A single blue drop, round at the bottom and tapered at the top, the droplet emoji means water, sweat, or tears depending on context. It turns up everywhere in weather posts, workout captions, and the odd sad-but-not-crying reaction.
What đ§ means
Add rain to the list of things it stands for too, alongside water, sweat, and tears â and it doesn't stop at the literal. This one gets used for conservation and anything about staying cool, plus whatever metaphorical reading a caption needs.
How and when to use it
- While typing out the famous phrase of being a drop in the ocean, đ§ is mandatory.
- Based on the same context as the previous use-case, đ§ can be used to signify anything that is small and seemingly insignificant, but isn't, of course. For example, "I may be a drop in the ocean, but isn't the ocean an amalgam of all these drops? đ§".
- While sharing anything related to water and water conservation, đ§ is a compulsory emoji if you're the kind to use emojis in your captions.
- Like a water drop, đ§ can be used to suggest a drop of sweat and too, and with sweat comes other themes such as hard work, persistence, dedication, etc. For instance, "Every drop of sweat counts when it comes to building yourself up đ§".
- You can also use đ§ while referring to a teardrop or tears - "Let the tears fall, but let it also clear your vision and the ground beneath đ§".
Other Names
- đ§ Water Drop
- đ§ Tear
- đ§ Teardrop
- đ§ Sweat Drop
- đ§ Drop in the Ocean
- đ§ Raindrop
- đ§ Water
- đ§ Blue Droplet
đ§ in real conversations
What does đ§ mean from a guy?
Depends entirely on what it's replying to â under a sad story it reads as a tear, under a workout photo it's sweat and effort, and under an attractive photo it's the coy, understated version of "thirsty," meaning someone's caught his attention. The single-drop version stays a notch more subtle than its splashier cousin đĻ.
What does đ§ mean in a fitness or health caption?
Plain hydration, no innuendo attached â a reminder to drink water, a checkmark on a daily water-intake goal, or a caption under a big water bottle on a desk. Wellness and fitness posts use it completely literally, the same drop that reads flirty under a selfie reading as pure self-care here.
Is đ§ always about attraction?
No â plenty of its uses have nothing to do with anyone's looks. A single tear on a sad caption or a bead of sweat after a hard workout are just as common as the flirtier read. The thirst-trap meaning only kicks in once it's dropped under a photo clearly meant to turn heads.
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places âē sky & weather
- Codepoints
U+1F4A7- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:droplet:- Keywords
- cold, comic, drop, droplet, nature, sad, sweat, tear, water, 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 đ§ Droplet or đĄī¸ Dagger?
Runs with a crowd
đ§ keeps company in blue emojis and songkran emojis and weather emojis â tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.