⛈ is the Unicode emoji THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN (“cloud with lightning and rain”), code point U+26C8 (decimal 9928) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, added in Unicode 5.2. In HTML write ⛈, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9B 88.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+26C8 |
| Decimal | 9928 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9B 88 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 26C8 |
| UTF-32 | 000026C8 |
| HTML decimal | ⛈ |
| HTML hex | ⛈ |
| CSS | \26C8 |
| JavaScript | \u26C8 |
| JSON | \u26C8 |
| Python | \u26C8 |
| Python by name | \N{THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN} |
| Java, C# | \u26C8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{26C8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u26C8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9B%88 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | THUNDER CLOUD AND RAIN |
| Emoji name | cloud with lightning and rain |
| Code point | U+26C8 (decimal 9928) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 5.2 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols
- ⛀ U+26C0 White Draughts Man
- ⛁ U+26C1 White Draughts King
- ⛂ U+26C2 Black Draughts Man
- ⛃ U+26C3 Black Draughts King
- ⛄ U+26C4 Snowman without snow
- ⛅ U+26C5 Sun behind cloud
- ⛆ U+26C6 Rain
- ⛇ U+26C7 Black Snowman
- ⛉ U+26C9 Turned White Shogi Piece
- ⛊ U+26CA Turned Black Shogi Piece
- ⛋ U+26CB White Diamond In Square
- ⛌ U+26CC Crossing Lanes
- ⛍ U+26CD Disabled Car
- ⛎ U+26CE Ophiuchus
- ⛏ U+26CF Pick
- ⛐ U+26D0 Car Sliding
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⛈?
- Use ⛈ (decimal) or ⛈ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+26C8?
- E2 9B 88 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9B%88.
- How do I write U+26C8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u26C8. Python: \u26C8.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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