Umbrella Emoji

Travel

A classic, wide-canopy umbrella shown in profile, typically depicted as purple or black with a curved handle. It represents a portable device used to deflect rain or provide shade from intense sunlight.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss stormy weather, checking the forecast, or expressing a need for cover. It is frequently sent alongside 🌧 or ⛈ to signal that someone is caught in a downpour or planning to stay indoors.

History

Part of the original Unicode set released in 1993, the umbrella was adopted from early character sets used by Japanese mobile carriers. Before high-resolution screens, this shape was essential for weather reports on basic monochrome pager and phone displays.

Details

Glyph

☂

Unicode

U+2602

Shortcode

:emoji_u2602:

HTML Entity

☂

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

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