Sun behind rain cloud emoji meaning

The sun behind rain cloud emoji typically depicts a yellow or orange sun partially obscured by a dark grey cloud, with droplets of rain falling from it. The sun is usually shown as a circle with rays or beams emanating from it, and the cloud is usually shown as a dark grey, fluffy, shape. The cloud may cover only a portion of the sun, such as the top or bottom of it. The droplets of rain usually illustrated with a few circles or lines coming out from the bottom of the cloud, indicating the rain falling. This emoji is often used to represent a rainy day, or indicate that there is bad weather or an obstacle to overcome. It could also be used to express a sense of hope, that even though there might be challenges or difficulties, the positive aspects of it still shines through. This emoji can also indicate the concept that a new start or fresh beginning can come after the rainy weather.

The sun behind rain cloud emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/11052