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thought balloon
The thought balloon is a cloud-shaped bubble trailing small circles, the comic sign for what a character is thinking. It represents thoughts, daydreams, ideas, or wishes — what is on your mind rather than what you say out loud.
It belongs to the smileys & emotion group among the balloons, the quiet counterpart to the speech balloon.
Reviewed by Chad Solomon · Updated 8 June 2026
- Character
- Codepoint
- U+1F4AD
- Version
- Emoji 1.0
- Year added
- 2015
- Category
- Smileys & Emotion
- Tags
- balloonbubblecartooncloudcomicdaydreamdecisionsdreamideainventinventionrealizethinkthoughtswonder
