A striped umbrella stuck in the sand next to a beach ball, the whole scene built for lounging rather than swimming. Vacation photos and "wish I were there" captions use it constantly, standing for a relaxed beach day more than the ocean itself, which barely features in the artwork.
What 🏖️ means
A brown ground which looks circular on some platforms, while hosting a red and white umbrella on it and surrounded by water that is shown in the typical aqua, beach blue.
The 🏖️ Beach With Umbrella emoji signifies a beach vacation. But, also associated with it, are themes such as relaxation, therapy, unwinding, carefree, peace, and calm. So, this emoji can refer to these subsets too.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone about how you're longing for a vacation, use 🏖️ in that conversation. If you're more of a social media post/story kind of a person, then use this emoji while posting about this feeling too.
- While advising someone to take a break, use 🏖️. For example, "Man. You've been working your ass off. You deserve a massive break! 🏖️".
- 🏖️ not only suggests a literal vacation, but it can also refer to a sense of winding down, or even taking/getting a break.
- Also, a beach vacation always evokes a sense of being at unlimited peace, away from your everyday routine. So, if someone's texting you about something or someone and your motive is to appear as unbothered and at peace as possible, then use 🏖️. For instance, "Oh really? I'm not surprised at all 🏖️" (for a conversation that would've been explosive, otherwise).
- Now, speaking literally, use 🏖️ in the caption while sharing pictures and/or videos from your beach vacation. You can also do this while reposting a beach-based post.
Other Names
- 🏖️ Beach Vacation
- 🏖️ Beach
- 🏖️ Beach Vacay
- 🏖️ Chilling
- 🏖️ Vacaying
- 🏖️ Unwinding
- 🏖️ Need a Break
- 🏖️ Get a Break
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › place-geographic
- Codepoints
U+1F3D6 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:beach_umbrella:GitHub- Keywords
- beach, umbrella
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
Pairs well with
Tap any combo to copy the whole thing.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🏖️ Beach with Umbrella or 🧙 Mage?
Runs with a crowd
🏖️ keeps company in summer emojis and travel emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.