Puffy, white, and carrying no rain, the cloud emoji is the plainest one in the sky, the default for overcast forecasts and mild weather. It also covers 'head in the clouds' daydreaming and cloud-storage jokes alike, whenever something's floating, drifting, or not fully grounded in what's actually going on.
What ☁️ means
A fluffy white cloud with a few curved structures at the circumference and within the cloud as well. Sometimes, this emoji is shown with a tint of blue.
Apart from representing a vital part of the sky, the ☁️ Cloud emoji can also refer to the weather and an icon used in forecasting too (it's gonna be a cloudy day!). This emoji also signifies the characteristics of a cloud such as fluffiness and softness, and cloud watching too!
How and when to use it
- If you're texting someone that the weather is pretty cloudy in your locality, use ☁️. Like, "Aye, man. Doesn't look like I'm stepping out today. Pretty gloomy here ☁️".
- A cloud suggests a barrier in the sky, as in, we earthlings cannot see the blue sky when there are clouds. Hence, this emoji may also signify a barrier in other ways; a clouded mind, cloudy memory, etc. You may use ☁️ in those contexts as well.
- If you're having some 'me time' just by watching clouds and you're texting someone about it or posting a social media story/post about it, use ☁️ in those frameworks too.
- Use ☁️ to denote the famous phrase of a passing cloud as well. For instance, "I made you my sky, but you were just a cloud ☁️".
- You can also use ☁️ to refer to something or someone who looks/is super fluffy and soft too. For example, "Omgg! Look at youuuu. You look like a cute little cloud ☁️".
Other Names
- ☁️ Cloudy
- ☁️ Gloomy Weather
- ☁️ White Cloud
- ☁️ Passing Cloud
- ☁️ Clouds
- ☁️ Barrier
- ☁️ Fluffy Cloud
- ☁️ Clouds in the Sky
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › sky & weather
- Codepoints
U+2601 U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:cloud:GitHub- Keywords
- cloud, 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 — ☁️ Cloud or 👩👩👧👧 Family: Woman, Woman, Girl, Girl?
Runs with a crowd
☁️ keeps company in weather emojis and white emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.