# 💭 Thought balloon emoji

💭 Thought balloon is an emoji in the emotions set of Smileys & emotion. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: bubble, cartoon, cloud, comic, daydream and decisions.

- Emoji: 💭
- Unicode name: thought balloon
- Code points: U+1F4AD
- Category: Smileys & emotion, Emotions
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :thought_balloon:
- Keywords: balloon, bubble, cartoon, cloud, comic, daydream, decisions, dream, idea, invent, invention, realize, think, thoughts, wonder
- Page: https://emojichart.com/thought-balloon-emoji

## What it means

A cloud-shaped bubble with small circles trailing from it, the comic symbol for a thought. It represents thinking, daydreaming, imagining and wondering. Senders reach for it with 'thinking of you', ideas, inner thoughts and unspoken feelings.

## How to type 💭

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bocadillo de pensamiento | bocadillo, bocadillo de pensamiento, burbuja, cómic, pensamiento |
| Français (fr) | bulle de pensée | bande dessinée, BD, bulle, bulle de pensée, idée, imaginer, inventer, invention, pensée, penser, rêve, rêver |
| Deutsch (de) | Gedankenblase | Comic, Gedankenblase, Nachdenken |
| Italiano (it) | nuvoletta | fumetto, idea, inventare, nuvola, pensare, realizzare, riflettere, sognare a occhi aperti |
| Português (pt) | balão de pensamento | balão, balão de pensamento, engraçado, ideia, invenção, inventando, pensamento, pensando |
| Nederlands (nl) | gedachteballon | ballon, besef, cartoonesk, dagdromen, denkballon, denkwolkje, gedachteballon, gedachten, gedachtenballon, strip, uitvinden, uitvinding |
| Svenska (sv) | tankebubbla | bubbla, funderar, tankebubbla |
| Polski (pl) | dymek myśli | chmurka, dymek, dymek myśli, myśl, myśleć |
| Türkçe (tr) | düşünce balonu | balon, bulut, çizgi roman, düşünce, düşünce balonu, fikir |
| Русский (ru) | облачко с мыслями | идеи, изобретения, мечты, мысли, облачко, размышления |
| Українська (uk) | булька роздумів | булька роздумів, думка, комікси, хмаринка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | συννεφάκι σκέψης | αποφάσεις, εφεύρεση, εφευρίσκω, ιδέα, κόμικ, μπαλόνι, όνειρα, όνειρο, ονειροπολώ, πραγματοποιώ, σκέφτομαι, σκέψη, συννεφάκι, συννεφάκι σκέψης, σύννεφο, σύννεφο σκέψης |
| العربية (ar) | فقاعة أفكار | أحلام, أفكار, اختراع, بالونة, تفكير, حلم, فقاعة أفكار, فكر, فكرة, قرار, هزل |
| עברית (he) | בועת מחשבה | בועה, בועת מחשבה, מחשבה, רעיון |
| فارسی (fa) | بالن افکار | بالن, بالن افکار, بالن تفکر, حباب, فکر, کمیک, مصور |
| हिन्दी (hi) | विचार बुलबुला | कॉमिक, गुब्बारे, बुलबुला, विचार, विचार गुब्बारा |
| বাংলা (bn) | থট বেলুন | কমিক, থট বেলুন, বুদ্বুদ, বেলুন, ভাবনা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | gelembung pikiran | balon, berkhayal, berpikir, gelembung, ide, khayal, komik, mikir, pikir, pikiran |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | bong bóng suy nghĩ | bong bóng, bong bóng suy nghĩ, hài hước, khí cầu, nghĩ |
| ไทย (th) | ลูกโป่งความคิด | ความคิด, ลูกโป่ง, ลูกโป่งความคิด |
| 日本語 (ja) | 雲形の吹き出し | マンガ, もくもく, 吹き出し, 空想, 考え事, 雲, 雲形の吹き出し |
| 한국어 (ko) | 생각 풍선 | 결심, 구름, 깨달음, 꿈, 만화, 몽상, 발명, 버블, 생각, 풍선 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 内心活动气泡 | 内心活动气泡, 对话框, 思想, 思想活动, 想法, 梦, 气泡, 泡泡对话框, 白日梦 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 心聲對話框 | 對話框, 心聲對話框 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): dinkballon
- Akan (ak): adwene baaluu
- Albanian (sq): flluskë mendimi
- Amharic (am): ሐሳብ ገላጭ አፉፋ
- Anii (blo): ʊfaŋʊfaŋʊ kabʊlipi kaakupiri
- Armenian (hy): մտքի ամպիկ
- Assamese (as): চিন্তাৰ বেলুন
- Azerbaijani (az): düşüncə şarı
- Bashkir (ba): уй ҡыуығы
- Basque (eu): burutazio-bunbuiloa
- Belarusian (be): воблачка з думкамі
- Bosnian (bs): oblačić razmišljanja
- Breton (br): lagadenn soñjal
- Bulgarian (bg): Балонче за мисъл
- Burmese (my): အတွေး ပူဖောင်းအကွက်
- Cantonese (yue): 諗野氣球
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 谂野气球
- Catalan (ca): bafarada de pensar
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏓᎾᏖᎸᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᎴ ᎠᏦᏔᏍᏙᏗ
