U+2604 · emoji since 2015
The comet streaks across the sky trailing fire. It means cosmic events, big energy, and something rare and spectacular.
It headlines space posts and dramatic arrivals, the once-in-a-lifetime blaze that everyone stops to watch.
In texting, ☄️ does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and ☄️ is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Comet emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the comet emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The ☄️ leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.