# 🌌 Milky way emoji

🌌 Milky way is an emoji in the sky and weather set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: space.

- Emoji: 🌌
- Unicode name: milky way
- Code points: U+1F30C
- Category: Travel & places, Sky and weather
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :milky_way:
- Keywords: milky, space, way
- Page: https://emojichart.com/milky-way-emoji

## What it means

A night sky filled with stars and the glowing band of our galaxy. It stands for space, the cosmos, astronomy, stargazing, and big, awe-inspiring feelings about the universe.

## How to type 🌌

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | Vía Láctea | espacio, galaxia, láctea, vía |
| Français (fr) | voie lactée | espace, voie lactée |
| Deutsch (de) | Milchstraße | Galaxie, Milchstraße, Universum |
| Italiano (it) | Via Lattea | lattea, nebulosa, notte, spazio, stelle, Via Lattea |
| Português (pt) | via láctea | céu, espaço, estrelado, via láctea |
| Nederlands (nl) | melkweg | melkweg, ruimte |
| Svenska (sv) | Vintergatan | galax, rymden, vintergatan, Vintergatan |
| Polski (pl) | Droga Mleczna | Droga Mleczna, gwiazdy, niebo, noc |
| Türkçe (tr) | samanyolu | gökyüzü, samanyolu, uzay |
| Русский (ru) | Млечный Путь | звезды, космос, Млечный Путь, молоко, путь, созвездие |
| Українська (uk) | Чумацький шлях | космос, погода, чумацький шлях, Чумацький шлях |
| Ελληνικά (el) | γαλαξίας | γαλαξίας, διάστημα, καιρός |
| العربية (ar) | درب التبانة | درب التبانة, طبيعة, فضاء, مجرة, نجوم |
| עברית (he) | שביל החלב | אסטרונומיה, חלל, כוכבים, שביל החלב, שמיים |
| فارسی (fa) | راه شیری | آب‌وهوا, آسمان, راه شیری, سپهر, فضا |
| हिन्दी (hi) | आकाशगंगा | अंतरिक्ष, आकाशगंगा, दूधिया |
| বাংলা (bn) | আকাশগঙ্গা | আকাশগঙ্গা, আবহাওয়া, মহাকাশ, মিল্কিওয়ে |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | bima sakti | antariksa, bima, luar angkasa, sakti |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | dải ngân hà | dải ngân hà, vũ trụ |
| ไทย (th) | ทางช้างเผือก | ดาราจักร, ทางช้างเผือก, อวกาศ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 天の川 | ミルキーウェイ, 夜空, 天の川, 宇宙, 星空, 銀河 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 은하수 | 우주, 은하, 은하수, 행성 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 银河 | 太空, 星空, 银河 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 銀河 | 星空, 銀河 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): melkweg
- Akan (ak): milki nsoromma
- Albanian (sq): rruga e qumështit
- Amharic (am): ፍኖተ ሐሊብ
- Armenian (hy): ծիր կաթին
- Assamese (as): আকাশীগঙ্গা
- Azerbaijani (az): süd yolu
- Bashkir (ba): Ҡош юлы
- Basque (eu): esne-bidea
- Belarusian (be): млечны шлях
- Bosnian (bs): mliječni put
- Breton (br): Hent-sant-Jakez
- Bulgarian (bg): Млечният път
- Burmese (my): နဂါးငွေ့တန်း
- Cantonese (yue): 銀河
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 银河
- Catalan (ca): Via Làctia
- Cherokee (chr): ᏃᏈᏏ ᏂᏚᏍᏗᏓᏅ
- Chuvash (cv): хуркайӑк ҫулӗ
- Croatian (hr): Mliječna staza
- Czech (cs): mléčná dráha
- Danish (da): mælkevejen
- Estonian (et): Linnutee
- Faroese (fo): vetrarbreytin
- Filipino (fil): milky way
- Finnish (fi): linnunrata
- Galician (gl): Vía Láctea
- Georgian (ka): ირმის ნახტომი
- Gujarati (gu): આકાશગંગા
- Hausa (ha): hanyar sama
- Hungarian (hu): tejút
- Icelandic (is): vetrarbrautin
- Igbo (ig): ụzọ igwe kpakpando
- Irish (ga): Bealach na Bó Finne
- Javanese (jv): bima sekti
- Kalaallisut (kl): mælkevejen
- Kannada (kn): ಕ್ಷೀರ ಪಥ
- Kazakh (kk): Құс жолы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قۇس جولى
- Khmer (km): លំហរចក្រវាឡ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): inzira nyamata
- Konkani (kok): दूद गंगा
- Kyrgyz (ky): саманчынын жолу
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Chikajil
- Lao (lo): ທາງຊ້າງເຜືອກ
- Latvian (lv): Piena ceļš
- Lithuanian (lt): paukščių takas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): Ptaškowa droga
- Luxembourgish (lb): Mëllechstrooss
- Macedonian (mk): млечниот пат
- Malay (ms): bima sakti
- Malayalam (ml): ആകാശഗംഗ
- Maltese (mt): triq ta’ Sant’Anna
- Marathi (mr): आकाशगंगा
- Mongolian (mn): сүүн зам
- Māori (mi): ikarangi
- Nepali (ne): आकाशगंगा
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Mílkí Wè
- Northern Sotho (nso): dithutlwanaledi
- Norwegian (no): melkeveien
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): mjølkevegen
- Odia (or): ଆକାଶଗଙ୍ଗା
- Oromo (om): miilki weyii
- Pashto (ps): کهکشان
- Punjabi (pa): ਆਕਾਸ਼ਗੰਗਾ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کہکشاں
- Quechua (qu): via lactea
- Romanian (ro): Calea Lactee
- Romansh (rm): via da latg
- Sardinian (sc): caminu de pàgia
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): Slighe Chlann Uisnich
- Serbian (sr): млечни пут
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): млијечни пут
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mlečni put
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): mliječni put
- Shan (shn): ၵလႅတ်ႇသီႇၵႂၼ်းလၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪهڪشان
- Sinhala (si): ක්ෂීර පථය
- Slovak (sk): mliečna dráha
- Slovenian (sl): rimska cesta
- Somali (so): habarjiid
- Swahili (sw): kilimia
- Swiss High German (de-CH): Milchstrasse
- Tajik (tg): роҳи Каҳкашон
- Tamil (ta): பிரபஞ்சம்
- Telugu (te): పాలపుంత
- Tigrinya (ti): ሚልኪዌይ
- Tongan (to): kaniva
- Tswana (tn): molalatladi
- Turkmen (tk): Akmaýanyň ýoly
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): Mlóčna dróha
- Urdu (ur): کہکشاں
- Uyghur (ug): سامان يولى
- Uzbek (uz): somon yo‘li
- Welsh (cy): y llwybr llaethog
- Wolof (wo): asamaan aki biddéew
- Xhosa (xh): umnyele wezulu
- Yoruba (yo): Ọna Oniwara
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɔna Oniwara
- Zulu (zu): imilkhi weyi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F30C` |
| HTML | `🌌` |
| CSS | `\1F30C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F30C}` |
| Python | `\U0001F30C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 8C 8C` |
| UTF-16 | `D83C DF0C` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%8C%8C` |

## Questions

### What does the 🌌 milky way emoji mean?

A night sky filled with stars and the glowing band of our galaxy. It stands for space, the cosmos, astronomy, stargazing, and big, awe-inspiring feelings about the universe.

### How do I type the 🌌 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “milky way”. 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 :milky_way:.

### When was the 🌌 emoji added?

🌌 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F30C. In HTML you can write 🌌, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F30C}.

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