# 🪁 Kite emoji

🪁 Kite is an emoji in the games set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. Related words: fly and soar.

- Emoji: 🪁
- Unicode name: kite
- Code points: U+1FA81
- Category: Activities, Games
- Added: Emoji 12.0 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :kite:
- Keywords: fly, kite, soar
- Page: https://emojichart.com/kite-emoji

## What it means

A diamond-shaped kite flying on a string in the wind. Kite flying, windy days, outdoor fun and soaring all call for it, as do festivals and a feeling of being light and carefree.

## How to type 🪁

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cometa | cometa, juguete, planear, viento, volar |
| Français (fr) | cerf-volant | cerf-volant, planer, voler |
| Deutsch (de) | Drachen | Drachen, fliegen, hochfliegen, steigen, Wind |
| Italiano (it) | aquilone | aquilone, planare, vento, volare, volo |
| Português (pt) | pipa | papagaio, pipa, planar, voar |
| Nederlands (nl) | vlieger | buiten, opstijgen, spelen, vliegen, vlieger, zweven |
| Svenska (sv) | flygande drake | flyga, flygande drake, sväva |
| Polski (pl) | latawiec | latanie, latawiec, na wietrze, wiatr |
| Türkçe (tr) | uçurtma | süzülme, uçma, uçurtma |
| Русский (ru) | воздушный змей | ветер, воздушный змей, змей, игра, летать, парить |
| Українська (uk) | повітряний змій | витати, линути, літати, літун, підніматися, повітряний змій, ширяти |
| Ελληνικά (el) | χαρταετός | αιωρούμαι, πετάω, χαρταετός |
| العربية (ar) | طائرة ورقية | العاب, تحليق, طائرة ورقية, طيارة, طيارة ورق, طيران, هواء |
| עברית (he) | עפיפון | להעיף, מתעופף, מתרומם, עפיפון |
| فارسی (fa) | بادبادک | اوج گرفتن, بادبادک, پرواز |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पतंग | उड़ान, उत्तरायण, काइट, पतंग, पतंगबाज़ी, मकर संक्रांति, संक्रांत |
| বাংলা (bn) | ঘুড়ি | উড়ে যায়, ওড়া, খেলা, ঘুড়ি, মাঝ আকাশে |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | layang-layang | layang-layang, layangan, melayang, terbang |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | diều | bay, bay lên, bay lượn, diều |
| ไทย (th) | ว่าว | บิน, ลอยละล่อง, เล่นลม, ว่าว |
| 日本語 (ja) | たこ | おもちゃ, カイト, たこ, 凧揚げ, 玩具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 연 | 날리기, 연, 연날리기, 활공 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 风筝 | 翱翔, 风筝, 飞翔 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 風箏 | 上升, 放風箏, 風箏, 飛 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlieër
- Akan (ak): kaete
- Albanian (sq): balonë
- Amharic (am): ካይት
- Armenian (hy): օդապարուկ
- Assamese (as): চিলা
- Azerbaijani (az): çərpələng
- Bashkir (ba): ҡағыҙ осорғос
- Basque (eu): haize-parpaila
- Belarusian (be): паветраны змей
- Bosnian (bs): zmaj od papira
- Breton (br): sarpant-nij
- Bulgarian (bg): хвърчило
- Burmese (my): စွန်
- Cantonese (yue): 風箏
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 风筝
- Catalan (ca): estel
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᎳᏫᏅᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): хут ҫӗлен
- Croatian (hr): papirnati zmaj
- Czech (cs): papírový drak
- Danish (da): legetøjsdrage
- Estonian (et): tuulelohe
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): papagaio de papel
- Faroese (fo): flúgvandi dreki
- Filipino (fil): saranggola
- Finnish (fi): leija
- Galician (gl): papaventos
- Georgian (ka): ფრანი
- Gujarati (gu): પતંગ
- Hausa (ha): fiffiluwa
- Hungarian (hu): papírsárkány
- Icelandic (is): flugdreki
- Igbo (ig): kitee
- Irish (ga): eitleog
- Javanese (jv): layangan
- Kannada (kn): ಗಾಳಿಪಟ
- Kazakh (kk): қағаз батпырауық
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قاعاز باتپىراۋىق
- Khmer (km): ខ្លែង
- Konkani (kok): पतंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): Кагаз батперек
- Lao (lo): ວ່າວ
- Latvian (lv): gaisa pūķis
- Lithuanian (lt): aitvaras
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): plon za pušćanje
- Macedonian (mk): летечки змеј
- Malay (ms): layang-layang
- Malayalam (ml): പട്ടം
- Marathi (mr): पतंग
- Mongolian (mn): цаасан шувуу
- Nepali (ne): चङ्गा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kait
- Norwegian (no): papirdrage
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): papirdrake
- Odia (or): ଗୁଡି
- Oromo (om): kaayitii
- Pashto (ps): کاغذباد
- Punjabi (pa): ਪਤੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): cometa nisqa
- Romanian (ro): zmeu
- Romansh (rm): dragun en l’aria
- Sardinian (sc): abbilone
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): itealag
- Serbian (sr): змај на ветар
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): змај на вјетар
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): zmaj na vetar
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): zmaj na vjetar
- Shan (shn): ၵႃဝၢဝ်ႇ
- Sindhi (sd): لغڙ
- Sinhala (si): සරුංගලය
- Slovak (sk): papierový šarkan
- Slovenian (sl): zmaj (igrača)
- Somali (so): abitey
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): papalote
- Swahili (sw): kishada
- Tamil (ta): பட்டம்
- Telugu (te): గాలి పటం
- Tigrinya (ti): ካይት
- Tongan (to): lofa
- Turkmen (tk): batbörek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): zmij za pušćenje
- Urdu (ur): پتنگ
- Uzbek (uz): varrak
- Welsh (cy): barcud
- Yoruba (yo): káìtì
- Zulu (zu): i-kite

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1FA81` |
| HTML | `🪁` |
| CSS | `\1FA81` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1FA81}` |
| Python | `\U0001FA81` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F AA 81` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DE81` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%AA%81` |

## Questions

### What does the 🪁 kite emoji mean?

A diamond-shaped kite flying on a string in the wind. Kite flying, windy days, outdoor fun and soaring all call for it, as do festivals and a feeling of being light and carefree.

### How do I type the 🪁 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “kite”. 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 :kite:.

### When was the 🪁 emoji added?

🪁 was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019.

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

U+1FA81. In HTML you can write 🪁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1FA81}.

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