⧖ is the Unicode character WHITE HOURGLASS, code point U+29D6 (decimal 10710) in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⧖, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 A7 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+29D6 |
| Decimal | 10710 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 A7 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 29D6 |
| UTF-32 | 000029D6 |
| HTML decimal | ⧖ |
| HTML hex | ⧖ |
| CSS | \29D6 |
| JavaScript | \u29D6 |
| JSON | \u29D6 |
| Python | \u29D6 |
| Python by name | \N{WHITE HOURGLASS} |
| Java, C# | \u29D6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{29D6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u29D6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%A7%96 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | WHITE HOURGLASS |
| Code point | U+29D6 (decimal 10710) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B (U+2980–U+29FF) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
- ⧎ U+29CE Right Triangle Above Left Triangle
- ⧏ U+29CF Left Triangle Beside Vertical Bar
- ⧐ U+29D0 Vertical Bar Beside Right Triangle
- ⧑ U+29D1 Bowtie With Left Half Black
- ⧒ U+29D2 Bowtie With Right Half Black
- ⧓ U+29D3 Black Bowtie
- ⧔ U+29D4 Times With Left Half Black
- ⧕ U+29D5 Times With Right Half Black
- ⧗ U+29D7 Black Hourglass
- ⧘ U+29D8 Left Wiggly Fence
- ⧙ U+29D9 Right Wiggly Fence
- ⧚ U+29DA Left Double Wiggly Fence
- ⧛ U+29DB Right Double Wiggly Fence
- ⧜ U+29DC Incomplete Infinity
- ⧝ U+29DD Tie Over Infinity
- ⧞ U+29DE Infinity Negated With Vertical Bar
All 128 characters: Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⧖?
- Use ⧖ (decimal) or ⧖ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+29D6?
- E2 A7 96 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%A7%96.
- How do I write U+29D6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u29D6. Python: \u29D6.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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