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Weather · U+2602

UnicodeU+2602 (9730)
HTML entity☂
CSScontent: "\2602"
JavaScript"\u2602"
URL encoded%E2%98%82
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+2602, which is 9730 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: "\2602". In JavaScript, "\u2602". In a URL it becomes %E2%98%82.

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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