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High Voltage emoji ⚡

⚡ is the High Voltage emoji, in Travel & Places. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like zap, thunder, weather, lightning, bolt.

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:zap:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

What ⚡ means

Energy, speed or electricity.

Every code for ⚡

NameHigh Voltage
Shortcodes:zap:
CategoryTravel & Places
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordszap, thunder, weather, lightning, bolt, fast
Code pointsU+26A1
HTML⚡
CSS\26A1
JavaScript\u{26A1}
Python\u26a1
UTF-8 bytesE2 9A A1
URL encoded%E2%9A%A1

How to type ⚡

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :zap: in any text box and it turns into ⚡.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "high voltage" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "high voltage" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "high voltage".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "high voltage".
HTMLWrite ⚡ in the page source.

Questions

About ⚡

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ⚡ mean?
Energy, speed or electricity.
What is the shortcode for ⚡?
:zap:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ⚡ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "high voltage". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ⚡?
U+26A1, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write ⚡, in CSS "\26A1", and in JavaScript "\u{26A1}".

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