A folded umbrella held at a slant, more accessory than active rain gear the way it's drawn. It shows up far less often than the open version, mostly in fashion posts and rainy-day outfits already tucked away, or for weather that's cleared up enough that nobody needs it open anymore.
What 🌂 means
A right-facing purple umbrella with a purple curved handle, collapsed and tied together with a velcro strap. There's also a pointy stick at the bottom end of the umbrella.
The 🌂 Closed Umbrella emoji represents passage of seasons that require an umbrella to head out; the monsoons, peaking summers, etc. It may also suggest the end of an outdoor walking routine and being indoors.
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone that you just got home or reached elsewhere after walking in the rain, you can use 🌂 - "Just got here after being drenched in my own mascara 🌂".
- You can also use while sharing a celebratory (or not) post/story on social media about the rains finally ending in your locality. Like, "I can FINALLY head out without this guy 🌂".
- A closed umbrella is not a helpful umbrella. So, you can use 🌂 to indicate a sense of not being of much help. For example, "I could do a quick grocery run for you, but I'm sick and I need to work so 🌂".
- Similarly, if you're a fan of giving unhelpful solutions, you can tag along 🌂 to enhance the unhelpfulness of any context.
- 🌂 can also be a synecdoche for an umbrella stand. You can use this emoji while posting/reposting content on these stands or while comparing someone or something to an umbrella stand (strange, but happens).
Other Names
- 🌂 Umbrella
- 🌂 Umbrella Stand
- 🌂 Folded Umbrella
- 🌂 Purple Umbrella
- 🌂 Collapsed Umbrella
- 🌂 Not Under My Umbrella
- 🌂 Unhelpful Umbrella
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › sky & weather
- Codepoints
U+1F302- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:closed_umbrella:- Keywords
- closed, clothing, rain, 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.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🌂 Closed Umbrella or 🧋 Bubble Tea?
Runs with a crowd
🌂 keeps company in purple emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.