Milky way emoji 🌌
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F30C
What 🌌 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🌌 are milky, space, way. They show what people use it for.
Search for milky or space on your emoji keyboard and 🌌 is among the results.
You will find 🌌 among the sky and weather (48 emoji), part of travel & places with 221 emoji in all. Its neighbours include ☁️ ⛅ ⛈️ 🌤️.
Will 🌌 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 🌌 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 🌌
Search for milky way in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🌌.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type milky way.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type milky way in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type milky way.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🌌 is one code point (U+1F30C), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F30C | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🌌 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🌌 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F30C"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F30C} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8C%8C | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8C 8C |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🌌 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | milky way |
| Português | via láctea |
| Español | Vía Láctea |
| Italiano | Via Lattea |
| Français | voie lactée |
| Deutsch | Milchstraße |
| Türkçe | samanyolu |
| Bahasa Indonesia | bima sakti |
| Polski | Droga Mleczna |
| Русский | Млечный Путь |
| 日本語 | 天の川 |
| 한국어 | 은하수 |
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What does the milky way emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🌌 "milky way" and links it with milky, space, way. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sky and weather subgroup of travel & places.
When was the milky way emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the milky way emoji?
Search for milky way in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🌌.