A jagged bolt strikes down from a dark cloud, rain optional depending on the platform. It's used for storm warnings and thunder, and for sudden tension or a flash of inspiration hitting mid-conversation â a spark of an idea, or an argument, landing hard and fast out of nowhere.
What đŠī¸ means
A typical white, animated cloud with a yellow bolt sign, representing lightning emerging from the bottom. The đŠī¸ Cloud With Lightning emoji represents thunderstorms and thunderous weather. It could also have metaphorical interpretations related to lightning.
How and when to use it
- Lightning always has an association with speed (flash, for example). So, if you're texting someone about a speedy situation, a fast conversation, a super quick person, anything to do with speed, use đŠī¸. Like, "Sheesh. He blocked me in no time. Here's the flash in flesh đŠī¸".
- You may also use đŠī¸ in the contexts of any lightning or speed related idioms.
- If you're sharing a news post about a lightning strike; either an actual fire incident cause by the lightning or an employee-strike that picked up by the moment with lightning speed, you can use đŠī¸ in the caption.
- Lightning also has a sense of power and terror attached to it. With that same perspective in mind, you can use đŠī¸ while describing someone or something that fits this description perfectly or even while sharing something on social media about the same. For instance, "More power to this terrific woman! đŠī¸"
Other Names
- đŠī¸ Lightning
- đŠī¸ Thunderstorm
- đŠī¸ Thunder and Lightning
- đŠī¸ Thunderous Weather
- đŠī¸ Cloud With Yellow Bolt Sign
- đŠī¸ Bolt
- đŠī¸ Firebolt
- đŠī¸ Fulmination
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places âē sky & weather
- Codepoints
U+1F329 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:cloud_with_lightning:GitHub- Keywords
- cloud, lightning, weather
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 â đŠī¸ Cloud with Lightning or đĒ Boomerang?
Runs with a crowd
đŠī¸ keeps company in weather emojis â tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.