Technical information

Symbol
NameLightning
Unicode numberU+2607
CategoryWeather symbolsRain symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ☇, or U+2607, is known as the "Lightning" sign. It is part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This symbol is a pictorial representation of a lightning bolt. The character is typically used in meteorology and weather-related contexts to denote thunderstorms, or it can also symbolize electrical power or speed in various other contexts. Please note that the visual representation of the symbol might vary across different fonts and systems.

Encoding

HTML Entity☇
HTML Entity (hex)☇
URL Escape Code%E2%98%87
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x87
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10000111
UTF-160x2607
UTF-320x00002607

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2607"
CSS Code\2607
JavaScript"\u2607"
Perl\x{2607}
Python 2u"\u2607"
Python 3\u2607
Ruby\u{2607}

Preview

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

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9735;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2607";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References