Thought Balloon Emoji

Thought Balloon is a single code point introduced in Emoji 1.0. It belongs to the Smileys & Emotion group, Emotion subgroup.

Unicode data

Unicode name
thought balloon
CLDR short name
thought balloon
Korean name (CLDR)
생각 풍선
Code points
U+1F4AD
Group
Smileys & Emotion
Subgroup
Emotion
Added to Unicode
6.0
Added to Emoji
1.0
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+1F4AD
JavaScript escape
\u{1f4ad}
CSS escape Β· For content: "…"
\1F4AD
HTML hexadecimal entity
💭
HTML decimal entity
💭
JSON escaped string
"\uD83D\uDCAD"
Python Unicode escape
\U0001F4AD
Java Unicode escape Β· UTF-16 surrogate pairs
\uD83D\uDCAD
URL encoded value
%F0%9F%92%AD
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 92 AD

Accessibility

Screen readers announce this emoji using its CLDR name, β€œthought 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.

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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 Thought Balloon?

Thought Balloon is U+1F4AD.

Does Thought 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 Thought Balloon in HTML or code?

Paste the character directly into UTF-8 source, or use an escape: 💭 in HTML, \u{1f4ad} in JavaScript.

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