A wave of water, as breaks at the beach. Depicted as a blue wave with a foamy, white crest, curling to the right.
May be used to represent water in general, various bodies of water like oceans, and water activities, such as , , and . May also be used to represent metaphorical waves.
Apple’s design resembles the iconic wave in Japanese artist Hokusai’s famous woodblock print, (ca. 1830).
| Emoji | 🌊 |
| Unicode Name | Water Wave |
| Apple Name | Wave |
| Also Known As | Beach, Ocean Wave, Sea, Waves |
| Codepoints | U+1F30A |
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | জল তরঙগ |
| Danish | bølge |
| German | welle |
| English | water wave |
| Spanish | ola de mar |
| French | vague |
| Hindi | समदर क लहर |
| Italian | onda |
| Japanese | 波 |
| Korean | 파도 |
| Marathi | पणयच लट |
| Malay | ombak laut |
| Dutch | golf |
| Norwegian | bølge |
| Portuguese | onda |
| Swedish | våg |
| Tamil | கடலல |
| Telugu | సమదరప అల |
| Chinese | 浪花 |