Droplet Emoji
Travel
A single, bright blue teardrop-shaped splash of liquid. The design features a light-colored highlight on its side, giving it a glossy, rounded look that mimics the way light hits a bead of water.
Usage Context
Widely used to represent rain, hydration, or a leaking faucet. Beyond weather, it is frequently used in internet slang to imply that something is 'dripping' or stylish, and it is often paired with 🔥 to describe something that is both hot and fresh. It can also stand in for sweat or tears when expressing physical exertion or emotional vulnerability.
History
The droplet was officially added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0. It became an instant hit on mobile platforms because it provided a quick, graphical way to represent weather conditions or bodily fluids without needing complex text strings, bridging the gap between early text-based emoticons and modern visual messaging.
Details
Glyph
💧
Unicode
U+1F4A7
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f4a7:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Travel
Subcategory sky & weather
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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