🪢
knot
Unicode: 1FAA2
Description
A dark, ominous cloud with jagged lightning bolts emanating from it, suggesting a storm or bad weather.
Group:
Activities > arts & crafts
Status:
fully-qualified
Emotion:
Typically represents anger, frustration, foreboding, bad mood, or an impending problem.
Backstory
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 13.0 (2020) as part of a continued effort to expand weather-related and atmospheric emojis. It quickly became popular for its clear depiction of a stormy forecast or a 'stormy' emotional state.
Usage Examples
- Describing weather: 'Looks like a ⛈️ is coming later today.'
- Expressing anger: 'My boss just sent me that email. ⛈️'
- Indicating a bad mood: 'Don't talk to me, I'm feeling a bit ⛈️ today.'
- Foreshadowing trouble: 'I have a bad feeling about this meeting. ⛈️'
Cultural Differences
Western culture:
Commonly used to indicate bad weather, a looming conflict, or a 'storm' in someone's mood or situation.
East Asian culture:
Can also be used for bad weather, but might also humorously convey a character's grumpy or annoyed state, similar to a 'cloud of anger' over their head in anime/manga.