Symbols · Emoji 0.6
❇️Sparkle Emoji
Generally, ❇️ means something is cute, shiny, or magical. It’s often used to add a little bit of sparkle to a message.
The ❇️ emoji is a little star with sparkles around it.
- Unicode
- U+2747 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :sparkle:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ❇️ Sparkle emoji mean?
02 — Platforms
Sparkle emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+2747 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your sparkle looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Sparkle emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :sparkle:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+2747.
04 — How to type
How to type the ❇️ Sparkle emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+2747 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Sparkle emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the sparkle as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Sparkle emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around sparkle for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ❇️ means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the sparkle and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Around the world
What ❇️ means in other countries
A small decorative sparkle used for emphasis or a light celebratory touch, close in feel to a highlight marker.
Draws attention to a specific line or word, similar to underlining.
Used as a highlight marker much like the eight-pointed star.
Adds a small festive touch when sharing good news or an achievement.
Before you send it: Interchangeable with a sparkle emoji for most readers; use it for emphasis or a small celebratory note.
09 — Apps
What ❇️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
The character is the same everywhere, but the artwork and the reading of it change from app to app.
10 — Related
Emojis similar to the Sparkle emoji
Same family (other-symbol) — often confused with sparkle or used alongside it.
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✳️Eight-spoked Asterisk
Collections ❇️ belongs to — every one of them is a different way people go looking for it:
11 — Difference
❇️ vs ✨ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Sparkle
Code: U+2747 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :sparkle:
Generally, ❇️ means something is cute, shiny, or magical.
Unicode name: Sparkles
Code: U+2728 · added 2010
Shortcode: :sparkles:
Generally, ✨ means something is shiny, cute, or magical.
12 — History
Where the ❇️ Sparkle emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
❇️ existed there as
NTT DoCoMo E6FA, KDDI au E46C.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Sparkle was approved as U+2747 U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ❇️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
13 — FAQ