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💭Thought Balloon Emoji
💭 thought balloon is encoded at U+1F4AD and shipped with Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode files it under Smileys & Emotion → Emotions, alongside 14 related emojis.
What 💭 thought balloon means
Most of this set is manga vocabulary rather than emotion in the usual sense - 💢 for a popping vein, 💫 for seeing stars, 💦 for sweat, 💤 for sleep. They work as annotations on other emoji more than alone. 💯 comes from the red 100 a Japanese teacher marks on a perfect paper, and now just means full agreement.
Unicode tags this one balloon, bubble and cartoon and files it under Smileys & Emotion → Emotions.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F4AD | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 💭 | |
| HTML decimal | 💭 | |
| CSS | \1F4AD | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4AD} | |
| Python | \U0001F4AD | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDCAD | |
| Rust | \u{1f4ad} | |
| Swift | \u{1F4AD} | |
| PHP | \u{1F4AD} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%92%AD | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 AD | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DCAD | |
| Base64 | 8J+SrQ== | |
| Decimal | 128173 | |
| Introduced | Emoji 1.0 (2015) | |
Keywords
Appears in these collections
How to type 💭
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “thought balloon”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “balloon”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f4adand Enter. - HTML — paste
💭.
How 💭 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- 💭Apple
- 💭Segoe
- 💭Noto
- 💭System
Frequently asked questions
What does the 💭 thought balloon emoji mean?+
💭 is the thought balloon emoji, tagged balloon, bubble and cartoon. Most of this set is manga vocabulary rather than emotion in the usual sense - 💢 for a popping vein, 💫 for seeing stars, 💦 for sweat, 💤 for sleep. They work as annotations on other emoji more than alone. 💯 comes from the red 100 a Japanese teacher marks on a perfect paper, and now just means full agreement.
What is the Unicode code for 💭?+
thought balloon is U+1F4AD. In HTML that is 💭, in CSS \1F4AD, and in JavaScript \u{1F4AD}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 💭 emoji added?+
thought balloon got its emoji presentation in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Emotions in Smileys & Emotion.
Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 💭 thought balloon.