Hourglass

⌛ is the Unicode character “HOURGLASS” (U+231B). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block and was added in Unicode 1.1. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

⌛ codes

UnicodeCode point U+231B
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page ⌛
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code ⌛
CSSFor the CSS content property \231B
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u231B
PythonEscape in Python strings \u231B
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 %E2%8C%9B
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 E2 8C 9B
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 231B

How to type ⌛

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “hourglass”.

In Microsoft Word, type 231B and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “hourglass”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+231B. Every format is on the hourglass page.

About ⌛

Unicode name
HOURGLASS
Code point
U+231B (8987)
Block
Miscellaneous Technical
Category
Other Symbol
Unicode version
1.1
Styles
Text (⌛︎) and emoji (⌛️)