Congratulations emoji, copy and paste: ㊗️ comes first, because it is the one emoji named for the word. After it are clapping hands, the party emoji, prizes, lines by occasion, the word in plain text, banners and combos.
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Two emoji filed under the word
CLDR, the list of search words behind emoji keyboards, files congratulations under two emoji: ㊗️ and Clapping hands, which alone gets congrats as well. The button is the character 祝 in a circle. Unicode names it Circled ideograph congratulation, and it has been in Unicode since version 1.1.
A line for the occasion
Each line names what it is for, from a new baby to a retirement, and opens with an emoji that fits. For a card field that refuses emoji, the plain-text group has the word between two stars and in three letter styles.
Confetti ball has congratulations as its other name in Unicode's names list, though CLDR files it under celebrate.
Clapping hands and Raising hands come in five skin tones. The button and the party emoji do not.
The script and double-struck words are mathematical letters. A device without a font for them shows boxes; the starred line has none.
Questions and answers
What emoji means congratulations?
㊗️ is the only emoji named for it, and 👏 Clapping hands is the one most keyboards offer. CLDR files congratulations under those two and no others. 🎉 Party popper is filed under celebrate.
What does ㊗️ mean?
It is the character 祝 in a circle, which Unicode's Han database glosses as pray for happiness or blessings. The emoji name is Japanese “congratulations” button.
How do I write congratulations without emoji?
★ Congratulations ★ uses two plain stars and goes anywhere text does. The banner is three lines of keyboard characters, with the word between two rows of stars.
Which emoji says well done?
👏 Clapping hands: CLDR lists good, great, nice, well and job for it. 🏆 Trophy is filed under winning, and 💯 Hundred points has perfect score as its other Unicode name.
All 49 things for a congratulations
Filed under congratulations 2
👏Clapping handsU+1F44F. The other emoji CLDR files under congratulations, and the only one under congrats. It also gets good, great, nice, well and job. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
㊗️Congrats buttonU+3297 U+FE0F. The one emoji named for the word: its full emoji name is Japanese “congratulations” button. It is the character 祝 in a circle, which Unicode names Circled ideograph congratulation. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
Filed under celebrate and hooray 7
🎈BalloonU+1F388. Filed under celebrate. Emoji 0.6.
🥂Clinking glassesU+1F942. Filed under celebrate. Unicode's other name: celebration, formal toasting. Emoji 3.0.
🎊Confetti ballU+1F38A. Filed under celebrate. Unicode's other name for it is congratulations. Emoji 0.6.
🎉Party popperU+1F389. Filed under celebrate and hooray. Emoji 0.6.
🥳Partying faceU+1F973. Party hat and party horn. Filed under celebrate and hooray. Emoji 11.0.
🪅PiñataU+1FA85. Filed under celebrate. From Emoji 13.0, so an older phone shows an empty box. Emoji 13.0.
🙌Raising handsU+1F64C. Both hands up, filed under hooray. It takes a skin tone. Emoji 0.6.
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Prizes and flowers 7
🥇1st place medalU+1F947. Unicode's other name is gold medal. Emoji 3.0.
💐BouquetU+1F490. Flowers to hand over. Emoji 0.6.
🌟Glowing starU+1F31F. A star for the wall chart. CLDR lists win. Emoji 0.6.
💯Hundred pointsU+1F4AF. Unicode's other name is perfect score. Emoji 0.6.
🏅Sports medalU+1F3C5. Filed under award and winner. Emoji 1.0.
🏆TrophyU+1F3C6. Filed under champion, victory and winning. It has a text form. Emoji 0.6.
🎁Wrapped giftU+1F381. A present with a bow. Emoji 0.6.
Lines by occasion 11
🔑 Congratulations on the new homeNew home
💼 Congratulations on the new jobNew job
📈 Congratulations on the promotionPromotion
💍 Congratulations on your engagementEngagement
💐 Congratulations on your weddingWedding
🎉 Congratulations 🎉For any occasion
🥇 First place. CongratulationsFirst place
🌅 Happy retirement, and congratulationsRetirement
👶 Welcome, little oneNew baby
👏 Well done, youShort and warm
✅ You passed. CongratulationsPassed the test
The word in plain text 7
ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕤Congrats in double-struck letters
ⒸⓞⓝⓖⓡⓐⓣⓢCongrats in circled letters
𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼The word in bold script letters
C O N G R A T SSpaced capitals, plain keys only
✿ Congrats ✿No emoji: a plain flower each side
★ Congratulations ★No emoji: a plain star each side
• Well done •No emoji: a bullet each side
Text-art banners 3
Congratulations bannerThe word between two rows of stars, 21 columns wide.
RosetteA first-place rosette with two ribbons.
Winner's cupA cup with two handles and No.1 on it.
Congratulations combos 12
🎉👏🎉Big congratulationsParty popper, clapping hands, party popper. The hands follow the skin tone.
💼🌟Dream jobBriefcase, then glowing star.
💐🎊Flowers for youBouquet, then confetti ball.
🎩👏Hats offTop hat, then clapping hands. The hands follow the skin tone.
👶🎈New arrivalBaby, then balloon. The baby follows the skin tone.
📖✨New chapterOpen book, then sparkles.
🥹👏So proud of youFace holding back tears, then clapping hands. CLDR files the face under proud; it is from Emoji 14.0. The hands follow the skin tone.
👏👏👏Standing ovationClapping hands, three times. All three follow the skin tone.
💍🎉They said yesRing, then party popper.
🥇📚Top of the class1st place medal, then books.
🏠🔑Welcome homeHouse, then key.
🙌🏆You did itRaising hands, then trophy. The hands follow the skin tone.
How this list was compiled: Names, code points, sequences, skin tones and Emoji version numbers come from Unicode's emoji-test.txt, version 18.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/emoji/emoji-test.txt); item names are the CLDR short names with a capital. Search words are the CLDR English annotations (https://github.com/unicode-org/cldr/blob/main/common/annotations/en.xml, main branch). Text forms come from emoji-variation-sequences.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt) and the names of plain characters from UnicodeData.txt and NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt, https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). Checked against the whole CLDR file: congratulations is a search word of two emoji, Clapping hands and the Japanese “congratulations” button, congrats of Clapping hands alone, celebrate of six and hooray of three. The button is U+3297, which UnicodeData.txt defines as the ideograph U+795D in a circle; the Unihan database (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Unihan.zip, Unihan_Readings.txt) glosses that ideograph as pray for happiness or blessings. Other names quoted as Unicode's (congratulations on the confetti ball, celebration, formal toasting, gold medal, perfect score) are from NamesList.txt. The styled words are built from Unicode's mathematical and circled letters, each looked up by name. The lines, the three drawings and the combos with their names are this site's own. Licence: own work (the selection, the combo names and the wording are this site's own; emoji names, sequences and search words come from Unicode's data files and CLDR, under the Unicode License v3; facts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, restated in this site's own words and credited in source)