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🌈 Rainbow

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🌈 Emoji meaning

Peace, joy, acceptance, childlikeness, success, diversity, pride, magic.

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🌈 Meaning

After every low comes a high! The rainbow is a symboli of peace and unification. It is also a sign of happiness and hope.

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Commonly confused with

ZWJ Sequence

Rainbow

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Rainbow vs rainbow flag; both rainbow-colored, difference is plain rainbow vs symbolic LGBTQ+ flag.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Rainbow” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6.

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ gay + genderqueer + glbt + glbtq + lesbian + lgbt + lgbtq + lgbtqia + nature + pride + queer + trans + transgender + weather

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ rainbow

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ rain

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- rainbow

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Comments

(3) Comments

Skye Heaton 11/10/2025
Represents LGBTQ+ pride and inclusivity.
Daisy 10/19/2025
Often used to show LGBTQ+ pride, support, and celebration. 🌈️
Anonymous 9/8/2025
The emoji is often used by homosexuals. The rainbow reflects tolerance towards a diversity of ethnicities, gender, age.