Sun behind cloud emoji ⛅
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+26C5
What ⛅ means
Sun behind cloud ⛅ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: behind, cloud, cloudy, sun, weather.
Those words also drive emoji search: try behind or cloud on your phone to find ⛅.
On the emoji keyboard, ⛅ sits with the sky and weather (48 emoji) inside travel & places, which has 221 emoji, for example ⛈️ 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️.
Will ⛅ show on my friend's phone?
⛅ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.6, 2010), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ⛅
To find ⛅ quickly, type sun behind cloud into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type sun behind cloud.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type sun behind cloud in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type sun behind cloud.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ⛅ as one code point, U+26C5: 3 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 1 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+26C5 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⛅ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⛅ | |
| CSS | content: "\26C5"; | |
| JavaScript | \u26C5 | |
| URL | %E2%9B%85 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9B 85 |
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 | sun behind cloud |
| Português | sol por trás das nuvens |
| Español | sol detrás de una nube |
| Italiano | sole coperto |
| Français | soleil derrière les nuages |
| Deutsch | Sonne hinter Wolke |
| Türkçe | bulutlar ardındaki güneş |
| Bahasa Indonesia | matahari di balik awan |
| Polski | słońce zza chmury |
| Русский | солнце за облаками |
| 日本語 | 曇り時々晴れ |
| 한국어 | 구름 뒤의 해 |
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What does the sun behind cloud emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⛅ "sun behind cloud" and links it with behind, cloud, cloudy, sun. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sky and weather subgroup of travel & places.
When was the sun behind cloud 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 sun behind cloud emoji?
To find ⛅ quickly, type sun behind cloud into the emoji search.