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A yellow sun half covered by a white cloud. Position of the sun varies across platforms.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a partly cloudy day.

Not to be confused with <a href="/sun-behind-cloud/">🌤️ Sun Behind Small Cloud</a> or <a href="/sun-behind-large-cloud/">⛅ Sun Behind Large Cloud</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Microsoft&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/sun-behind-cloud/">previously</a> gray, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/sun-behind-cloud/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> bluish.

Sun Behind Cloud

The sun, the star at the center of our solar system. Generally depicted as a golden-yellow disc radiating eight triangular rays, representing the sun&rsquo;s heat and light.

Commonly used to represent sunny, warm, or hot weather, light, heat, energy, life, outer space, astronomy, and various positive and happy (sunny) feelings.

See also <a href="/sun-with-face/">🌞&nbsp;Sun With Face</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/bright-button/">🔆&nbsp;Bright Button</a> or <a href="/dim-button/">🔅&nbsp;</a>Dim&nbsp;Button.

Google&rsquo;s sun was <a href="/google/gmail/sun/">once</a> red, Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/touchwiz-7.1/sun/">previously</a> gray. See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Sun with Rays

Blue raindrops falling from a white cloud with a lightning bolt flashing.

May be used as a weather icon to represent thundershowers.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-lightning/">🌩️ Cloud With Lightning</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Thunder Cloud and Rain

Fog, as obscures visibility. Generally depicted as a square of a gray, hazy, cloud-like mass.

May be used as a weather icon to represent foggy conditions. May also be used to represent metaphorical fog (e.g., a daze).

Not to be confused with <a href="/foggy/" title="🌁 Foggy">🌁 Foggy</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design was <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/fog/">previously</a> a&nbsp;stylized depiction of fog, featuring three, wavy lines, as was&nbsp;<a href="/google/android-7.0/fog/">Google&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;previous design. <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/fog/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> fog previously resembled&nbsp;three clouds. <a href="/twitter/twemoji-2.0/fog/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> design previously resembled its <a href="/foggy/" title="🌁 Foggy">🌁 Foggy</a> emoji, showing fog obscuring the Golden Gate Bridge.

A thundercloud. Depicted as a yellow <a href="/high-voltage/" title="⚡ High Voltage Sign">lightning bolt</a>&nbsp;flashing from a white cloud.

May be used as a weather icon to represent thunderstorms.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-lightning-and-rain/">⛈️ Cloud With Lightning and Rain</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s cloud was previously bluish with two lightning bolts.

Cloud with Lightning

A yellow sun half covered by a white rain cloud with blue raindrops. Most platforms depict the raindrops falling to the left. Position of the sun varies across platforms.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a mix of sunshine and scattered showers.

Not to be confused with <a href="/sun-behind-cloud/">⛅ Sun Behind Cloud</a>.

Samsung&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/sun-behind-rain-cloud/">previously</a> bluish.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#white" title="📖 Glossary">white</a> in Unicode character names.

White Sun Behind Cloud with Rain

Foggy weather displayed as&nbsp;<a href="/fog/" title="🌫 Fog">fog</a> covering a bridge or cityscape, depending on the platform. For platforms that show a bridge, the red <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge">Golden Gate Bridge</a> is generally displayed.

Foggy

A snow cloud. Depicted as blue <a href="/snowflake/">snowflakes</a> falling from a white cloud.

May be used as a weather icon to represent snow showers or a snowy day.

Not to be confused with <a href="/cloud-with-rain/">🌧️ Cloud With Rain</a>.

Cloud with Snow

An icon used to&nbsp;represent a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone">cyclone</a>.&nbsp;Some versions of this emoji&nbsp;show&nbsp;a&nbsp;spiral shape, which may be used for decorative purposes.

This emoji is not supported in Twitter / X names, possibly in an attempt to minimize confusion with a verified checkmark. <a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/why-you-cant-use-these-emojis-in-your-twitter-name/">Learn more here</a>.

Cyclone

A yellow sun mostly covered by a large, white cloud. Position of the sun varies across platforms.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a mostly cloudy day.

