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Technical information

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Name	Snowman
Unicode number	U+2603
Category	Weather symbols Snow symbols

Description

The Unicode character ☃, or U+2603, is named "Snowman". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block, which contains various symbols that don't fit into other specific blocks. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it represents a stylized snowman, typically composed of three stacked circles or spheres to represent snowballs, with added marks to indicate eyes, a nose, arms, and sometimes a hat or scarf. This iconic winter figure is commonly associated with cold weather, winter activities, holidays, and festivities. In digital communications, it is frequently used to denote the winter season, cold weather, or festive moods, particularly in the context of Christmas and other winter holidays. Its specific usage can vary depending on cultural and contextual factors.

Encoding

HTML Entity	☃
HTML Entity (hex)	☃
URL Escape Code	%E2%98%83
UTF-8 (hex)	0xE2 0x98 0x83
UTF-8 (binary)	11100010:10011000:10000011
UTF-16	0x2603
UTF-32	0x00002603

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u2603"
CSS Code	\2603
JavaScript	"\u2603"
Perl	\x{2603}
Python 2	u"\u2603"
Python 3	\u2603
Ruby	\u{2603}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ☃ in sentence and in bold like this ☃ and in italic like this ☃.

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

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input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9731;</span>

span {
    content: "\2603";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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-apple-system

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Apple Color Emoji

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Arial

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BlinkMacSystemFont

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Courier New

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Georgia

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Droid Sans

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Helvetica

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Noto Sans

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Oxygen

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Roboto

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"Segoe UI"

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sans-serif

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Segoe UI Emoji

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Segoe UI Symbol

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system-ui

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Times New Roman

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Ubuntu

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Verdana

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