Emoji dictionary
🎆 Fireworks emoji
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does 🎆 Fireworks emoji mean?
The Fireworks emoji 🎆 depicts a burst of color, displayed in the way that traditional fireworks fan out from a central point when they explode.
It’s used in social media and texting to convey a celebratory mood or message and is most heavily used on New Year’s Eve and on the Fourth of July.
Where does 🎆 Fireworks emoji come from?

The Fireworks emoji 🎆 was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It comes in a range of colors and styles.
This symbol is beloved and widely used, as it can express excitement, surprise, congratulations, and other high emotions. It’s also frequently used twice a year in the United States, on the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, and New Year’s Eve, on December 31.
The first American Independence Day display occurred in Philadelphia (with a smaller display in Boston) on the country’s one year birthday, July 4, 1777. Statesman John Adams, who helped draft the Declaration of Independence, wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail, that there should be a “great anniversary Festival,” one “solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.” And, so it was!
Did you know that fireworks go back to China’s Tang Dynasty in the ninth century? They believed fireworks could dispel bad luck and evil spirits and bring about just the opposite. So, it makes sense to begin each new year with a colorful display of things exploding in the sky, right? All done within reason (and with caution), of course!
Examples of 🎆 Fireworks emoji
As cliche as it sounds, I wanna get engaged on 4th of July under the fireworks because its hands down the best holiday. Future husband take notes
Who uses 🎆 Fireworks emoji?
The Fireworks emoji 🎆 enjoys doing double and triple duty, as it can be used for holiday celebrations, for expressing congratulations, for personal achievements or expressions of pride, for surprises of all kinds, and simply to express joy. It works hard!
Our next photo is from who took this 4th of July pic a few years ago showing fireworks over the Missouri River with the KCMO skyline in the background. 🎆
— Kansas City, MO (@KCMO)
Fourth Of July Necessities☀️🌭🍔🏊🏼🎇🎆📻🎧 🎧.
— PoliticsBot (@politicalebooks)
Still trying to recover
from New Year's Eve
party hangover …
🍸🍰🎆💐😹😂— Cristina (@Crispi66)
People use the Fireworks emoji 🎆 to express a sense of achievement or to share that they’re just feeling really damn good about something.
WOW IM ACTUALLY FEELING SUPER CONFIDENT TODAY🔮📿💜🎆🍬🍇
— mikayla🧡 (@mikaylawilkie)
Wow!! I can't believe🎆🎆🎊 I made it all the way to 200🎆🎊🎁🎆🎊🎇🤘Followers! Thank you everyone!! I'll try to keep you entertained 😁✌😋😎 Thank you for that final push 😋
— 🌟LEO1-METAL🌟 (@outtakuntroll)
ճFireworks emoji 🎆 pairs well with wedding celebrations …
Congratulations ! Indian chess women Grandmaster 💑 💍Happy Wedding 🎊🎉🎆 in Hyderabad. Yesterday
— Arif Choudhury (@imArifChoudhury)
… and with major birthdays.
A major congratulations to celebrating its 175 birthday today. A living fairytale never seizing to amaze us. Here’s to many more years of extraordinary experiences! 🎆
— VisitCopenhagen (@VisitCopenhagen)
ճFireworks emoji 🎆 also pairs well with lightning!
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— ⚡️Lightning⚡️© (@LighterCable)
Note
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