What does 🌈 mean?
Rainbow: hope and joy – and a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride.
Its official Unicode name is RAINBOW and its CLDR short name is "rainbow" (in Hungarian: "szivárvány"). 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).
- gay
- genderqueer
- glbt
- glbtq
- lesbian
- lgbt
- lgbtq
- lgbtqia
- nature
- pride
In Hungarian: aszexuális, biszexuális, büszke, büszkeség, eső, homoszexuális, időjárás, interszexuális, kérdéses, kíváncsi
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+1F308. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- RAINBOW
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- szivárvány
- English name (CLDR)
- rainbow
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Travel & Places · sky & weather
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :rainbow:
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Frequently asked questions
What does the 🌈 emoji mean?
Rainbow: hope and joy – and a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride.
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 "gay".
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.