Boomerang emoji 🪃
Emoji 13.0 (2020) · U+1FA83
What 🪃 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🪃 are rebound, repercussion, weapon. They show what people use it for.
Search for rebound or repercussion on your emoji keyboard and 🪃 is among the results.
You will find 🪃 among the tools (28 emoji), part of objects with 268 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🏹 🛡️ 🪚 🔧.
Will 🪃 show on my friend's phone?
Emoji 13.0 brought 🪃 in 2020. Most phones show it now; only devices that have not been updated for years miss it.
How to type 🪃
Search for boomerang in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🪃.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type boomerang.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type boomerang in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type boomerang.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🪃 is one code point (U+1FA83), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1FA83 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🪃 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🪃 | |
| CSS | content: "\1FA83"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1FA83} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%AA%83 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F AA 83 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🪃 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the boomerang emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🪃 "boomerang" and links it with rebound, repercussion, weapon. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the tools subgroup of objects.
When was the boomerang emoji added?
In Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. Phones updated since about 2021 show it.
How do I type the boomerang emoji?
Search for boomerang in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🪃.