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Hourglass Not Done emoji ⏳

⏳ is the Hourglass Not Done emoji, in Travel & Places. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like flowing, sand, oldschool, time, countdown.

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:hourglass_flowing_sand:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

What ⏳ means

Time running out, or waiting.

Every code for ⏳

NameHourglass Not Done
Shortcodes:hourglass_flowing_sand:
CategoryTravel & Places
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordsflowing, sand, oldschool, time, countdown
Code pointsU+23F3
HTML⏳
CSS\23F3
JavaScript\u{23F3}
Python\u23f3
UTF-8 bytesE2 8F B3
URL encoded%E2%8F%B3

How to type ⏳

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :hourglass_flowing_sand: in any text box and it turns into ⏳.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "hourglass not done" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "hourglass not done" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "hourglass not done".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "hourglass not done".
HTMLWrite ⏳ in the page source.

Questions

About ⏳

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ⏳ mean?
Time running out, or waiting.
What is the shortcode for ⏳?
:hourglass_flowing_sand:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ⏳ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "hourglass not done". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ⏳?
U+23F3, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write ⏳, in CSS "\23F3", and in JavaScript "\u{23F3}".

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