Water wave Emoji

Travel

A stylized, curling blue wave, typically depicted with a white crest breaking over the water. It represents the power and movement of the ocean's surface.

Usage Context

Used to describe a trip to the beach, surfing, or general love for the ocean. In internet slang, it is often sent to indicate that someone is 'riding a wave' of success or popularity. It can also appear alongside the ☀️ or 🏖️ emojis to set a vacation vibe.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the wave was originally designed as part of a broader set of weather and landscape icons meant to help users convey environmental conditions in mobile text messages, a feature that grew out of early Japanese mobile messaging culture.

Details

Glyph

🌊

Unicode

U+1F30A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f30a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF0A;

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

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

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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