 100&nbsp;written on a school exam or paper&nbsp;to indicate a perfect score&nbsp;of 100 out of 100.&nbsp; Teachers in Japan may&nbsp;also&nbsp;use a <a href="/white-flower/" title="💮 White Flower">stamp</a>&nbsp;in addition to the 100 mark, to indicate&nbsp;that a student has performed very well.

This 100&nbsp;emoji&nbsp;is commonly used as a shorthand for 100%, with the usage meaning &ldquo;keep it real&rdquo; or a similar sentiment. A 100 emoji can be used to express pride or general acceptance of an idea.

In <a href="/snapchat/" title="👻 Snapchat Emoji Meanings">Snapchat</a>, the 100 emoji appearing next to a <a href="/fire/" title="🔥 Fire">fire emoji</a> indicates a 100 day Snapstreak.

Hundred Points Symbol

A red symbol found in Anime/Manga and&nbsp;used&nbsp;to represent the&nbsp;<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossPoppingVeins">veins popping</a> on a very angry person.

Also&nbsp;used in other&nbsp;comic books to indicate a punch landed, perhaps next to the words &ldquo;Bam&rdquo; or &ldquo;Pow&rdquo;.

Anger Symbol

A cartoon-styled representation of <a href="/dizzy-face/">dizziness</a>. Generally depicted as one or more yellow stars swirling in a yellow or blue circle.

Resembles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">squeans</a>, stylized stars and circles over the heads of characters in comics and animation to show they are dizzy, <a href="/woozy-face/">disoriented</a>, intoxicated, or <a href="/nauseated-face/">sick</a>.

Commonly used for emphasis and flair or to indicate various positive sentiments. Like <a href="/shooting-star/">🌠 Shooting Star</a>, sometimes used as a visual reference to NBC&rsquo;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_More_You_Know">More You Know</a> public service announcement, popular in the 1990s and featuring a&nbsp;shooting star logo.

Not to be confused with <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and <a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Facebook&rsquo;s design features two stars spinning along two intersecting purple circles, though it <a href="/facebook/2.0/dizzy/">previously</a> only featured one&nbsp;yellow ring. <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/dizzy/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> design previously displayed several yellow circles and stars.

Dizzy Symbol

A cartoon-styled gust of air. Depicted as a small, gray <a href="/cloud/">cloud</a> with motion lines, rushing to the left.

Resembles <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana">briffits</a>, a stylized cloud of dust used in comics and animation to indicate someone or something has dashed away (e.g., leaving someone in the dust).

May be used to represent speed, smoking, and various types of wind, blown or broken. May precede&nbsp;other emoji, such as <a href="/person-running/">🏃Runner</a> or <a href="/automobile/">🚗 Automobile</a>, to indicate something is fast or fleeing:&nbsp;🏃💨, 🚗💨.

Not to be confused <a href="/wind-face/">🌬️ Wind Face</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Dash Symbol

A round, black, cartoon-styled hole, as a manhole or a <a href="/flag-in-hole/">hole (cup) in golf</a>. May be used to represent various types of literal or figurative holes, e.g., black holes, rabbit holes.

Hole

A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the left.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/rightwards-pushing-hand/">🫸 Rightwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.&nbsp;

Leftwards Pushing Hand

A profile of an open hand pushing or positioned with the palm toward the right.&nbsp;

May be used to show a hand pushing something away or to represent rejection of something in general. May also be used with with <a href="https://emojipedia.org/leftwards-pushing-hand/">🫷 Leftwards Pushing Hand</a> to show hands high fiving or holding, pressing, or squishing something.

Rightwards Pushing Hand

A bus used for public transport in cities and towns. Could also be used as a <a title="🏫 School" href="/school/">school</a> bus.

The front of a <a title="🚌 Bus" href="/bus/">bus</a>, showing the windscreen, as well as wing mirrors in some versions of this emoji.

Oncoming Bus

A yellow taxicab,&nbsp;iconically seen in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City">New York City</a>. Shown from the side, as opposed to the <a href="/oncoming-taxi/" title="🚖 Oncoming Taxi">oncoming taxi</a> emoji.

Taxi

A yellow taxicab,&nbsp;iconically seen in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City">New York City</a>. Shown from the front, as opposed to the&nbsp;<a href="/taxi/" title="🚕 Taxi">taxi</a>&nbsp;emoji which displays the side of the vehicle.

