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Meteor Emoji
is a meteor. It is sent when something hits hard and out of nowhere — big news, a sudden disaster, or an entrance nobody saw coming.
It shows a rock burning through the sky on its way down, flames trailing behind it.
- Unicode
- U+1FA8B
- Released
- 2026
- Shortcode
- none yet
- Skin tones
- No
Approved in Emoji 18.0 (2026) and not on phones yet: vendors add new artwork in a system update, usually within a year. Until then it arrives as an empty box. The meanings on this page are the expected ones, drawn from its design and Unicode keywords — nobody can text it yet.
01 — Meaning
What does the Meteor emoji mean?
is a meteor. It is sent when something hits hard and out of nowhere — big news, a sudden disaster, or an entrance nobody saw coming. sits in christmas emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way. It also turns up in star emojis and travel emojis.One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 7 of them.
People also look for it as shooting star emoji, asteroid emoji.
02 — Platforms
Meteor emoji: the designs published so far
No phone draws U+1FA8B yet. These are the designs vendors have published ahead of their system updates, and so far they number 2.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Meteor emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The character and its escapes are valid in code today; a chat shortcode will appear once Slack and Discord add the emoji.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1FA8B.
04 — How to type
How to type the Meteor emoji
The meteor is not on any keyboard yet. Here is what works in the meantime, and where it will turn up once systems add it.
from this page and paste it. with a system update, not before it. Pasting the character already works.05 — Download
Meteor emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the meteor as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 2 of them.
Emoji PNG library →06 — Combinations
Meteor emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around meteor for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What means from a girl or a guy
Nobody has the meteor on a keyboard yet, so these are expected readings rather than observed ones — based on what it shows and how its closest neighbours are used.
usually marks a moment that knocked her sideways: news she was not ready for, a crush that came out of nowhere. On a night-sky photo it is literal, and she probably made a wish. is most often doom played for laughs — the exam, the group project, Monday. He also uses it for anything that hits hard in a good way: a goal, a track, a comeback., you could reply with: “What just happened?”, “Okay, damage report”, or “Make a wish.”08 — Apps
What means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Apps add a new emoji on their own schedule. Until they do, U+1FA8B travels fine as a character and shows as an empty box where the artwork is missing.
is a meteor. It is sent when something hits hard and out of nowhere — big news, a sudden disaster, or an entrance nobody saw coming. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to. is not in it yet, so a pasted one arrives as an empty box on both sides. can only be pasted, and most members will see a box. or a box depends on their system, and today almost none can draw it.09 — Related
Emojis similar to the Meteor emoji
Same family (sky & weather) — often confused with meteor or used alongside it.
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Landslide
🌌Milky Way
⭐Star
🌟Glowing Star
🪐Ringed Planet
🌍Globe Showing Europe-Africa
🦕Sauropod
Collections belongs to — every one of them
is a different way people go looking for it:
10 — History
Where the Meteor emoji came from
It arrived with the 18.0 release of the standard in 2026, and phones have not caught up with it yet.
Meteor was approved as U+1FA8B and shipped in Emoji 18.0 (2026). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so is redrawn by
Google, OpenMoji.
The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
11 — FAQ
Meteor emoji — questions people actually ask
What does the Meteor emoji mean?
is a meteor. It is sent when something hits hard and out of nowhere — big news, a sudden disaster, or an entrance nobody saw coming.What does mean from a girl?
usually marks a moment that knocked her sideways: news she was not ready for, a crush that came out of nowhere. On a night-sky photo it is literal, and she probably made a wish. That is the expected reading: the emoji is not on phones yet, so nobody has texted it for real.What does mean from a guy?
is most often doom played for laughs — the exam, the group project, Monday. He also uses it for anything that hits hard in a good way: a goal, a track, a comeback. That is the expected reading: the emoji is not on phones yet, so nobody has texted it for real.How do you reply to the emoji?
, you could reply with: “What just happened?”, “Okay, damage report”, or “Make a wish.”What else is the emoji called?
What is the Unicode code for ?
How do I copy and paste the emoji?
goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. Until phones add Emoji 18.0, most screens will show an empty box where it lands.When will the Meteor emoji be on iPhone and Android?
shows as an empty box on most screens. Google and OpenMoji have already published artwork for it.