- Chuvash (cv): шухӑшлӑ пӗлӗт
- Croatian (hr): oblačić za misao
- Czech (cs): myšlenková bublina
- Danish (da): tankeboble
- Estonian (et): mõttemull
- Faroese (fo): tankabløðra
- Filipino (fil): thought balloon
- Finnish (fi): ajatuskupla
- Galician (gl): globo de pensamento
- Georgian (ka): ფიქრის ბუშტი
- Gujarati (gu): વિચારનો ફુગ્ગો
- Hausa (ha): balan-balan tunani
- Hungarian (hu): gondolatbuborék
- Icelandic (is): hugsanablaðra
- Igbo (ig): blonblon echichè
- Irish (ga): bolgán smaointe
- Javanese (jv): balon pikiran
- Kalaallisut (kl): tankeboble
- Kannada (kn): ಆಲೋಚನೆ ಬಲೂನ್
- Kazakh (kk): ой бұлты
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): وي بۇلتى
- Khmer (km): ពពកបង្ហាញពាក្យកំពុងគិត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): akazu kagaragaza gutekereza
- Konkani (kok): विचारी बोमाडो
- Kyrgyz (ky): ойлонуу көбүгү
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Sutz’ rech chomanik
- Lao (lo): ປູມເປົ້າຄວາມຄິດ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): globo de pensamiento
- Latvian (lv): domu burbulis
- Lithuanian (lt): minties debesėlis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): myslowy puchor
- Luxembourgish (lb): Denkblos
- Macedonian (mk): балон за размислување
- Malay (ms): gelembung fikir
- Malayalam (ml): ചിന്താ ബലൂൺ
- Maltese (mt): bużżieqa tal-ħsibijiet
- Marathi (mr): विचार दर्शविणारा फुगा
- Mongolian (mn): бодож байгаа бөмбөлөг
- Māori (mi): pūangi whakaaro
- Nepali (ne): सोच बेलुन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blonbló Píkchọ Abaut Tínkin
- Northern Sotho (nso): paloni ya go nagana
- Norwegian (no): tankeboble
- Odia (or): ପ୍ରଗାଢ଼ ଚିନ୍ତା ବେଲୁନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): afuuffee yaadaa
- Pashto (ps): د خبرو پوقانه
- Punjabi (pa): ਵਿਚਾਰ ਬਬਲ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): خیالی بھکانہ
- Quechua (qu): yuyaypa glubun
- Romanian (ro): balon de gândire
- Romansh (rm): nivletta cun patratgs
- Sardinian (sc): nuedda de pensamentu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): builgean smaoineachaidh
- Serbian (sr): облачић за мисли
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): oblačić za misli
- Shan (shn): ပွင်းလူမ်းဝူၼ်ႉ
- Sindhi (sd): خيال وارو ڦوڪڻو
- Sinhala (si): සිතුවිලි බැලූනය
- Slovak (sk): myšlienka
- Slovenian (sl): oblaček z mislimi
- Somali (so): baalluunta fakarka
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha mawazo
- Tajik (tg): ҳубоби андеша
- Tamil (ta): சிந்தனை பலூன்
- Telugu (te): ఆలోచన బుడగ
- Tigrinya (ti): ፍሕኛ ሓሳብ
- Tongan (to): pulalea fakakaukau
- Tswana (tn): balune ya kakanyo
- Turkmen (tk): pikir şary
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): myslowy pucher
- Urdu (ur): سوچ غبارہ
- Uyghur (ug): ئوي شارچىسى
- Uzbek (uz): xayol buluti
- Welsh (cy): cwmwl meddwl
- Wolof (wo): rëddu bind xalaat
- Xhosa (xh): ibhaluni yokucinga
- Yoruba (yo): Bàlúnù Ero
- Zulu (zu): ibhaluni lokucabanga

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4AD` |
| HTML | `💭` |
| CSS | `\1F4AD` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4AD}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4AD` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 92 AD` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCAD` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%92%AD` |

## Questions

### What does the 💭 thought balloon emoji mean?

A cloud-shaped bubble with small circles trailing from it, the comic symbol for a thought. It represents thinking, daydreaming, imagining and wondering. Senders reach for it with 'thinking of you', ideas, inner thoughts and unspoken feelings.

### How do I type the 💭 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “thought balloon”. 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 :thought_balloon:.

### When was the 💭 emoji added?

💭 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

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

U+1F4AD. In HTML you can write 💭, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4AD}.

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