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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

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 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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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.

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

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 &nbsp;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

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>.

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Sparkles

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Animated versions of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs, used by Google Messenger.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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An animated subset of the licensable JoyPixels emoji set.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Released in&nbsp;October&nbsp;2010, Unicode 6.0 was the first version of the Unicode Standard to support emoji.

Some characters in <a href="/unicode-5.2/">prior</a>&nbsp;versions of Unicode were retroactively updated to provide&nbsp;an emoji presentation. This release was the first to introduce new characters for the sole purpose of compatability with emojis being used in Japan.

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