# ✨ Sparkles emoji

✨ Sparkles is an emoji in the events set of Activities. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: *, magic, sparkle and star.

- Emoji: ✨
- Unicode name: sparkles
- Code points: U+2728
- Category: Activities, Events
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :sparkles:
- Keywords: *, magic, sparkle, sparkles, star
- Page: https://emojichart.com/sparkles-emoji

## What it means

Several four-pointed stars glittering together. It's used for something magical, new, clean or special, to add glitter or emphasis to a post, and to give a playful or ironic tone. Apps also often use it to mark AI-powered features.

## How to type ✨

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | chispas | *, bengala, chispas, estrellas |
| Français (fr) | étincelles | *, étincelles, étoile, étoiles, magie, nuit, nuit étoilée, scintiller |
| Deutsch (de) | funkelnde Sterne | *, funkel, funkeln, funkelnde Sterne, Funkelnde Sterne, Sterne |
| Italiano (it) | stelline | scintille, spendente, stelle, stelline |
| Português (pt) | brilhos | *, brilhantes, brilhos, estrelas, faíscas, mágica |
| Nederlands (nl) | sterretjes | *, glinsteren, glinsterende sterren, ster, sterretjes |
| Svenska (sv) | gnistrande stjärnor | gnistrande stjärnor, gnistrar, stjärnor |
| Polski (pl) | gwiazdki | *, błysk, gwiazda, gwiazdki, gwiazdy, iskry, noc, świecący, świeci |
| Türkçe (tr) | parıltılar | *, mucize, parıldayan yıldızlar, parıltı, parıltılar, pırıldayan yıldızlar, pırıltı, sihir, yıldız, yıldızlar |
| Русский (ru) | блестки | блестка, блестки, звезда, звезды, искры, мерцание, свет |
| Українська (uk) | блискітки | блискітки, зірка, іскра, іскри, яскравий |
| Ελληνικά (el) | αστράκια | *, αστέρι, αστράκια, λάμψη, μαγεία, σπίθα, σπίθες |
| العربية (ar) | ومضات | ثلاث نجمات, فضاء, لامع, نجمة, نجوم, نجوم ساطعة, ومضات, ومضة, وميض |
| עברית (he) | נצנוץ | כוכב, כוכבים, נצנוץ, נצנוצים |
| فارسی (fa) | درخشش | جرقه, درخشش, ستاره |
| हिन्दी (hi) | चमकदार तारे | चमक, चमकदार तारे, चमचम, जादू, तारे |
| বাংলা (bn) | দ্যুতি | *, জাদু, ঝিকিমিকি, তারা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | berkilau | *, berkilau, bintang, kilauan, majik |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | ánh lấp lánh | ánh lấp lánh, kỳ diệu, lấp lánh, ngôi sao |
| ไทย (th) | ประกายวิบวับ | *, ดาว, ดาววิบวับ, ประกายวิบวับ |
| 日本語 (ja) | きらきら | きらきら, キラキラ, スター, ぴかぴか, 星 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 블링블링 | 마술, 매직, 반짝거림, 반짝반짝, 별, 블링블링 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 闪亮 | 星星, 火花, 闪亮, 闪光, 闪耀 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 閃爍 | 閃亮, 閃爍, 閃耀, 魔術 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vonke
- Akan (ak): gyaeteԑ
- Albanian (sq): xixëllima
- Amharic (am): የእሳት ፍንጣሪዎች
- Armenian (hy): կայծեր
- Assamese (as): চিকমিকনি
- Azerbaijani (az): qığılcımlar
- Bashkir (ba): осҡондар
- Basque (eu): distira
- Belarusian (be): іскры
- Bosnian (bs): iskrice
- Breton (br): fulennoù
- Bulgarian (bg): звездички
- Burmese (my): မီးပွင့်များ
- Cantonese (yue): 閃
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 闪
- Catalan (ca): espurnes
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩᏍᎩ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 閃光
- Chuvash (cv): йӑлтӑркка
- Croatian (hr): iskre
- Czech (cs): jiskry
- Danish (da): stjerner
- Estonian (et): sädemed
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): cintilação
- Faroese (fo): neistafok
- Filipino (fil): kumikinang
- Finnish (fi): säihke
- Galician (gl): chispas
- Georgian (ka): ნაპერწკლები
- Gujarati (gu): ચમકતા તારા
- Hausa (ha): ƙyalƙyalai
- Hungarian (hu): szikrák
- Icelandic (is): stjörnur
- Igbo (ig): icheku ọkụ gasị
- Irish (ga): drithlí
- Javanese (jv): mbang api
- Kalaallisut (kl): stjerner
- Kannada (kn): ಹೊಳೆಯುವ
- Kazakh (kk): ұшқындар
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇشقىندار
- Khmer (km): ចែងចាំង
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibishashi
- Konkani (kok): ठिणगी काडपी
- Kyrgyz (ky): учкундар
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Kachupchutik
- Lao (lo): ປະກາຍໄຟ
- Latvian (lv): zibšņi
- Lithuanian (lt): kibirkštėlės
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): se błyšćece gwězdy
- Luxembourgish (lb): fonkelend Stären
- Macedonian (mk): светки
- Malay (ms): berkilauan
- Malayalam (ml): തിളങ്ങുന്നവ
- Maltese (mt): tlellix
- Marathi (mr): चमकणारे
- Mongolian (mn): гэрэлтэх
- Māori (mi): he korakora
- Nepali (ne): चमक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Spákuls
- Northern Sotho (nso): ya phadima
- Norwegian (no): stjerner
- Odia (or): ଚମକିଲା
- Oromo (om): calaqqeewwan
- Pashto (ps): پړقېدونکي
- Punjabi (pa): ਫੁੱਲਝੜੀਆਂ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چمکیلا
- Quechua (qu): pinchikuna
- Romanian (ro): steluțe
- Romansh (rm): sbrinzlas
- Sardinian (sc): ischintiddas
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): lainnirean
- Serbian (sr): искре
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): iskre
- Shan (shn): ႁိူဝ်ႈလႅင်းဝိတ်းဝွတ်း
- Sindhi (sd): ڦلجڙيون
- Sinhala (si): දියමන්ති
- Slovak (sk): iskry
- Slovenian (sl): iskrice
- Somali (so): dhalaali
- Swahili (sw): nyota
- Tajik (tg): шарора
- Tamil (ta): ஒளிரும் நட்சத்திரம்
- Telugu (te): చిన్న చిన్న మెరుపులు
- Tigrinya (ti): ስፓርክ
- Tongan (to): fetapatapaki
- Tswana (tn): matlhasedi
- Turkmen (tk): uçgunlar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): so zybolace hwězdy
- Urdu (ur): چمکتے ستارے
- Uyghur (ug): ۋالدۇر-ۋۇلدۇر
- Uzbek (uz): uchqunlar
- Welsh (cy): gwreichion
- Wolof (wo): ferñeent
- Xhosa (xh): izikhazimli
- Yoruba (yo): Awọn Titan
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Awɔn Titan
- Zulu (zu): okukhazimulayo

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2728` |
| HTML | `✨` |
| CSS | `\2728` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2728}` |
| Python | `\u2728` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 9C A8` |
| UTF-16 | `2728` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%9C%A8` |

## Questions

### What does the ✨ sparkles emoji mean?

Several four-pointed stars glittering together. It's used for something magical, new, clean or special, to add glitter or emphasis to a post, and to give a playful or ironic tone. Apps also often use it to mark AI-powered features.

### How do I type the ✨ emoji?

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

### When was the ✨ emoji added?

✨ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+2728. In HTML you can write ✨, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2728}.

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