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☀️ Emoji meaning

Finally sunshine! Optimism, warmth, brightness, good weather, summer.

☀️ Meaning

Symbolizes life energy on the earth as well as warm and sunny days.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Sun

Sun vs sun with face; both represent sunny weather, facial features are decorative.

Sun

Sun vs sun behind small cloud; both indicate generally sunny weather, cloud detail may be missed.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Sun” 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

+ space + weather

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ sun

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bright + rays + sunny

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- rays - sunny

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