Speech Balloon Emoji

Speech Balloon is a single code point introduced in Emoji 0.6. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, Emotion subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
speech balloon
CLDR short name
speech balloon
Korean name (CLDR)
말풍선
Code points
U+1F4AC
Group
Smileys & Emotion
Subgroup
Emotion
Added to Unicode
6.0
Added to Emoji
0.6
Sequence
Single code point
Skin tones
Not defined

Data generated from Unicode 17.0.0 and CLDR 48.2.0. Last reviewed 2026-07-31.See data sources.

Search keywords

Official CLDR keywords for this emoji β€” these are what search matches against.

Developer formats

Every format is derived from the full code point sequence, not just the first character.

Emoji character
πŸ’¬
Unicode code points
U+1F4AC
JavaScript escape
\u{1f4ac}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F4AC
HTML hexadecimal entity
💬
HTML decimal entity
💬
JSON escaped string
"\uD83D\uDCAC"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F4AC
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83D\uDCAC
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%92%AC
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 92 AC

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œspeech balloon”. When the emoji carries meaning rather than decoration, keep nearby text that says the same thing, and avoid repeating it several times in a row β€” each repetition is read out in full.

Check a sentence for accessibility problems.

Related emojis

Chosen by shared CLDR keywords, subgroup and group β€” not by usage statistics, which we do not collect.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Unicode code point for Speech Balloon?

Speech Balloon is U+1F4AC.

Does Speech Balloon support skin tones?

No. Unicode does not define a skin tone modifier for this emoji, so adding one would produce the base emoji followed by a stray colour swatch.

How do I use Speech Balloon in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 💬 in HTML, \u{1f4ac} in JavaScript.

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