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Balloon

A balloon on a string, as decorates a birthday party. Generally depicted in red, though WhatsApp’s is pink and Google’s orangish-red.

Commonly used to convey congratulations and celebration, especially when wishing someone a happy birthday.

Microsoft and Samsung's balloons were previously blue; SoftBank's was shown floating in the sky.

Balloon was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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