Emoji Firecracker
About this character
The character 🧨 is known as Emoji Firecracker and carries the Unicode code point U+1F9E8, which is 129512 in decimal. It belongs to the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block (U+1F900–U+1F9FF), which gathers the emoji added from Unicode 9 onwards, including many foods, animals and objects.
In memory, 🧨 takes 4 bytes in UTF-8 (0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0xA8) and 2 in UTF-16 (0xD83E 0xDDE8). That difference is why badly configured forms or databases garble this character: they assume one byte per character.
How to type 🧨
| System | What to do |
|---|---|
| Windows | In Word or WordPad, type 1F9E8 and press Alt + X to turn the code into the character. |
| macOS | On a Mac, open the Character Viewer with Ctrl + ⌘ + Space and search for “Emoji Firecracker”. |
| Linux | On Linux (GTK), type Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 1F9E8 then press Enter. |
| HTML / Web | In an HTML page, write 🧨. Use \1F9E8 in CSS, \u{1F9E8} in JavaScript and \U0001F9E8 in Python. |
| On this site | The simplest route is the Copy button above: the character goes straight to your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere. |
Keyboards that include 🧨
This character is not on any common physical layout, so the Copy button above is the quickest way to get it into a document.
Codes and encodings
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F9E8 |
| Unicode block | Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs (U+1F900–U+1F9FF) |
| Decimal | 129512 |
| Hexadecimal | 0x1F9E8 |
| Octal | 0374750 |
| Binary | 11111100111101000 |
| UTF-8 bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0xA7 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 units | 0xD83E 0xDDE8 |
| Named HTML entity | None |
| Decimal HTML entity | 🧨 |
| Hex HTML entity | 🧨 |
| CSS escape | \1F9E8 |
| JavaScript escape | \u{1F9E8} |
| Python escape | \U0001F9E8 |
| URL encoding | %F0%9F%A7%A8 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the Unicode code for 🧨?
Its code point is U+1F9E8, which is 129512 in decimal and 0374750 in octal. In HTML you can write it as 🧨 or 🧨.
Why does 🧨 show up as a box or a question mark?
An empty box means the font has no glyph for U+1F9E8. The character is still in the text: switching to a font that covers the block (Noto, DejaVu or Segoe UI Symbol) makes it appear.
Can I use 🧨 in a filename, a URL or a password?
In a URL it must be encoded as %F0%9F%A7%A8. Modern filesystems accept it, though it is still risky when moving files between systems. For passwords, some forms reject non-ASCII characters outright.