Use it when you want “new day, who dis” energy: motivational rise-and-grind posts, golden hour humblebrags, and travel shots that flaunt early‑bird supremacy. It’s a staple for flirty good‑morning texts and wholesome check‑ins. Ironic spins are common too—after an all‑nighter to mean “didn’t wake up early; just never slept,” or to narrate 6 a.m. flights, jet‑lag haze, and toddler‑alarm life. It pairs naturally with coffee, running shoes, or yoga vibes when you want to look dialed in before breakfast.
Culturally, dawn screams renewal—poets, playlists, and main‑character montages all back that up. Online, it soft‑launches a “new era” without you writing a TED Talk. And if you’re mixing it up with sunset content, note the tell: this one reads as water‑plus‑horizon serenity (no city skyline or mountains)—think tranquil beach morning, not a dramatic evening finale.
The sunrise emoji doubles as a tiny reset button—first light tipping over the horizon, fresh day unlocked. On Apple/iOS, a warm yellow‑orange half sun lifts over a flat ocean, laying a glossy path of light across blue water under a pink‑to‑peach sky gradient, with a couple of soft clouds parked near the horizon. The vibe is beachy and calm, like a 6 a.m. postcard from the shoreline. You’ll recognize it by that mirror‑like water reflection and the sun just barely peeking up.
Definition
The Sun is peaking up in the distance (horizon). Good morning. Rise and shine. A color bursting morning sunrise. Can also be used to represent a sunset as the two events can look very similar.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
770 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
:sunrise:
Keywords
Sunrise, Sun, Morning, Color, Sky
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Weather, Landscape, and Sky Symbols
Editorial Comment
Sun is about coming up on the horizon.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
SUNRISE Temporary Notes: Sunrise over horizon (Softbank sunrise 2)
Symbol Information
U+1F305 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-00A
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#1 'Fine' 晴れ 「晴re」 U+E63E SJIS-F89F JIS-7541
KDDI
#493 日の出 「日no出」 U+EAF4 SJIS-F3C8 JIS-7A4A
Softbank
#304 #old420 朝日 U+E449 SJIS-FB8A
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)
1f305
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F305
Decimal Code Point(s)
127749
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x85
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 85
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 205
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF05
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf05
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57093
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F305
UTF-32 Hex
01F305
UTF-32 Dec
127749
Python Src
u"\U0001F305"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x85"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF05"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
