What does ⚡ mean?
High voltage, lightning: energy, speed, electricity, excitement.
Its official Unicode name is HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN and its CLDR short name is "high voltage" (in Hungarian: "magasfeszültség"). It belongs to the Travel & Places group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- danger
- electric
- electricity
- high
- lightning
- nature
- thunder
- thunderbolt
- voltage
- zap
In Hungarian: nagyfeszültség, veszély, vihar, villám, villámlás
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws ⚡ in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+26A1. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- magasfeszültség
- English name (CLDR)
- high voltage
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Travel & Places · sky & weather
- Length
- 1 code point · 3 bytes in UTF-8 · 1 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :zap:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the ⚡ emoji mean?
High voltage, lightning: energy, speed, electricity, excitement.
How do I type the ⚡ emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "danger".
When was the ⚡ emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.