speech balloon

This is a speech balloon-shaped emoji, often seen in comics. It's used to show that someone is speaking or that a conversation is in progress.

It can also signify a text message or chat, and it's useful for quoting someone else. You can use it like, 'He said 💬'.

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This emoji symbolizes general conversation or speech, and is frequently used to represent text-based communication. It gives the feeling of directly conveying a thought or opinion.

This design originates from the golden age of print comics. The speech balloon was a visual device to contain a character's dialogue. In the digital age, it has become widely used as an icon for text messages (SMS) or chat apps, coming to represent 'conversation' itself.