Emojion💬 speech balloon
Meaning
Modeled after the comic-book speech balloon, this emoji broadly represents conversation and messaging. It's often used to quote someone, open a topic, or signal 'I've got something to tell you.'
Keywords: balloon, bubble, comic, dialog, message, sms, speech, talk, text, typing
💡 Did you know?
💬 was included in the very first wave of standardized emoji with Unicode 6.0 in 2010, classified under the 'Comic style symbols' subblock — bringing the speech balloon, a graphic staple of comics and manga for over a century, into digital text.
💡 Did you know?
You look like you've got something on your mind?
💬 Actually, there's something I wanted to ask you…
Placed before a message, it gives a comic-panel 'dialogue starting now' feel — a visual way of saying 'hey, can I tell you something?'
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