| Emoji | 🧨 |
| Name | firecracker |
| Unicode Codepoint | U+1F9E8 |
| Category | Activities |
| Subcategory | Event |
| Emoji Version | 11 |
| Tags | dynamite, explosive, fire, fireworks, light, pop, popping, spark |
| Decimal Value | 129512 |
| Hex Value | 0x1F9E8 |
| HTML Code (Dec / Hex) | 🧨 / 🧨 |
The firecracker emoji represents a sport, game, hobby, or event-related activity, commonly used to indicate plans ("let's play"), interests, or to add a celebratory or activity-specific visual accent to a message or post.
Category context: The Activities category covers sports, games, arts and crafts, and event-related symbols — commonly used to represent hobbies, plans, and celebrations in casual conversation and event promotion.
Cataloged under Event within the Activities category, firecracker is the 33rd of 85 emoji How To Type Any Symbol lists in this category, and was introduced in Emoji version 11 of the Unicode Emoji Standard. Technically, it is represented by a single Unicode code point rather than a combined sequence, making it one of the simpler emoji to encode and display reliably across platforms. Its Unicode code point sequence is U+1F9E8.
💡 Good to know: This category is popular in event marketing and social posts as a quick, recognizable visual cue for the type of activity being promoted.
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The firecracker emoji is Unicode U+1F9E8.
The firecracker emoji represents a sport, game, hobby, or event-related activity, commonly used to indicate plans ("let's play"), interests, or to add a celebratory or activity-specific visual accent to a message or post.