Sparkles emoji meaning

The sparkles emoji is an illustration of sparkles or glitter, which are small, shiny particles that glitter in the light. It is typically used to represent something that is sparkling, glittery, shiny, or dazzling, often used to indicate something is attractive, beautiful, or eye-catching. It could also be used to indicate that something is exciting, special, or worthy of attention, or to express joy, excitement, or happiness. Sometimes, it could be used as a way to express sarcasm, irony or to indicate something is cheap or fake. The design of the sparkles could vary on different platforms but it's usually shown as a series of glittering particles in different shapes and colors.

The sparkles emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257