cyclone
Swirling spiral shape, often indicating rotation or motion
Basic Information
- Unicode U+1F300
- Version Emoji 0.6
- Category travel & places
- Subcategory weather
Platform Meaning
Swirling spiral shape, often indicating rotation or motion
Tags
Platform Meaning
- Apple： Swirling spiral, often representing dizziness or a vortex
- Google： Spiral symbol, commonly indicating rotational movement or a vortex
- Twitter： Spiral icon, often conveying spinning, dizziness, or vortex effects
- Unicode： Official Unicode name: Cyclone; represents a swirling spiral or cyclonic motion
Detailed Introduction
The 🌀 emoji depicts a swirling spiral shape, typically rendered in a gradient of blues or grays. It commonly conveys concepts related to rotation, motion, or circular movement, such as a vortex, whirlpool, or cyclone. Emotionally, it may express dizziness, disorientation, or a sense of being 'spun out'—for example, after a confusing experience or intense activity. In everyday use, it can describe natural phenomena like tornadoes or water spiraling down a drain, or abstract ideas like a spiral pattern in art or design. It is also occasionally used metaphorically to represent something that draws one in, like a 'rabbit hole' of thoughts or activities.