U+2728 · emoji since 2010
Sparkles make anything feel a little magical. People wrap words in them for ✨ emphasis ✨, sprinkle them on good news, and use them to mark fresh starts, clean rooms, and main character moments.
There's also a softly ironic side: putting sparkles around something mundane is a beloved way to be dramatic about nothing. Either way, it's one of the prettiest and most flexible emoji there is.
In texting, ✨ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ✨ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Sparkles emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the sparkles emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ✨ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.