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Weather · U+2601

UnicodeU+2601 (9729)
HTML entity☁
CSScontent: "\2601"
JavaScript"\u2601"
URL encoded%E2%98%81
UTF-8 size3 bytes
CategoryWeather

Black-and-white weather symbols — sun, cloud, snow. These are separate characters from the colour emoji.

How to read this

  • A Unicode code point is a name tag unique to each character. Different fonts, same number — still the same character.
  • In HTML, the numeric form &#number; works everywhere. Named entities like ♥ read nicer but exist only for some characters.
  • In CSS, use a backslash and hexadecimal: content: "\2764".
  • If the character shows as a box, the copy did not fail — that font simply has no glyph for it. Another font will show it.

Frequently asked questions

Q. What is the Unicode code point of ☁?

U+2601, which is 9729 in decimal. Stored as UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes.

Q. How do I write ☁ in HTML?

Use ☁ and every browser shows the same character. This character has no named entity, so the numeric form is the one to use.

Q. How do I use ☁ in CSS or JavaScript?

In CSS, content: "\2601". In JavaScript, "\u2601". In a URL it becomes %E2%98%81.

Q. What kind of character is ☁?

It belongs to the weather group. The rest of that group is listed further down this page, ready to copy.

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