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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 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 classic, five-point gold star.

Commonly used for various metaphorical senses of star (e.g., for fame, success, excellence, reviews). Also used for emphasis or flair. Occasionally used for astronomical stars.

Not to be confused with <a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟 Glowing Star</a>, <a href="/shooting-star/">🌠 Shooting Star</a>, or <a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a>, though their applications may overlap.

<a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/star/">Samsung</a> and <a href="/facebook/1.0/star/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> stars were once silver.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#white">white</a> in Unicode character names.

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White Medium Star

A generic bird. Variously depicted as a blue or red bird, as a bluebird or cardinal, shown standing in full profile, or as a bird head.&nbsp;Both designs&nbsp;show the bird facing left.

May be used for a variety of wild and pet birds as well as for metaphorical senses of bird (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par_(score)#Birdie">birdie</a> in <a href="/flag-in-hole/">golf</a>).

Apple and WhatsApp&rsquo;s designs feature a grayish bird head. Google, Samsung, and Facebook&rsquo;s designs suggest a bluebird, Microsoft and Twitter&rsquo;s a cardinal. Google&rsquo;s bird <a href="/google/android-4.4/bird/">previously</a> resembled a canary, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/bird/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> was previously green, and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/bird/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.0/bird/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> birds were once blue.

Bird

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 form of <a href="/speech-balloon/" title="💬 Speech Balloon">speech balloon</a> used with angular edges, used to denote angry speech in comics.

Right Anger Bubble

A night sky with stars, depicted on major platforms as a <a href="/sunset/" title="🌇 Sunset Over Buildings">cityscape</a> at night.

Night with Stars

A stylized representation of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_Star">shooting star</a>, a small, fast meteor that burns up in the atmosphere. Generally depicted as a gold, five-point star trailing&nbsp;yellow motion lines against a night sky, as if moving down to the left.

May be used for astronomical stars and other content concerning space. Also may be used for flair or flourish. 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="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>, <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/glowing-star/">🌟&nbsp;Glowing&nbsp;Star</a>, or <a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Google&rsquo;s star was <a href="/google/android-8.0/shooting-star/">previously</a> trailed, without backdrop, by yellow lines, though these lines&nbsp;were blue in an even <a href="/google/android-7.0/shooting-star/">earlier</a> design. Microsoft&rsquo;s star was also previously&nbsp;trailed, without backdrop, by blue lines, though they were <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/shooting-star/">yellow before</a> that.

Shooting Star

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet">comet</a>, an icy, rocky space object that can form a tail of gas and dust when near the sun. Generally depicted as an icy-blue comet, as if streaking downwards in a night sky.

May be used for meteors and other celestial bodies, as well as for content concerning space more generally. Also occasionally used for flair or flourish.

Not to be confused with <a href="/shooting-star/">🌠 Shooting Star</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s comet is fiery-red, as is Apple&rsquo;s, which appears to be ascending. WhatsApp&rsquo;s comet is depicted in a starry, night sky, Apple&rsquo;s comet was <a href="/apple/ios-9.1/comet/">previously</a> descending and blue.

Comet

A star with eight points, that is commonly shown in orange, and for some reason, with only four points.

See the glossary for information on the term&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#black" title="📖 Glossary">black</a> in unicode character names.

Eight Pointed Black Star

A yellow face with X&rsquo;s&nbsp;for eyes and a round, open mouth. Often depicted with raised or furrowed eyebrows. Facebook&rsquo;s design features a purple forehead. Previously displayed with spiral eyes on <a href="/google/android-8.0/dizzy-face/">some</a> <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-may-2019-update/dizzy-face/">platforms</a>.

May convey a heightened or hyperbolic sense of such feelings as&nbsp;shock, surprise, disbelief, awe, and&nbsp;amazement, as if staggered to the point of disorientation (i.e., <a href="/dizzy/">dizzy</a>). May also represent <a href="/face-with-thermometer/">sickness</a>, <a href="/nauseated-face/">nausea</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/woozy-face/">intoxication</a>, and <a href="/skull/">death</a>, e.g., slang I&rsquo;m dead!

Not to be confused with <a href="/astonished-face/">😲&nbsp;Astonished Face</a>, which previously featured X-shaped eyes <a href="/apple/ios-8.3/astonished-face/">on</a> <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/astonished-face/">several</a> <a href="/facebook/1.0/astonished-face/">platforms</a>, nor&nbsp;<a href="/face-with-spiral-eyes/">😵&zwj;💫 Face with Spiral Eyes</a>&nbsp;which consistently displays spiral eyes on all platforms.

Unlike other vendors,&nbsp;Huawei&#39;s design features a&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy">💫 Dizzy</a> symbol atop this emoji&#39;s head.

Dizzy Face

A star with six points, and a dot in the center. Similar to the <a href="/star-of-david/" title="✡ Star of David">Star of David emoji</a>.

Six Pointed Star with Middle Dot

A glowing, five-point gold star. Depicted as <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a> with stylized bursts in between its points, representing glowing or twinkling.

Commonly used to represent various senses of glowing as well for as for a sense of flourish. Not to be confused with <a href="/dizzy/">💫 Dizzy</a>, <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>, <a href="/shooting-star/">🌠 Shooting Star</a>, or <a href="/sparkles/">✨ Sparkles</a>, though their applications may overlap.

On <a href="/snapchat/">Snapchat</a>, this emoji displays next to a&nbsp;contact who has had their&nbsp;snaps replayed&nbsp;in the past 24 hours.

Microsoft&rsquo;s bursts were <a href="/glowing-star/">previously</a>&nbsp;blue lines,&nbsp;Apple&rsquo;s star <a href="/apple/ios-4.0/glowing-star/">previously</a> resembled its <a href="/star/">⭐ Star</a>&nbsp;emoji, and&nbsp;Samsung&rsquo;s star <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/glowing-star/">previously</a> displayed a burst radiating out from its center.

Glowing Star

A symbol which loosely <a href="https://twitter.com/zacrellin/status/864862375291174912">resembles a fidget spinner</a>&nbsp;with three circular protrusions.

The&nbsp;Gbakurunen symbol is a&nbsp;Unicode character which does not have&nbsp;emoji presentation, and is&nbsp;part of the N&#39;Ko block which&nbsp;contains&nbsp;characters for languages of West Africa.

NKo Symbol Gbakurunen

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 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 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

A pink love heart with stars around it, making it look like it is sparkling or shimmering.

Sparkling Heart

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 face with spiral-shaped eyes, commonly used to indicate dizziness, but may also represent hypnosis or other forms of disorientation.

Created in <a href="/emoji-13.1">2020</a> disambiguate from the <a href="/dizzy-face">😵 Face with Crossed-Out Eyes</a> emoji which previously displayed spiral eyes on <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-may-2019-update/dizzy-face/">some</a> <a href="/google/android-8.0/dizzy-face/">platforms</a>, but X eyes on others.&nbsp;This emoji will consistently show spiral eyes on all platforms.

Unlike other vendors,&nbsp;Huawei&#39;s design features a&nbsp;<a href="/dizzy">💫 Dizzy</a> symbol atop this emoji&#39;s head.

Face with Spiral Eyes

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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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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.

💫 Dizzy on SoftBank 2001

💫 Dizzy on SoftBank 2001

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