Unicode Character "⌛" (U+231B)

The character ⌛ (Hourglass) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+231B. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ⌛.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Hourglass
Unicode Codepoint U+231B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+231B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⌛
HTML (hex) ⌛
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8C%9B
CSS \00231B
JavaScript, JSON \u231B
C, C++, Java \u231B
Python \u231B
Rust \u{231B}
Ruby \u231B

How to type "⌛"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 1 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 1 B. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⌛
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⌛
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⌛
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8C 0x9B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x231B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000231B

References