# 🧋 Bubble tea emoji

🧋 Bubble tea is an emoji in the drinks set of Food & drink. It was added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. Related words: boba, food, milk and pearl.

- Emoji: 🧋
- Unicode name: bubble tea
- Code points: U+1F9CB
- Category: Food & drink, Drinks
- Added: Emoji 13.0 (2020)
- GitHub shortcode: :bubble_tea:
- Keywords: boba, bubble, food, milk, pearl, tea
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bubble-tea-emoji

## What it means

Showing a cup of milk tea with dark tapioca pearls at the bottom and a wide straw. It stands for bubble tea, also called boba, a drink that started in Taiwan, and people use it for cafe trips, sweet drinks and Asian-style treats.

## How to type 🧋

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bubble tea”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bubble tea”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bubble tea”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “bubble tea”.
- GitHub: Type :bubble_tea: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | té de burbujas | boba, bubble tea, burbuja, leche, perla, té, té de burbujas |
| Français (fr) | thé aux perles | boba, boisson, bubble tea, bulle, lait, paille, perle, thé aux bulles, thé aux perles, thé froid, zenzou |
| Deutsch (de) | Bubble Tea | Blase, Bubble Tea, Essen, Getränk, Lebensmittel, Milch, Perle, Taiwan, Tee |
| Italiano (it) | bubble tea | bibita, boba, bolla, bolle, bubble tea, cibo, latte, perla, sfera, Taiwan, tè con le bolle, thè |
| Português (pt) | chá perolado | bebida, bolha, bubble tea, chá, chá perolado, comida, leite, pérola, pobá |
| Nederlands (nl) | bubbelthee | boba, bubbel, melk, parel, thee, voedsel |
| Svenska (sv) | bubbelte | bubbelte, mjölk, pärlor, tapiokapärlor, te |
| Polski (pl) | napój bubble tea | bubble tea, herbata, herbata bąbelkowa, kuleczka, kulki tapioki, mleko, na słodko, tapioka, z tapioką |
| Türkçe (tr) | bubble tea | baloncuk, boba, bubble tea, çay, içecek, inci, inci çayı, süt, tayvan |
| Русский (ru) | чай с шариками | баббл, бабл, боба чай, еда, жемчужный, молоко, напиток, чай, чай с шариками, шарик |
| Українська (uk) | бульбашковий чай | бульбашковий, коктейль, молочний, напій, перловий, соломинка, тайвань, чай, чай з бульбашками |
| Ελληνικά (el) | τσάι μπόμπα | γάλα, πέρλες, ποτό, ρόφημα, τσάι, τσάι μπόμπα, φαγητό, φυσαλίδες |
| العربية (ar) | شاي الفقاعات | حليب, شاليموه, شاي, شاي الفقاعات, شراب, طعام, عصير, فقاعات, كافيتيريا, كوب, مشروب, مقهى |
| עברית (he) | באבל טי | אייס קפה, באבל טי, בועות, חלב, טאיוואן, משקה, תה |
| فارسی (fa) | چای حُبابی | آشامیدنی, تایوان, چای, چای حباب دار, چای حباب‌دار, چای حُبابی, حباب, شیر, غذا, مروارید, نوشیدنی |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बुलबुला चाय | कॉफ़ी, कोल्ड कॉफ़ी, कोल्ड ड्रिंक, खाना, चाय, ड्रिंक, दूध, बुलबुला, शेक, सोडा, स्मूदी |
| বাংলা (bn) | বাবল টি | খাদ্য, খাবার, চা, ড্রিংকস, তাইওয়ান, দুধ, পানীয়, পার্ল, বাবল, বাবল টি, বোবা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | teh bubble | boba, bubble, makanan, minuman, mutiara, susu, teh |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | trà sữa trân châu | bong bóng, ngọc trai, sữa, trà, trân châu |
| ไทย (th) | ชาไข่มุก | ไข่มุก, เครื่องดื่ม, ชา, ชาไข่มุก, ชานม, ไต้หวัน, นม |
| 日本語 (ja) | タピオカドリンク | お茶, タピオカ, タピオカドリンク, ドリンク, バブルティー, ミルクティー, 飲み物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 버블티 | 대만, 버블, 버블티, 보바, 우유, 음식, 차, 타이완, 티, 펄 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 珍珠奶茶 | 奶茶, 泡泡, 牛奶, 珍珠, 珍珠奶茶, 茶, 茶饮, 饮料 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 珍珠奶茶 | 台灣, 手搖, 珍奶, 珍珠, 珍珠奶茶, 茶, 食物, 飲料 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): borreltee
