Copy the most used party and celebration emojis in one click — 🎉 🥳 🎊 🎈 🎂 🍾 🥂 🎆 — with their meaning, Unicode and HTML codes, and keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.
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Party emojis cover all celebrations — birthdays, new year, victories and achievements. Click any emoji to copy it instantly.
Each party emoji expresses a distinct aspect of celebration — joy, surprise, toast, countdown or victory. The definitions below reflect common usage on WhatsApp, Instagram and group messages.
Party emoji sequences ready to copy and paste to wish a happy birthday, celebrate a victory or mark a special occasion in your messages.
Technical codes for each party emoji: Unicode code point and HTML entity for use in web development.
| Emoji | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Party popper |
U+1F389
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🎉
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| Confetti ball |
U+1F38A
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🎊
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| Partying face |
U+1F973
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🥳
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| Balloon |
U+1F388
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🎈
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| Birthday cake |
U+1F382
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🎂
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| Shortcake |
U+1F370
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🍰
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| Gift |
U+1F381
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🎁
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| Champagne |
U+1F37E
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🍾
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| Clinking glasses |
U+1F942
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🥂
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| Fireworks |
U+1F386
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🎆
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| Sparkler |
U+1F387
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🎇
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| Sparkles |
U+2728
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✨
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| Musical notes |
U+1F3B6
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🎶
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| Piñata |
U+1FA85
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🪅
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| Microphone |
U+1F3A4
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🎤
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Press Cmd + Ctrl + Space to open the macOS emoji picker. Search for the emoji you want and double-click to insert it.
Open the emoji keyboard (smiley or globe icon on iPhone, emoji icon on Android). Browse the Symbols section or use the search bar.
Press Win + . (Windows key + full stop) to open the built-in emoji panel. Search for any emoji directly from any application.
The 🎉 emoji (U+1F389, "Party Popper") represents a party popper exploding with streamers and confetti in all directions. It is one of the most universally recognised emojis for celebration — its use goes well beyond literal parties to apply to any good news, achievement or happy moment.
On WhatsApp, 🎉 is automatically associated by the app with the phrase "happy birthday" and triggers a special animation in some versions. It is the essential emoji in family and friends groups to mark big occasions.
🎉 (party popper) represents the act of celebrating — the event itself. 🥳 (partying face) represents the emotion felt — the euphoria and excitement of the party. 🎊 (confetti ball) is a decorative variant, less common but used to amplify the festive message.
In practice, 🎉 is the most versatile and most used of the three. 🥳 is ideal for expressing your own joy, while 🎊 is often added as a complement to emphasise the festive nature of a message. All three together — 🎉🎊🥳 — form the perfect combination to wish a happy birthday or celebrate a great victory.
Yes. 🎉, 🥳, 🎂, 🍾 and all party emojis on this page are standard Unicode characters that work on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter/X, Snapchat, Discord, Telegram, Gmail and Outlook.
On WhatsApp specifically, 🎉 triggers a confetti animation in some versions of the app. Emoji appearance may vary slightly by platform — Apple, Google and Samsung each have their own illustrations — but the copied character is identical everywhere.