Fog Emoji

Travel

A dense, grey haze or low-lying cloud formation. It depicts a thick blanket of water vapor reducing visibility, often rendered with soft, blurred edges to emphasize the lack of clarity.

Usage Context

Used to describe weather conditions, heavy smog, or a sense of confusion and mystery. It is a go-to emoji when someone feels mentally unfocused or 'in a fog,' and it pairs well with the ☁️ cloud or 👀 eyes emojis when visibility is low.

History

Added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, this emoji was part of a larger push to expand the weather category to include more specific atmospheric phenomena. It became a staple for mobile messaging as users looked for ways to convey atmospheric gloom or literal transit delays caused by poor conditions.

Details

Glyph

🌫

Unicode

U+1F32B

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f32b:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF2B;

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

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