What ☂️ means
Usually rain gear; with reassurance, “I’ve got you covered.” Read the accompanying message before treating it as a promise of support.
Practical for weather; caring in a message of support.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsWith a rainy-day plan
Bring an umbrella.
After a reassuring promise
Can suggest “I’ll protect you.”
Don't confuse it with
3Combination ideas
2Suggestion: a rainy-day reminder.
Suggestion: “You have my support.”
Worth knowing
- The characters behind ☂️ existed in Unicode 12 years before anyone was allowed to draw them in colour: Unicode 3.2 in 2002, emoji presentation in 2014.
- ☂️ is not one character. It is 2 of them glued together, which is why deleting it sometimes takes two presses of backspace and why it breaks character counters.
Questions people ask
1Why is my umbrella black and white?
It may be displaying as text. Emoji styling depends on the app and font, even when emoji presentation is requested.
How to type ☂️
Windows
Win+.Open the emoji picker and search “umbrella”.
macOS
Control+Command+Spaceopens the character viewer.
iOS / Android
Emoji keyboard → search “umbrella”.
Chat apps
:umbrella:the common shortcode; support varies by platform.HTML
☂️Codes and encoding2 code points
HTML decimal
☂️
HTML hex
☂️
CSS content
content: "\2602\FE0F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%98%82%EF%B8%8F
1
On screen
2
Code points
2
JS .length
6
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.