💭️ Thought balloon emoji

The thought balloon emoji means thinking, imagining, wondering, or an inner thought. It is used for ideas, plans, daydreams, memories, and things someone is considering silently.

Use 💭 when the message is internal rather than spoken. For actual chat or comments, use 💬 Speech balloon, and for sleepy comic style compare 💤 Zzz.

Could also be called thought bubble, thinking cloud, idea bubble or daydream emoji.

Other meanings

Thinking, idea, daydream, inner thought, planning, wondering

Example Usage

I keep thinking about that trip idea 💭

Related emoji

Communication emojis

• 💬️ Speech balloon
• 👁️‍🗨️ Eye in speech bubble
• 🗨️ Left speech bubble
• 🗯️ Right anger bubble

World Poetry Day emojis

• 📝️ Memo
• ✍️ Writing hand
• 📖️ Open book
• 🖊️ Pen

Visual description

On iOS, this emoji is a white cloud-like thought bubble with smaller circles leading to it. At small sizes, it looks like a puffy white cloud.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.