Technical information

Symbol
NameSun
Unicode numberU+2609
CategorySymbols for gold and silverWeather symbolsSun symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character "☉", or U+2609, is known as the "Sun". It falls under the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As you might expect, this character is a stylized representation of the Sun, typically depicted as a circle with a dot in the center. It's often used in astronomy and astrology contexts to represent the Sun itself. In astronomy, it might also be used to denote solar measurements or phenomena associated with the Sun.

Encoding

HTML Entity☉
HTML Entity (hex)☉
URL Escape Code%E2%98%89
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x89
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10001001
UTF-160x2609
UTF-320x00002609

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2609"
CSS Code\2609
JavaScript"\u2609"
Perl\x{2609}
Python 2u"\u2609"
Python 3\u2609
Ruby\u{2609}

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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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>&#9737;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2609";
}

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