Technical information

Symbol
NameCloud
Unicode numberU+2601
CategoryWeather symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ☁, or U+2601, is known as "Cloud". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. Visually, it represents a stylized depiction of a fluffy, white cloud, though the exact design may vary depending on the platform or software used. In digital communications, it is typically used to indicate cloudy weather, or metaphorically to suggest cloud-based technologies or the concept of 'cloud' storage.

Encoding

HTML Entity☁
HTML Entity (hex)☁
URL Escape Code%E2%98%81
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x81
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10000001
UTF-160x2601
UTF-320x00002601

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2601"
CSS Code\2601
JavaScript"\u2601"
Perl\x{2601}
Python 2u"\u2601"
Python 3\u2601
Ruby\u{2601}

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>&#9729;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2601";
}

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