On Apple/iOS, it shows up as a glossy purple umbrella tilted a bit to the right, sporting a curved hook handle with three bright blue raindrops hovering above. The canopy’s soft gradient and 3D shading make it feel almost pluckable off the screen, while the drops look like tiny glass beads frozen mid-splash.
It screams coverage and care, so it doubles as a supportive reply—offering shelter from drizzle, drama, or both. You’ll spot it in weather tweets, London-or-Seattle jokes, and rom-com beats where two leads fall for each other under one umbrella. Used with bite, it can roast flimsy excuses (“can’t come, it’s sprinkling”) or throw shade by implying you’re staying dry while the timeline floods. Pair it with cloud, water droplets, or wind emojis for full storm energy, or drop it next to coffee and a book for peak rainy-day aesthetic.
Functionally, it’s a quick forecast that says “yep, it’s wet outside,” perfect for rain warnings, moody moments, or a dramatic farewell to good hair days. People drop it to rain-check plans, flex their pluviophile energy, or promise “I’ll be your cover—under my umbrella, ella, ella.” It reads cozy—tea, lo-fi beats, a rain-streaked window—or chaotic, like sprinting to the bus as a soggy superhero. It also plays as a subtle “tears, but make it cinematic” when you’re sad and pretending it’s just the weather.
Definition
This purple umbrella has rain dropping could mean that there is sadness or you should bring one because there's rain outside. iEmoji old name: Rain Umbrella with Rain Falling.
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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.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
814 of 2393
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ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:umbrella:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Rain Umbrella with Rain Drops Falling
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode Range
2600–26FF
Unicode Subcategory
Weather Symbol
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
UMBRELLA WITH RAIN DROPS = ARIB-9381
Symbol Information
☔ U+2614 unified (Unicode 4.0)
Proposal Identifier
e-002
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#3 'Rain' 雨 U+E640 SJIS-F8A1 JIS-7545
KDDI
#95 雨 U+E48C SJIS-F664 JIS-7545
Softbank
#82 #old75 雨 U+E04B SJIS-F98C
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
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)
2614
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2614
Decimal Code Point(s)
9748
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x98 0x94
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 98 94
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 230 224
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2614
UTF-16 Hex
2614
UTF-16 Dec
9748
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002614
UTF-32 Hex
2614
UTF-32 Dec
9748
Python Src
u"\u2614"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x98\x94"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2614"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
☔️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
☔️
Decimal HTML Entity
☔ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
☔ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
2614, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+2614, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
9748, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x98 0x94, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 98 94, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 230 224, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x2614, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
2614, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
9748, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x00002614 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
2614, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
9748, 65039
Python Src
u"\u2614\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x98\x94\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u2614\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)