Travel & Places · Weather
⚡ High Voltage
Also searched as: lightning, energy.
- Emoji
- ⚡
- Unicode
- U+26A1
- Shortcode
- :zap:
- HTML code
- ⚡
- Approved in
- Unicode 6.0 (2010)
- Category
- Travel & Places
What does the ⚡ emoji mean?
High voltage. Energy, speed or electricity.
Keywords: danger, electric, electricity, high, lightning, nature, thunder, thunderbolt, voltage, zap.
How ⚡ looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.




Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type ⚡ on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “high voltage” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “high voltage”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “high voltage”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “high voltage”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :zap: |
⚡ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | high voltage |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+26A1 |
| HTML decimal | ⚡ |
| HTML hex | ⚡ |
| CSS | \26A1 |
| JavaScript | \u{26A1} |
| Shortcode | :zap: |
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What does the ⚡ emoji mean?
High voltage. Energy, speed or electricity.
How do I copy and paste the high voltage emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “high voltage”.
When was the ⚡ emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 6.0, in 2010. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.