Rainbow emoji 🌈
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F308
What 🌈 means
In Unicode's CLDR data, Rainbow 🌈 is tagged with these keywords: gay, genderqueer, glbt, glbtq, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, nature, pride.
Phone keyboards use the same keywords, so typing gay or genderqueer in the emoji search brings up 🌈.
Rainbow 🌈 is one of 48 emoji in the sky and weather subgroup of travel & places (221 emoji), next to 🌂 ☂️ ☔ ⛱️.
Will 🌈 show on my friend's phone?
🌈 is one of the original emoji: it comes from the Japanese phone sets and is listed in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Every phone, computer and app shows it.
How to type 🌈
Any emoji picker finds 🌈 when you search for rainbow.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type rainbow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type rainbow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type rainbow.
Codes for developers
Rainbow 🌈 is a single code point, U+1F308. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes, and in JavaScript its string length is 2.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F308 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🌈 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🌈 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F308"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F308} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8C%88 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8C 88 |
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 | rainbow |
| Português | arco-íris |
| Español | arcoíris |
| Italiano | arcobaleno |
| Français | arc-en-ciel |
| Deutsch | Regenbogen |
| Türkçe | gökkuşağı |
| Bahasa Indonesia | pelangi |
| Polski | tęcza |
| Русский | радуга |
| 日本語 | 虹 |
| 한국어 | 무지개 |
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All travel & places emoji →Questions people ask
What does the rainbow emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🌈 "rainbow" and links it with gay, genderqueer, glbt, glbtq. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sky and weather subgroup of travel & places.
When was the rainbow 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 rainbow emoji?
Any emoji picker finds 🌈 when you search for rainbow.