Water wave emoji ๐
Emoji 0.6 (2010) ยท U+1F30A
What ๐ means
Water wave ๐ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: nature, ocean, surf, surfer, surfing, water, wave.
Those words also drive emoji search: try nature or ocean on your phone to find ๐.
On the emoji keyboard, ๐ sits with the sky and weather (48 emoji) inside travel & places, which has 221 emoji, for example ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐.
Will ๐ show on my friend's phone?
๐ 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 ๐
To find ๐ quickly, type water wave into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type water wave.
- Mac: press Ctrl+โ+Space and type water wave in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type water wave.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ๐ as one code point, U+1F30A: 4 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F30A | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🌊 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🌊 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F30A"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F30A} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%8C%8A | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 8C 8A |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of ๐ in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
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What does the water wave emoji mean?
Unicode calls ๐ "water wave" and links it with nature, ocean, surf, surfer. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the sky and weather subgroup of travel & places.
When was the water wave 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 water wave emoji?
To find ๐ quickly, type water wave into the emoji search.