Oncoming Taxi

A car&nbsp;shown from the side, facing right-to-left. Appears as a red car on almost all platforms (which <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedOnesGoFaster">goes faster</a>), though earlier Google designs displayed the vehicle as either <a href="/google/android-11.0/automobile/">silver</a> or <a href="/google/android-7.0/automobile/">blue</a>.

Facebook&#39;s first design for this emoji was also <a href="/facebook/1.0/automobile/">blue</a>.

Automobile

A car&nbsp;being shown from the front. The windscreen and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_(vehicle)">hood</a> (bonnet in British English) of the car can be seen&nbsp;facing forward.

This car shows in red or blue on most platforms. It was <a href="/google/android-11.0/oncoming-automobile/">previously</a> silver on Android.

Oncoming Automobile

A rocket being propelled into <a href="/milky-way/" title="🌌 Milky Way">space</a>. Sometimes used to indicate a fast increase, for instance when referring to stocks going&nbsp;to the moon&nbsp;🚀 (rising quickly in price).

Rocket

A symbol for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_voltage">high voltage</a>, as warns against injury from electricity. Depicted as a jagged yellow bolt.

Commonly used to represent <a href="/cloud-with-lightning/">lightning</a>, electricity, and various flashes. Also used to represent metaphorical energy and signal attention online.

Samsung&rsquo;s bolt was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/high-voltage/">previously</a> white on a blue square, as an icon for high voltage.

High Voltage Sign

A flame, as produced when something is on fire. Depicted as a red, orange, and yellow flickering flame.

Commonly used for various metaphorical expressions related to fire, including the slang hot (&ldquo;attractive&rdquo;) and <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/its-lit/">lit</a> (&ldquo;excellent&rdquo;).

<a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>&nbsp;displays&nbsp;🔥 Fire&nbsp;next to two users who are on a&nbsp;snapstreak, or have been messaging for more than three consecutive days.

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Fire

A single, light blue droplet, as of water, sweat, or tears.

May be used for various types of liquid. May also be used to expression sadness, as in <a href="/crying-face/">😢 Crying Face</a>,&nbsp;or for various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, &ldquo;exceptional style, swagger&quot;).

Not to be confused with <a href="/sweat-droplets/">💦 Sweat Droplets</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Droplet

Firework emoji, showing a explosion of colored light in the night sky, used for any number of celebrations such as <a href="/new-years-eve/" title="🎊 New Year’s Eve Emoji List">New Year&#39;s Eve</a>.

Colors vary by platform, and may include pink, purple, yellow, blue, and green.

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Fireworks

A sparkler: a form of hand-held firework often used at parties and celebrations. The sparkler is lit at one end, and&nbsp;held at the other.&nbsp;

Most platforms display this with the lit end held down, as is the style for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senko_hanabi">senko hanabi</a>&nbsp;(&quot;incense-stick fireworks&quot;) which is&nbsp;a traditional&nbsp;sparkler from&nbsp;from Japan.

Firework Sparkler

A firecracker, as lit on&nbsp;<a href="/chinese-new-year/">Chinese New Year</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/new-years-eve/">New Year&#39;s Eve</a>, or&nbsp;<a href="/independence-day/">Independence Day</a>. Depicted as a red tube with a burning fuse, sometimes lined with gold rings at its top and base.

Often used with <a href="/fireworks/">🎆 Fireworks</a> and <a href="/sparkler/">🎇 Sparkler</a> for various celebrations and holidays. Also applied to&nbsp;figurative senses of <a href="/fire/">fire</a>, e.g., slang hot, on fire&nbsp;(&ldquo;excellent&rdquo;).

While it may resemble a stick of dynamite on some platforms, several vendor designs, such as Google and Twitter&#39;s,&nbsp;suggest the emoji is modeled after traditional Chinese firecrackers, as are strung together and lit on such occasions as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year">Chinese New Year</a>.

Firecracker

The glittering flashes of sparkles. One of the world&#39;s most popular emojis, it is generally depicted as a cluster of three, yellow&nbsp;four-point stars, with one large sparkle and two small ones to its left or right.

Commonly used to indicate various positive sentiments, including love, happiness, beauty, gratitude, and excitement, as well as&nbsp;newness or cleanliness.

May also be used as <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/its-not-just-you-the-sparkles-emoji-is-everywhere/">a form of ✨emphasis✨ or to convey sarcastic or mocking tones</a>.

As of late 2023, an icon similar to the sparkles emoji is also often used within tech platforms to represent a feature that utilizes&nbsp;artificial intelligence.