Not to be confused with <a href="/sun-behind-cloud/">⛅ Sun Behind Cloud</a> or <a href="/sun-behind-small-cloud/">🌤️ Sun Behind Small Cloud</a>, though their applications may overlap.

Samsung&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/sun-behind-large-cloud/">previously</a> bluish.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#white" title="📖 Glossary">white</a> in Unicode character names.

White Sun Behind Cloud

A tornado, a&nbsp;destructive column of air. Depicted as a gray, funnel-shaped cloud, rotating in contact with the ground.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a tornado. May also be used to represent a metaphorical tornado (e.g., a powerful force or violent outburst).

Google&rsquo;s tornado was <a href="/google/android-6.0.1/tornado/">previously</a> blue and white. <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/tornado/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/tornado/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> designs previously depicted tornadoes defending from a <a href="/cloud/">cumulus cloud</a>.

Cloud with Tornado

A sun with a smiling face, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_of_May">Sun of May</a>. Generally depicted as a golden-yellow disc with a smiling, often human face with a nose, radiating triangular&nbsp;rays, representing the sun&#39;s heat and light.

May be used to represent the sun more generally. Also used to represent sunny, warm, or hot weather and various positive and happy (sunny) feelings.

See also <a href="/sun/">☀️&nbsp;Sun</a>. Not to be confused with <a href="/bright-button/">🔆&nbsp;Bright Button</a> or <a href="/dim-button/">🔅&nbsp;Dim&nbsp;Button</a>.

Apple, WhatsApp, and Facebook&#39;s suns feature human faces. Other platforms, including Twitter, feature a simple smiley, as <a href="/slightly-smiling-face/">🙂&nbsp;Slightly Smiling Face</a>.

Microsoft&#39;s eyes <a href="/microsoft/windows-10-anniversary-update/sun-with-face/">previously</a> appeared open, though they were also closed in the platform&#39;s <a href="/microsoft/windows-8.0/sun-with-face/">early designs</a>.&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.0/sun-with-face/">Facebook&#39;s</a> expression previously resembled <a href="/grinning-face-with-smiling-eyes/">😁&nbsp;Beaming Face With Smiling Eyes</a>.

Sun with Face

A fluffy, white cloud, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_cloud">cumulus</a>. May be used as a weather icon to represent a cloudy or overcast day.

Twitter&rsquo;s design features two clouds.&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/google/android-8.0/cloud/">previously</a>&nbsp;bluish.

Cloud

A rain cloud. (Keep dry with <a href="/umbrella-with-rain-drops/">☔ Umbrella With Rain Drops</a>.) Depicted as blue raindrops falling from a white cloud. Most platforms depict the raindrops falling to the left.

May be used as a weather icon to represent rain showers or a rainy day.

Samsung&rsquo;s cloud was <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/cloud-with-rain/">previously</a> bluish.

Cloud with Rain

The unique, feathery ice crystal of a snowflake. Depicted as a bluish-white snowflake with six&nbsp;intricate&nbsp;symmetrical branches.

Like <a href="/cloud-with-snow/">🌨️ Cloud With Snow</a>, may be used as a weather icon to represent a snowstorm or a cold, snowy day. May also be used for various content concerning wintertime, <a href="/snow-capped-mountain/">cold climates</a>, and winter activity, such as <a href="/skis/">skiing</a>.

Sometimes used as an insult to call a person&nbsp;weak and&nbsp;oversensitive.

Snowflake

A yellow sun partially covered by a small, white cloud. Position of the cloud varies across platforms.

May be used as a weather icon to represent a mostly sunny day.

Not to be confused with <a href="/sun-behind-cloud/">⛅ Sun Behind Cloud</a> or <a href="/sun-behind-large-cloud/">🌥️ Sun Behind Large Cloud</a>, though their applications may overlap.

See the glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#white" title="📖 Glossary">white</a> in Unicode character names.

White Sun with Small Cloud

A face blowing the wind, as a personification of nature (e.g., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Nature">Mother Nature</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_wind">North Wind</a>) who creates the wind by blowing air from its mouth. Depicted as a gray, profile of a human face, generally with a feminine appearance, blowing swirls from her mouth to the right.

