The foggy emoji is basically San Francisco cosplay: a reddish-orange Golden Gate–style suspension bridge peeking out from thick gray mist, like it’s shy or just not awake yet. On Apple/iOS, you’ll spot the crisp bridge towers with cool-toned, silvery fog layered across the middle—no faces, no sun, just that moody, cinematic haze that screams marine layer. It’s the perfect visual for “can’t see a thing,” “running late because weather,” or the classic “brain = loading…” moment.
Online, people drop 🌁 as shorthand for vagueposting (“things are happening but I can’t talk about it”), soft-launching a situationship, or giving their feed that misty, lo-fi, indie-film opener. It carries cozy melancholy and mystery—think thriller intro, lo-fi beats, and “Karl the Fog” making a dramatic entrance over the Bay. It’s also a wink to SF culture and microclimates; locals will read it as “summer in the Sunset District.” Sarcastically, it works great when plans are unclear or communication is doing parkour: “What’s the agenda?” — “🌁.” If you’re after pure weather without the bridge, that’s 🌫️ Fog, but this one adds cityscape drama for when your day feels like a noir establishing shot.
Use it for morning commutes swallowed by mist, for captions about hazy memories, or anytime you want to say “vibes: mysterious, visibility: minimal.” Bonus: it doubles as a gentle flex that you’ve survived both hills and humidity by the bay.
Definition
A bridge hidden behind fog. Most likely the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. San Francisco, or the bay area, is known for its fog. Fog is basically a really low wet cloud and makes it hard to see very far (low visibility).
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1240 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:foggy:
Keywords
Bridge, Weather, Fog, Foggy
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Weather, Landscape, and Sky Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
FOGGY
Symbol Information
U+1F301 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-006
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#7 'Fog' 霧 U+E644 SJIS-F8A5 JIS-7837
KDDI
#305 霧 U+E598 SJIS-F7B5 JIS-7837
Softbank
[霧]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌁
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌁
Decimal HTML Entity
🌁
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌁
Hex Code Point(s)
1f301
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F301
Decimal Code Point(s)
127745
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x81
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 81
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 201
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF01
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf01
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57089
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F301
UTF-32 Hex
01F301
UTF-32 Dec
127745
Python Src
u"\U0001F301"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x81"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF01"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