- Akan (ak): bɔbuu tee
- Albanian (sq): çaj me flluska
- Amharic (am): የአረፋ ሻይ
- Anii (blo): kɔɔpʊ
- Armenian (hy): պղպջակներով թեյ
- Assamese (as): বাবল চাহ
- Azerbaijani (az): köpüklü çay
- Bashkir (ba): ҡыуыҡлы сәй
- Basque (eu): te burbuiladun
- Belarusian (be): чай з шарыкамі
- Bosnian (bs): boba čaj
- Bulgarian (bg): перлен чай
- Burmese (my): ပုလဲ လက်ဖက်ရည်
- Cantonese (yue): 珍珠奶茶
- Catalan (ca): te amb bombolles
- Cherokee (chr): ᏚᏆᎷᏒ ᎤᎦᎶᎦ
- Chuvash (cv): хӑмпӑллӑ чей
- Croatian (hr): mjehuričasti čaj
- Czech (cs): bublinkový čaj
- Danish (da): bubble tea
- Estonian (et): pärlitee
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): chá bubble
- Faroese (fo): boba te
- Filipino (fil): bubble tea
- Finnish (fi): kuplatee
- Galician (gl): té de burbullas
- Georgian (ka): ბაბლ ჩაი
- Gujarati (gu): બબલ ટી
- Hausa (ha): shayi mai kumfa
- Hungarian (hu): buborékos tea
- Icelandic (is): kúlute
- Igbo (ig): tii ufufo
- Irish (ga): tae bolgán
- Javanese (jv): teh kocok
- Kannada (kn): ಬಬಲ್ ಟೀ
- Kazakh (kk): көбікті шай
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كوبىكتى شاي
- Khmer (km): តែគុជ
- Konkani (kok): वाफ येवपी च्या
- Kyrgyz (ky): көбүргөн чай
- Lao (lo): ຊາໄຂ່ມຸກ
- Latvian (lv): burbuļtēja
- Lithuanian (lt): burbulinė arbata
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): bubble tea
- Macedonian (mk): чај со топчиња
- Malay (ms): teh buih
- Malayalam (ml): ബബിൾ ടീ
- Marathi (mr): बबल टी
- Mongolian (mn): бөмбөлөгтэй цай
- Nepali (ne): बबल चिया
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Bọ́búl Tii
- Norwegian (no): boble-te
- Odia (or): ବୁଦ୍‌ବୁଦ୍‌ ଚା
- Oromo (om): kobba shayii
- Pashto (ps): بلبلې چای
- Punjabi (pa): ਬਬਲ ਚਾਹ
- Quechua (qu): phukpu te
- Romanian (ro): ceai cu perle
- Romansh (rm): bubble tea
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): tì builgein
- Serbian (sr): чај са бобицама
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): čaj sa bobicama
- Shan (shn): ၼမ်ႉၼဵင်ႈၶႆႇမုၵ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ببل چانهن
- Sinhala (si): බුබුලු තේ
- Slovak (sk): perlivý čaj
- Slovenian (sl): čaj s kroglicami
- Somali (so): shaah xumbaale
- Swahili (sw): chai ya maziwa ya boba
- Tamil (ta): குமிழித் தேநீர்
- Telugu (te): బబుల్ టీ
- Tigrinya (ti): ሻሂ ቡምባ
- Tongan (to): tī maʻupu
- Turkmen (tk): köpürjikli çaý
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): bubble tea
- Urdu (ur): بلبلوں والی چائے
- Uzbek (uz): koʻpikli choy
- Welsh (cy): te swigod
- Yoruba (yo): tíì bọ́bù
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): tíì bɔ́bù
- Zulu (zu): itiye le-bubble

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9CB` |
| HTML | `🧋` |
| CSS | `\1F9CB` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9CB}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9CB` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 8B` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDCB` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%8B` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧋 bubble tea emoji mean?

Showing a cup of milk tea with dark tapioca pearls at the bottom and a wide straw. It stands for bubble tea, also called boba, a drink that started in Taiwan, and people use it for cafe trips, sweet drinks and Asian-style treats.

### How do I type the 🧋 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bubble tea”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bubble_tea:.

### When was the 🧋 emoji added?

🧋 was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧋?

U+1F9CB. In HTML you can write 🧋, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9CB}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/bubble-tea-emoji