What does 🪁 Kite mean?
A diamond-shaped kite flying on a string with a long tail. It is used for kite flying at the beach or in the park, windy days, and festivals such as Uttarayan (Makar Sankranti) and Basant, when skies fill with kites. It has a free, uplifting feel and can mean soaring, letting go or reaching new heights. Occasionally it also appears with the old put-down “go fly a kite”.
🪁 Kite is an emoji from the Activities category (games & toys), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about fly and soar.
Example messages
🪁 Kite on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Kite looks on each platform.
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Kite emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Kite emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪁 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :kite:.
When was the Kite emoji added?
🪁 Kite was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪁 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Kite. The underlying code (U+1FA81) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.