Emoji: ⛈ - Unicode codes and encoding

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cloud with lightning and rain

Emoji codes and encodings

Unicode codepoint
Use in documentation, specifications, or when referencing the official Unicode standard.
HTML encoded
Use in HTML/XML when the document encoding doesn't support the character directly.
Punycode
Use for internationalized domain names (IDN) - this is how DNS servers handle emoji domains.
URL encoded
Use in URLs and query strings where special characters must be percent-encoded.

Emoji at different sizes

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16px

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24px

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36px

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48px

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72px

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96px

Related emojis

⛈️

cloud with lightning and rain

🌩️

cloud with lightning

🌩

cloud with lightning

🌧️

cloud with rain

🌧

cloud with rain

☔

umbrella with rain drops

🫰🏿

hand with index finger and thumb crossed: dark skin tone

🫰🏾

hand with index finger and thumb crossed: medium-dark skin tone

🫰🏽

hand with index finger and thumb crossed: medium skin tone

🫰🏼

hand with index finger and thumb crossed: medium-light skin tone

🫰🏻

hand with index finger and thumb crossed: light skin tone

🫰

hand with index finger and thumb crossed

Search emojis by name or category

Find emojis by typing keywords like "smile", "heart", "flag" or "animal". Popular searches: arrows • clocks • country flags • fruits • games • phones • hearts • faces or browse random emojis

What are Emoji characters?

Emojis (from Japanese 絵文字, meaning 'picture character') are Unicode pictographs that can be used in any text, just like regular letters and numbers. They are standardized by the Unicode Consortium and work across all modern operating systems, browsers and applications.

Key features of emojis:

  • Universal compatibility: Emojis work on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and in web browsers
  • Scalable: As Unicode characters, emojis are vector-based and scale to any size without quality loss
  • Platform variations: Each platform (Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.) has its own emoji design, so appearance may vary
  • Multiple encodings: Emojis can be represented as Unicode codepoints (U+1F600), HTML entities (😀), or URL-encoded (%F0%9F%98%80)

For HTML-encoded special characters like Greek letters (μ), arrows (⇑) and quotes («»), see the HTML character map.

How to use emojis

Copy and paste: Click on any emoji to see its details, then copy the character or code you need.

In HTML: Use the Unicode codepoint like 😀 or paste the emoji directly.

In URLs: Use the URL-encoded version like %F0%9F%98%80 for query parameters.

In domain names: Use punycode encoding for emoji domains (e.g., 💩.la becomes xn--ls8h.la).

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