🌈 Meaning – Rainbow Emoji

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The rainbow emoji expresses happiness. It can be used to express that something good has finally happened or that a person is happy with the outcome of something, but it is generally associated with a positive feeling. Depending on the subject, Rainbow Emoji can mean from "Great" to "Oh, that's original! That's awesome!". This symbol is widely used by LGBT community.

The Rainbow Emoji appeared in 2010, and also known as the Rainbow Symbol.

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Rainbow Emoji details

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Uncode codepoint: U+1F308
Unicode name: Rainbow
Category: Travel & Places / Sky & Weather
Keywords: rain, weather
Windows Alt-code: Alt+1F308
Decimal HTML Entity: 🌈
Hex HTML Entity: 🌈
UTF-16 hex: 0xD83C 0xDF08
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow
Version: Unicode 6.0
Year: 2010 (see all emoji of 2010)

Umbrella on Ground

Umbrella with Rain Drops

Umbrella

Closed Umbrella

Cloud with Rain

Sun Behind Rain Cloud

Cloud with Lightning and Rain

🌐 Rainbow Emoji translations

Language	CLDR Name	Keywords
Deutsch	Regenbogen	Wetter
Français	arc-en-ciel	météo, pluie
Русский	радуга	дождь, осадки, цвета
Español	arcoíris	colores, lluvia
Italiano	arcobaleno	pioggia, sette colori
Português	arco-íris	chuva, clima
Polski	tęcza	deszcz, pogoda, słońce

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How to type Rainbow Emoji

There are number of methods to type Rainbow Emoji. Easiest way is to copy & paste, but other methods, like windows alt-codes and HTML-entities (for web sites) are also popular enough.

You may use this Copy and Paste Emoji List to copy/type emoji one-by-one or this Online Emoji Keyboard to write all your message at one time and copy it when finished.

Copy and paste 🌈 emoji

It's very easy to get Rainbow Emoji both on computer and mobile without any emoji keyboard installed. All you need is to select, copy and paste this symbol: . Select this like a regular text, and copy to the clipboard. After doing that, switch to another website or application and paste emoji using context menu or keyboard. Hint: use Ctrl/Cmd+C keys to copy, and Ctrl/Cmd+V to paste emoji.

Even if emoji symbol or smiley looks like a black square or question mark, it most probably will be converted into appropriate image by web site or application where you paste it.

To avoid misunderstandings, first carefully read 🌈 meaning and look at 🌈 pictures before sending it to somebody: some emoji don't mean what you think they mean ;-)

🌈 emoji Alt-codes for Windows

It's easy to type emoji or any other Unicode character with code value up to U+0ffff by it's alt-code in MS Windows. Here are instructions.

Press and hold Alt key on keyboard.

Hit the Plus (+) button on numeric keypad.

Type the hexadecimal Unicode value digit-by-digit

Now release the Alt key and you'll see your character.

Note 1. This method works only for unicode codepoints U+0ffff and bellow.

Note 2. If this trick does not work, you should check some settings in your Windows Registry. If you don't know what the Registry is, please don't try this! Run regedit.exe and navigate to the HKEY_Current_User/Control Panel/Input Method branch. Add EnableHexNumpad key with type of REG_SZ and set it to "1". You may need to log off and back on to enable this input type.