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High voltage
U+26A1 · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
A yellow lightning bolt emoji. It means electricity, speed and energy, and it is used for hype, fast replies and anything charged.
Unicode details
⚡ is the Unicode character named HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN, code point U+26A1, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 4.0 in 2003, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).
It is an emoji, listed under the name “high voltage”, so phones and most apps draw it in colour, and each platform has its own design.
| Unicode name | HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+26A1 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 4.0 (2003) |
| Emoji name | high voltage |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A A1 |
| UTF-16 | 26A1 |
| HTML | ⚡ |
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How to type ⚡
- On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
- On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “high voltage”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “high voltage”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 26a1, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
⚡. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\26A1".