May be used to represent windy weather.&nbsp;Occasionally used to represent clouds, fog, smoke, and smoking. Not to be confused with Dashing Away, though their applications may overlap.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design is blue, as is Facebook&rsquo;s, whose design most clearly suggests a woman&rsquo;s face. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design depicts a cloud with a face, as Samsung&rsquo;s <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/wind-face/">previously</a> did.

Wind Blowing Face

An umbrella, opened to provide cover from rain. Generally depicted with purple fabric and a hooked handle with several rain <a href="/droplet/">droplets</a> falling on its top.

Commonly used for various content concerning rainy weather.

Not to be confused with <a href="/umbrella/">☂️ Umbrella</a> or <a href="/closed-umbrella/">🌂 Closed Umbrella</a>, though their applications may overlap.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s umbrella is green. Google&rsquo;s umbrella was <a href="/google/android-7.0/umbrella-with-rain-drops/">previously</a> blue, <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/umbrella-with-rain-drops/">Microsoft</a> and <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/umbrella-with-rain-drops/">Samsung&rsquo;s</a> red, and <a href="/facebook/1.0/umbrella-with-rain-drops/">Facebook&rsquo;s</a> once pink.

In 2016, a Durex <a href="http://thenextweb.com/lifestyle/2016/11/30/durex-condom-emoji/">poll</a>&nbsp;voted this emoji to (unofficially)&nbsp;represent&nbsp;condoms and safe sex for World AIDS Day.

Umbrella with Rain Drops

The colorful arc of a rainbow, as may appear after rain. Generally depicted as the left half of a full rainbow, showing six bands of color: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

Commonly used to express <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBT_movement)">gay pride</a>. Also commonly used to convey various feelings of love and happiness. See also <a href="/rainbow-flag/">🏳️&zwj;🌈 Rainbow Flag</a>.

WhatsApp&rsquo;s design shows the right arc of rainbow disappearing into a cloud. Facebook&rsquo;s rainbow is displayed on a blue sky, as <a href="/apple/ios-6.0/rainbow/">Apple</a>, <a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/rainbow/">Samsung</a>, and <a href="/twitter/twemoji-1.0/rainbow/">Twitter&rsquo;s</a> previously were. <a href="/google/android-7.0/rainbow/">Google</a> and <a href="/microsoft/windows-10/rainbow/">Microsoft</a> previously displayed full rainbow arcs with clouds.

Rainbow

A square or rectangular window with glass panes. Most platforms show a wooden frame with two or four panels.

Used to talk about actual windows or metaphorical windows, which often represent opportunities, perspectives, or unique points of view.&nbsp;

Window

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Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Unicode 5.2&nbsp;pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by one&nbsp;year, and included many characters primarily sourced from the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07391-n3341.pdf">ARIB set of Japanese broadcasting symbols</a>.

The following characters were among those added to Unicode in 2009, several of which were given&nbsp;emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

SoftBank&nbsp;is a Japanese carrier&nbsp;which had its own emoji set for the years 1997&mdash;2016. SoftBank (known as J-Phone at the time) created the&nbsp;first known&nbsp;emoji set. The SoftBank emoji designs&nbsp;heavily influenced&nbsp;<a href="/apple/iphone-os-2.2/">Apple&#39;s original emoji font</a>&nbsp;which was&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/apples-emoji-evolution-1997-2018/">designed to be compatible with this set</a>&nbsp;when launching in Japan, due&nbsp;to iPhone being a SoftBank-exclusive phone when first released.

SoftBank&nbsp;<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&amp;tl=en&amp;js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.softbank.jp%2Fmobile%2Finfo%2Fpersonal%2Fsoftware%2F20170120-02%2F&amp;edit-text=">announced</a> it would switch to using Google emoji designs from 2016, for&nbsp;phones supporting <a href="/google/android-7.0/">Android 7.0</a> or above. SoftBank no longer releases&nbsp;updates to this emoji set.

⛅ Sun Behind Cloud on SoftBank 1997

⛅ Sun Behind Cloud on SoftBank 1997

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