High voltage lightning

⚡ Emoji meaning

Emotions, thoughts, energy, electricity, tension, lightning, danger.

Meaning

Symbol as a warning of high voltage. The flash is often used for stormy weather. Or to say that something is extremely dangerous, exciting or out of control.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

High voltage

Cloud with lightning vs high voltage; both lightning symbols used for storms or electricity.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “High voltage” 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

+ electricity + high + nature + thunder + thunderbolt

Keywords removed

- high voltage

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- electricity

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ high voltage

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ danger + electric + electricity + lightning + voltage + zap

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

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- danger - voltage - zap

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Comments

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  • I use it to make a reference to Harry Potter because it looks like Harry's scar.