# ☄️ Comet emoji

☄️ Comet is an emoji in the sky and weather set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: space.

- Emoji: ☄️
- Unicode name: comet
- Code points: U+2604 U+FE0F
- Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :comet:
- Keywords: comet, space
- Page: https://emojichart.com/comet-emoji

## What it means

An icy body from space with a glowing tail streaming behind it. It shows up in posts about space and astronomy, rare sky events, something streaking past, and anything fast or fleeting.

## How to type ☄️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “comet”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “comet”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “comet”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “comet”.
- GitHub: Type :comet: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cometa espacial | cometa, espacio, meteorito |
| Français (fr) | comète | comète, espace, météore |
| Deutsch (de) | Komet | Komet, Weltall |
| Italiano (it) | cometa | cometa, natura, spazio, stella cometa |
| Português (pt) | cometa | cometa, espaço, estrela cadente, meteoro, satélite |
| Nederlands (nl) | komeet | komeet, ruimte, vuurbal |
| Svenska (sv) | komet | komet, rymden |
| Polski (pl) | kometa | kometa, kosmos, meteoryt, ogon |
| Türkçe (tr) | kuyruklu yıldız | kuyruklu yıldız, uzay |
| Русский (ru) | комета | комета, космос, метеор, метеорит, метеоритный дождь, небо, планета |
| Українська (uk) | комета | астероїд, космос, метеорит |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κομήτης | διάστημα, κομήτης |
| العربية (ar) | مذنّب | شهاب, طبيعة, فضاء, محرق, مذنب, مذنّب |
| עברית (he) | שביט | חלל, כוכב שביט, מטאור, שביט |
| فارسی (fa) | ستاره دنباله‌دار | ستاره دنباله‌دار, فضا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | धूमकेतु, अंतरिक्ष | अंतरिक्ष, धूमकेतु, धूमकेतु, अंतरिक्ष |
| বাংলা (bn) | ধূমকেতু | ধূমকেতু, মহাকাশ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | komet | antariksa, komet, luar angkasa, meteor |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | sao chổi | sao chổi, vũ trụ |
| ไทย (th) | ดาวหาง | ดาวหาง, อวกาศ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 彗星 | すい星, 宇宙, 彗星 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 혜성 | 우주, 혜성 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 彗星 | 太空, 彗星 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 慧星 | 慧星 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): komeet
- Akan (ak): kɔmɛt
- Albanian (sq): kometë
- Amharic (am): ኮሜት
- Anii (blo): gɩtutalpi gɩlaŋaja
- Armenian (hy): գիսաստղ
- Assamese (as): ধুমকেতু
- Azerbaijani (az): kometa
- Bashkir (ba): комета
- Basque (eu): kometa
- Belarusian (be): камета
- Bosnian (bs): kometa
- Breton (br): kometenn
- Bulgarian (bg): комета
- Burmese (my): ကြယ်တံခွန်
- Cantonese (yue): 彗星
- Catalan (ca): cometa
- Cherokee (chr): ᏢᏓᏥ ᎩᎦᎨ
- Chuvash (cv): комета
- Croatian (hr): komet
- Czech (cs): kometa
- Danish (da): komet
- Estonian (et): komeet
- Faroese (fo): komet
- Filipino (fil): comet
- Finnish (fi): komeetta
- Galician (gl): cometa
- Georgian (ka): კომეტა
- Gujarati (gu): ધૂમકેતુ
- Hausa (ha): taurariya mai wutsiya
- Hungarian (hu): üstökös
- Icelandic (is): halastjarna
- Igbo (ig): ire ọkụ igwe
- Irish (ga): cóiméad
- Javanese (jv): komet
- Kalaallisut (kl): komet
- Kannada (kn): ಕಾಮೆಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): комета
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كومەتا
- Khmer (km): ផ្កាយដុះកន្ទុយ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): komete
- Konkani (kok): धुमकेतू
- Kyrgyz (ky): комета
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): juch’ch’umil
- Lao (lo): ດາວຫາງ
- Latvian (lv): komēta
- Lithuanian (lt): kometa
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): komet
- Luxembourgish (lb): Komet
- Macedonian (mk): комета
- Malay (ms): komet
- Malayalam (ml): വാൽനക്ഷത്രം
- Maltese (mt): kometa
- Marathi (mr): धूमकेतू
- Mongolian (mn): сүүлт од
- Māori (mi): unahiroa
- Nepali (ne): धूम्रकेतु
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Kọ́mẹt
- Northern Sotho (nso): khomete
- Norwegian (no): komet
- Odia (or): ଧୂମକେତୁ
- Oromo (om): koomeetii
- Pashto (ps): لکۍ دار ستوری
- Punjabi (pa): ਧੂਮਕੇਤੂ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): دم دار تارہ
- Quechua (qu): cometa
- Romanian (ro): cometă
- Romansh (rm): comet
- Sardinian (sc): cometa
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): comaid
- Serbian (sr): комета
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): kometa
- Shan (shn): လၢဝ်ပုင်ႈသၢဝ်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): پڇڙ تارو
- Sinhala (si): වල්ග තරුව
- Slovak (sk): kométa
- Slovenian (sl): komet
- Somali (so): dhagax-xiddig
- Swahili (sw): Nyotamkia
- Tajik (tg): комета
- Tamil (ta): வால் நட்சத்திரம்
- Telugu (te): తోక చుక్క
- Tigrinya (ti): ኮሜት
- Tongan (to): fetuʻu fuka
- Tswana (tn): khomete
- Turkmen (tk): kometa
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): komet
- Urdu (ur): قطبی ستارہ
- Uyghur (ug): قۇيرۇقلۇق يۇلتۇز
- Uzbek (uz): kometa
- Welsh (cy): comed
- Wolof (wo): komet
- Xhosa (xh): i-comet
- Yoruba (yo): kamẹ́tì
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): kamɛ́tì
- Zulu (zu): ikhomethi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2604 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `☄️` |
| CSS | `\2604\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2604}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u2604\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 98 84 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `2604 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%98%84%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ☄️ comet emoji mean?

An icy body from space with a glowing tail streaming behind it. It shows up in posts about space and astronomy, rare sky events, something streaking past, and anything fast or fleeting.

### How do I type the ☄️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “comet”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :comet:.

### When was the ☄️ emoji added?

☄️ was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

### What is the Unicode code point for ☄️?

U+2604 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ☄️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2604}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/comet-emoji