A cluster of glossy soap bubbles, added to Unicode in 2021 as a soft, decorative closer more than a literal object to name. It works for actual suds, bath time, dish soap, a fizzy drink, and just as often as pure mood, tacked onto a caption for something light, dreamy, or carbonated.
What 🫧 means
Three bubbles designed in three different sizes, all shown with glossy exteriors. These bubbles can represent soap bubbles, bath bubbles, breathing bubbles while underwater, and a sign of boiling too.
The 🫧 Bubbles emoji also has a prominent significance in blowing bubbles. Since the whole art of blowing these tiny bits of magic is generally child's play, this emoji could also suggest themes such as childhood. Besides, bubbles are known for their temporary nature. Hence, this emoji can signify ephemerality, reflectable on the childhood theme too.
How and when to use it
- Taking off from the ephemeral theme, introduced in the previous section. For instance, "We're all just bubbles on this massive bubble of a planet floating in thin air 🫧", or "I don't think that'll last very long 🫧" (the pair is scarily predictable).
- You could also apply that perspective to brutal honesty. Like, "Sorry to burst your bubble 🫧, but that's not really how the world works rn" or "Oh, honey. It hurts me so bad to burst this fantasy you're living in 🫧".
- Blowing bubbles as a child, we loved it. Now, it's the last thing on our "To-Do" lists as adults, sad. Something was lost along that journey, and if you're referring to that something, use this emoji.
- The bubbles in this emoji are clear. They're not foggy or dirty bubbles. So, this emoji is the perfect way to refer to clean and clear water too.
- Bubbles may be temporary but boy are they magical! These little things could literally light up anyone's day or night. If you're trying to cheer someone up virtually, then too you could use this emoji.
- Drop this emoji while referring to a bath. A warm, soapy, bubbly bath 🫧.
Other Names
- 🫧 Three Bubbles
- 🫧 Soap Bubbles
- 🫧 Blowing Bubbles
- 🫧 Bubbly/Soap
- 🫧 Clean Water
- 🫧 Clear/Clarity
- 🫧 Boiling Bubbles
- 🫧 Bubbling Up
- 🫧 Burst
- 🫧 Oxygen
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › household
- Codepoints
U+1FAE7- Emoji version
- Emoji 14.0
- Shortcodes
:bubbles:- Keywords
- bubble, bubbles, burp, clean, floating, pearl, soap, underwater
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🫧 Bubbles or 🎴 Flower Playing Cards?
Runs with a crowd
🫧 keeps company in aesthetic emojis and holi emojis and songkran emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.