The hourglass not done is the universal “it’s happening, but not yet” symbol—perfect for countdowns, looming deadlines, and that awkward purgatory while you wait for someone to text back. It screams time is actively passing, like sand slipping through your to-do list while you pretend a coffee break counts as productivity. People drop it in chats for suspense, gentle pressure, or spicy sarcasm: “On my way ⏳” when they’re absolutely not. It also crops up in thirst posts about an hourglass figure, because the internet will find a double meaning anywhere.
Definition
Ohhh we've got flowing sand now. Reminds me of that sand website, thisissand.
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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.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
450 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_flowing_sand:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Hourglass with Flowing Sand
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 WITH FLOWING SAND x (hourglass - 231B) Temporary Notes: Sometimes animated as by KDDI/AU. Might be allocated in the U+23xx Miscellaneous Technical block with U+231B HOURGLASS =e-01C.
Symbol Information
U+23F3 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-01B
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.17 'Sandglass' 砂時計 U+E71C SJIS-F9C1 JIS-7535
KDDI
#58 砂時計２ U+E47C SJIS-F654 JIS-7535
Softbank
[砂時計]
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
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)
23f3
Formal Unicode Notation
U+23F3
Decimal Code Point(s)
9203
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE2 0x8F 0xB3
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 8F B3
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
342 217 263
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0x23F3
UTF-16 Hex
23f3
UTF-16 Dec
9203
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x000023F3
UTF-32 Hex
23F3
UTF-32 Dec
9203
Python Src
u"\u23F3"
PHP Src
"\xe2\x8f\xb3"
C/C++/Java Src
"\u23F3"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
