What Unicode character symbol(s) express duration (such as a clock, hourglass, or other timepiece)?
For example "★3⅔" instead of "3 hours and forty minutes", where ★ is a time symbol.
Best Answer
The following code points exist related to clocks, watches, and other devices to indicate time:
⌚ U+0231A WATCH⌛ U+0231B HOURGLASS⏰ U+023F0 ALARM CLOCK⏱ U+023F1 STOPWATCH⏲ U+023F2 TIMER CLOCK⏳ U+023F3 HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND⧖ U+029D6 WHITE HOURGLASS⧗ U+029D7 BLACK HOURGLASS📅 U+1F4C5 CALENDAR📆 U+1F4C6 TEAR-OFF CALENDAR🕐 U+1F550 CLOCK FACE ONE OCLOCK🕜 U+1F55C CLOCK FACE ONE-THIRTY🕑 U+1F551 CLOCK FACE TWO OCLOCK🕝 U+1F55D CLOCK FACE TWO-THIRTY🕒 U+1F552 CLOCK FACE THREE OCLOCK🕞 U+1F55E CLOCK FACE THREE-THIRTY🕓 U+1F553 CLOCK FACE FOUR OCLOCK🕟 U+1F55F CLOCK FACE FOUR-THIRTY🕔 U+1F554 CLOCK FACE FIVE OCLOCK🕠 U+1F560 CLOCK FACE FIVE-THIRTY🕕 U+1F555 CLOCK FACE SIX OCLOCK🕡 U+1F561 CLOCK FACE SIX-THIRTY🕖 U+1F556 CLOCK FACE SEVEN OCLOCK🕢 U+1F562 CLOCK FACE SEVEN-THIRTY🕗 U+1F557 CLOCK FACE EIGHT OCLOCK🕣 U+1F563 CLOCK FACE EIGHT-THIRTY🕘 U+1F558 CLOCK FACE NINE OCLOCK🕤 U+1F564 CLOCK FACE NINE-THIRTY🕙 U+1F559 CLOCK FACE TEN OCLOCK🕥 U+1F565 CLOCK FACE TEN-THIRTY🕚 U+1F55A CLOCK FACE ELEVEN OCLOCK🕦 U+1F566 CLOCK FACE ELEVEN-THIRTY🕛 U+1F55B CLOCK FACE TWELVE OCLOCK🕧 U+1F567 CLOCK FACE TWELVE-THIRTY🕰 U+1F570 MANTELPIECE CLOCK🗓 U+1F5D3 SPIRAL CALENDAR PADYou can copy and paste the characters from this page into most editors.
At unicode-table.com you might find more useful code points.
Chars:
◴◵◶◷Unicode number:
U+25F4 - U+25F7HTML code:
◴ - ◷are working for me
A collection of clock faces has been proposed as part of the new Emoji set, in the range from U+1F550 to U+1F55B. Browser/font support is pretty much completely absent, sadly.
Here's one of the clock faces:
Also proposed is an alarm clock symbol at U+23F0:
More about the Emoji set here.
Maybe ⌛ U+231B HOURGLASS
Check that similar question: What Unicode character do you use in your website? (instead of image icons)