💣 Bomb

💣 Bomb is one of the tools in Unicode's Objects group. In practice it comes up around boom, comic, dangerous and explosion. Further official keywords are hot.

💣 fits messaging apps, social networks and anywhere a short visual cue helps. On SmileyZone it is filed under Tools and Industry. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+1F4A3.

• 💣 works as a one-character reply when boom is the subject.
• Fits messages about boom, comic, dangerous and explosion.
• Often seen near ⚔️ Crossed Swords, 🪃 Boomerang and 🗡️ Dagger.

The round bomb with a burning fuse is a purely cartoon image corresponding to no real weapon – it descends from nineteenth-century caricatures in which anarchists were drawn that way.

Online, 💣 mostly signals impact in the figurative sense: a surprising piece of news, a strong performance. In security-sensitive contexts, however, the sign can be taken literally – platforms screen for it accordingly.

• 💣🪛 – Bomb and Screwdriver
• 💣⚔️ – Bomb with Crossed Swords
• 💣🛠️ – Bomb plus Hammer and Wrench
• 💣🔧 – Bomb and Wrench
• 💣🪃 – Bomb with Boomerang
• 💣🪚 – Bomb plus Carpentry Saw
• 💣🗡️ – Bomb and Dagger
• 💣⛏️ – Bomb with Pick

Easy to mix up with ⚔️ Crossed Swords, 🪃 Boomerang or 🗡️ Dagger. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.