☂️

Umbrella Emoji ☂️

A plain open umbrella, domed canopy and curved handle, with no rain actually falling on it the way ☔ Umbrella With Rain Drops shows. It covers rain gear and staying dry generally, but gets pulled just as often for the dry, patio-table kind of umbrella, and for "umbrella" in the organizational sense, one term covering several smaller things underneath it.

What ☂️ means

An umbrella with a purple canopy and a long black stick ending in a curved handle facing the left. The ☂️ Umbrella emoji signifies shelter, roofing, protection, and a sense of being humble too.

How and when to use it

As mentioned previously, ☂️ can signify shelter, but it can also suggest a sense of being sheltered. Nonetheless, you can use ☂️ in both use-cases. For instance, "I've been quite sheltered all my life, so ever since adulthood pushed me off the edge, I've been in a constant hunt for something or someone to call home ☂️".
An umbrella also evokes humbleness and a mental picture of enjoying the little things in life. While sharing post captions or quotes surrounding these themes, ☂️ is a sweet addition to it - "You can have a roof above you and still taste the snow, you know ☂️".
If you're trying to offer subtle signs of protectiveness and care, ☂️ is perfect. For example, "It's alright, buddy. I'm here for ya ☂️".
Use ☂️ while texting someone or sharing a social media story about the weather or even while messaging someone to mandatorily carry an umbrella (especially that one person who dislikes carrying one).

Other Names

☂️ Purple Umbrella
☂️ Open Umbrella
☂️ Parasol
☂️ Light Umbrella
☂️ Sunshade/Rainshade
☂️ Brolly
☂️ Bumbershoots

The lowdown

Category: Travel & Places › sky & weather
Codepoints: U+2602 U+FE0F
Emoji version: Emoji 0.7
Shortcodes: :open_umbrella: GitHub
Keywords: 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.