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🌊 Water wave
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🌊 Emoji meaning
Off to the sea! Strength, dynamism, change, water sports, and high tide.
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🌊 Meaning
The wave emoji can be interpreted as a symbol of the power of life. Also has other meanings such as surfing and swimming in the sea, or “Something lies ahead of you”.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Water wave vs desert island; both ocean-related, small island detail may be missed.
Water wave vs ship; both appear in ocean/travel contexts and sometimes used together to mean sea trip.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Water wave” 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
+ nature + surf + surfer + surfing
In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.
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Keywords removed
- water wave
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ water wave
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ ocean + water + wave
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
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- ocean
