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Balloon
Also known as: Party, Red Balloon
Unicode: U+1F388
Description
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.
Image Variants

3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
ballooncelebration
Shortcodes
Platform | Shortcode | Action |
---|---|---|
Emojipedia | :balloon: | |
GitHub | :balloon: | |
Slack | :balloon: | |
Discord | :balloon: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> Celebration symbols
Definition:
A single balloon, used for birthdays and other celebrations. Displayed as red on most platforms, except Samsung which displays a blue ballo http://emojipedia.org/balloon/
Verbs:
- Have or participate in a party
- Ride in a hot-air balloon
Nouns:
- Formal performance of a solemn rite.
- The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual
- Performance of a ceremony (in an appropriate and solemn manner), such as performing a marriage.
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament
- The date and year something was born.
- The year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
- Date and year when something was born.
- A birthday is a celebration of the anniversary of a person's birth.
- The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
- The date on which a person was born.
- Day that comes once a year when a person celebrates the anniversary of his or her birth
- Birthday