Both <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sparkles/">Microsoft</a> and&nbsp;<a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/sparkles/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;sparkles were&nbsp;previously&nbsp;multicolored, while&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s sparkles were previously depicted on a night sky, suggesting <a href="/sparkler/">firework sparklers</a>.&nbsp;

<a href="http://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1075074100412985345">Twitter&#39;s mobile app uses</a> ✨ Sparkles as a button users can tap to toggle between latest and top tweets on their timeline.

Similar emojis&nbsp;with less implied meaning include&nbsp;<a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>.

<div id="professor_prebid-root">This emoji predates emojis inclusion within <a href="/the-unicode-consortium">Unicode</a>. The earliest incarnation of this emoji could be found in Japanese emoji keyboards in <a href="/docomo/1999/sparkles">1999</a>, specifically within the <a href="/docomo">Docomo</a> emoji set designed by&nbsp;Shigetaka Kurita.</div>

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Sparkles

A squirt gun (water pistol), as used to <a href="/sweat-droplets/">spray water</a> for fun.

On major platforms, depicted as a green or orange toy gun with an orange tip and barrel pointed left.&nbsp;Google&nbsp;and Facebook&rsquo;s designs include mounted reservoirs.

Originally depicted as a classic handgun, as a revolver or other pistol. In 2016, <a href="http://blog.emojipedia.org/apple-and-the-gun-emoji/">Apple switched its design</a> from weapon&nbsp;to toy; other major vendors followed suit by 2018. Deprecated emoji sets or smaller platforms still display the emoji as a handgun.&nbsp;

In July 2024, X / Twitter updated this emoji&#39;s design to once again show a real firearm. In August 2024 the firearm&#39;s design was changed, and also made available for iOS platforms.

Microsoft <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/pistol/">initially displayed</a> the emoji as a toy ray gun before switching to a revolver, then squirt gun. Google <a href="/google/android-4.4/pistol/">once featured</a> a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunderbuss">blunderbuss</a>.

Pistol

Sunglasses that can be worn outside for protection from the sun. Often association with connotations of being &quot;cool&quot;, or leisurely in sunny places.

This emoji shows only the sunglasses, which differs from the <a href="/smiling-face-with-sunglasses/" title=" 😎 Smiling Face With Sunglasses">smiling face with sunglasses</a> emoji.

Dark Sunglasses

A classic camera, shown with its flash going off, as to illuminate a darker scene. Vendors implement the same design as <a href="/camera/">📷 Camera</a> with a burst of light, often&nbsp;resembling <a href="/collision/">💥 Collision</a>.

Commonly used for various content concerning photography as well as an icon for a picture, as before an upload, link, or credit.

Camera with Flash

A burning candle, as lit when taking a <a href="/person-taking-bath/">bath</a> or the power is out. Depicted as a white, pillar-shaped candle with a <a href="/fire/">flame</a> and wax dripping down its sides.

Used for a wide array of content, such as various senses of light, <a href="/birthday/">birthdays</a>, remembrance, relaxation, and topics concerning <a href="/christmas">Christmas</a>, religion and <a href="/halloween/">Halloween</a>. Notably featured in the <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/summoning-circle">Summoning Circle</a> meme on Twitter.

Apple&#39;s&nbsp;candle&nbsp;is in a silver holder. Samsung&rsquo;s candle was <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.0/candle/">previously pink</a>, perhaps as in a <a href="/birthday-cake/">birthday cake</a>.

Candle

An everyday flashlight (electric torch), as used when the power goes out,&nbsp;<a href="/camping/">camping</a>, or telling scary stories. Generally depicted at a 45&deg; angle as a gray and black device with a switch, shown illuminated on many platforms.

Used for various content concerning and senses of&nbsp;light and lighting (e.g., spotlight).

Google&rsquo;s flashlight was <a href="/google/android-11.0/flashlight/">previously</a>&nbsp;orange.

Electric Torch

A cartoon-styled bomb, depicted as a black ball with a burning fuse.

Commonly used for various figurative bombs or explosions, e.g., slang bomb, a &ldquo;home run&rdquo; in <a href="/baseball/">baseball</a> or <a href="/softball/">softball</a>;&nbsp;&quot;excellent&quot; or &quot;attractive.&quot; Sometimes applied&nbsp;in contexts of war, weapons, or violence.

Earlier&nbsp;designs from <a href="/softbank/2006/bomb/">SoftBank</a> and <a href="/au-kddi/type-d-2/bomb/">au by KDDI</a> animated the bomb as <a href="/collision/">exploding</a>.

Bomb

A hazard symbol for radiation or radioactivity. May appear similar to a three-pronged fan at small sizes.

Generally displayed on an orange or yellow background.

Radioactive Sign

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