= alchemical symbol for hour ⁓ 231B FE0E text style ⁓ 231B FE0F emoji style
Information
The hourglass done emoji is the dramatic “time’s up” moment in tiny, sandy form: the top bulb is empty, the sand has all pooled at the bottom, and whatever countdown you were watching is officially over. On Apple/iOS it looks like a polished golden-brown frame with clear glass and warm tan sand, shaded like a little museum piece sitting upright—no motion, just that unmistakable end-state. It’s got big nostalgia energy too, echoing both antique desk timers and the old-school computer hourglass that meant your PC was thinking way too hard.
People drop this when a deadline has hit, a promise took forever, or patience has fully evaporated—“I’m on my way” texts beware. In group chats it doubles as a sly clapback for chronic lateness, or a gentle nudge that the queue, meeting, or pizza delivery has entered the “no more extensions” zone. It also shows up at the end of Pomodoro sessions, study sprints, or gym circuits to signal the bell just rang.
Meme-wise, it can be melodramatic (“the prophecy has been fulfilled”), sarcastic (“took you long enough”), or playfully threatening (“timer’s up, spill the tea”). Some folks even use any hourglass to wink at the classic hourglass figure, though this specific one screams finished, not in-progress thirst trap. It’s the perfect visual for countdowns complete, patience depleted, and the last grain of sand finally hitting bottom.
Definition
T-T-T-T-TODAY, JUNIOR!
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
The code generated for this emoji was changed slightly in iOS 7 / OSX 10.9 (a variation selector was added) advising the OS to display character emoji style instead of black and white text when available. We don't mind Apple, thank you! We just love our emojis! [Sources 11438-emoji-var.pdf 13.7 Variation Selectors (unicode.org)]
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
910 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:hourglass:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Hourglass
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Technical
Unicode Range
2300–23FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
HOURGLASS
Symbol Information
⌛ U+231B unified (Unicode 1.1)
Proposal Identifier
e-01C
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.17 'Sandglass' 砂時計 U+E71C SJIS-F9C1 JIS-7535
KDDI
#57 砂時計１ U+E57B SJIS-F798 JIS-7778
Softbank
[砂時計]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⌛
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⌛
Decimal HTML Entity
⌛
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⌛
Hex Code Point(s)
231b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+231B
Decimal Code Point(s)
8987
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8C 0x9B
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8C 9B
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 214 233
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x231B
UTF-16 Hex
231b
UTF-16 Dec
8987
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000231B
UTF-32 Hex
231B
UTF-32 Dec
8987
Python Src
u"\u231B"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8c\x9b"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u231B"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 7 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
⌛️
UTF-8 Character Count
2
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
⌛️
Decimal HTML Entity
⌛ ️
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
⌛ ️
Hex Code Point(s)
231b, fe0f
Formal Unicode Notation
U+231B, U+FE0F
Decimal Code Point(s)
8987, 65039
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8C 0x9B, 0xEF 0xB8 0x8F
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8C 9B, EF B8 8F
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 214 233, 357 270 217
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x231B, 0xFE0F
UTF-16 Hex
231b, fe0f
UTF-16 Dec
8987, 65039
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000231B 0x0000FE0F
UTF-32 Hex
231B, FE0F
UTF-32 Dec
8987, 65039
Python Src
u"\u231B\uFE0F"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8c\x9b\xef\xb8\x8f"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u231B\uFE0F"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
