Black Sun With Rays
U+2600☀Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal ☀
Sun Symbols Copy & Paste
Pick from 18 sun symbols for calendars and nature-themed text. Mostly drawn from the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block.
Copy sun symbols
18 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.
Nothing here matches that.
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Sun Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
12 of the 18 entries, shown with their full detail. Read the name before the shape. Each row also carries the hexadecimal and decimal HTML reference for the exact sequence.
Sun With Face
U+1F31E🌞Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🌞
Sunrise
U+1F305🌅Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🌅
Bright Button
U+1F506🔆Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🔆
Dim Button
U+1F505🔅Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🔅
Circled Dot Operator
U+2299⊙Symbol Β· decimal ⊙
Sun
U+2609☉Symbol Β· decimal ☉
Sun
U+2600 U+FE0F☀ ️Emoji sequence Β· decimal ☀ ️
Sun Behind Cloud
U+26C5⛅Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal ⛅
Sunflower
U+1F33B🌻Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🌻
Circled Ideograph Sun
U+3290㊐Symbol Β· decimal ㊐
Sunset
U+1F307🌇Emoji or pictograph Β· decimal 🌇
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Sun Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Sun characters range from astronomical notation to cheerful emoji and simple geometric rays.
Sun, sky and season marks. Good for forecasts, journals and seasonal notes. Stored on this page are 18 entries, split 17 single characters to 1 sequences.
You will meet Black Sun With Rays, Sun With Face, Sunrise, Bright Button among these. Measured over the full set, the leading name patterns are Black Sun With (2), White Sun With (1), Sun With Face (1). Single-character values span U+2299 to U+1F60E.
Browse sun symbols by type
Emoji or pictograph
11 entries
Symbol
5 entries
Letter
1 entry
Emoji sequence
1 entry
What this inventory contains
The range these sun symbols occupy
The span runs U+2299 to U+1F60E. By Unicode general category that is symbol 16, letter 1.
How the official names cluster
Black Sun With (2), White Sun With (1), Sun With Face (1) lead the name frequencies β measured, not assumed.
Joiners, selectors and length
Of the sequences, 0 rely on a zero-width joiner and 1 on a variation selector; 2 code points is the longest single entry.
Which one should you use
Watch out for Sun With Face next to Sun. They are different characters: U+1F31E and U+2609. Emoji or pictograph is the safe default at 11 entries.
Leave letter unless nothing else fits. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 12 emoji, 6 plain. Always check it in the place it will appear.
These are grouped by what people use them for. Unicode's own categories may split them differently.
11Emoji or pictograph
Drawn by the operating system, not your font. 61% here.
5Symbol
Monochrome characters you can style like text. 28% here.
1Letter
Characters that are letters in some script. 6% here.
1Emoji sequence
Built from parts that must travel together. 6% here.
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Sun Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
You can copy any of the 18 sun symbols below. The largest set is emoji or pictograph, with 11. Their home in Unicode is the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. 12 of them are emoji and come out in colour. The other 6 take the colour of the text near them.
Sorted into 4 kinds
Emoji or pictograph is the biggest at 11. The rest split between symbol, letter and emoji sequence.
Encoding, and why coverage varies
They come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (8), Miscellaneous Symbols (5) and Mathematical Operators (1). Across U+2299 to U+1F60E, support gets patchy at the newer end.
Easy to confuse
Compare Sun With Face with Sun. Same shape, different code point.
1 entries are sequences
1 use more than one character. Copy the whole thing or it breaks.
Vocabulary for this topic
Useful terms when searching or describing sun symbols.
- Emoji or pictograph
- Symbol
- Letter
- Emoji sequence
- Sun
- Sunny
- Sunrise
- Light
- Weather
- Rays
- Face
- Bright
A quick choice checklist
- Match the meaning. Start with emoji or pictograph when that group fits your message.
- Read the name. Compare Black Sun With Rays with Sun With Face before you pick by shape.
- Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.
Sun marks span astronomy, weather and expression
A monochrome sun can act like notation, while sunrise and face emoji communicate a pictorial scene or mood. Presentation changes the most useful context.
| Form | Likely reading | Rendering behavior |
|---|---|---|
| β / βΌ | Sun, daylight or clear conditions | Text presentation can inherit font color and baseline. |
| β / β | Astronomical sun or geometric circled-dot notation | Technical meaning depends on the field; do not use as generic sunshine. |
| π | Sun with face and cheerful expression | Color artwork differs visibly between emoji platforms. |
| π / π | Sunrise over water or mountains | These describe a scene rather than the weather state alone. |
Practical note: Forecasts should include words, temperature or condition data. Decorative captions can choose by tone, but scientific notation should follow the source convention.
Read further
Compare these choices with moon symbols and weather symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Star Symbol Meanings: Ratings, Favorites and Decoration. If one question is enough, read how can i make a symbol display as text instead of emoji?.
Tip: A symbol should decorate a label, not replace it β plain words keep the meaning available to search and to assistive technology.
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How to use sun symbols
Selecting an entry places its exact code points on your clipboard. Paste with Ctrl V, β V, or the Paste command on mobile.
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Forecasts, calendars and journals
Reach for Black Sun With Rays, and never let it replace a word that matters.
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Seasonal captions and invitations
When handling seasonal captions and invitations, the 11 emoji or pictograph entries are the obvious pool, and let visual weight settle the final choice.
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Nature-themed names and dividers
When creating nature-themed names and dividers, paste the complete entry β several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready sun symbols examples for forecasts, calendars and journals
Forecasts, calendars and journals
β Sun referenceSeasonal captions and invitations
β βΌ πNature-themed names and dividers
π sun β05
Keyboard entry for sun symbols
If you would rather type than paste, the codes below are what you need β the decimal value for Windows, the hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | Black Sun With Rays | Alt 9728 | 2600 | ☀ |
| π | Sun With Face | Not available | 1F31E | 🌞 |
| π | Sunrise | Not available | 1F305 | 🌅 |
| π | Bright Button | Not available | 1F506 | 🔆 |
| π | Dim Button | Not available | 1F505 | 🔅 |
| β | Circled Dot Operator | Alt 8857 | 2299 | ⊙ |
The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. 10 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 1 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces β copy those instead. Full per-platform instructions live in the keyboard guide.
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How sun symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
About 57% come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Mathematical Operators. 6 are plain text and follow your font.
12 are emoji and arrive in colour you cannot change. Unicode files the emoji ones under Travel & Places and Symbols. 1 are built from more than one character.
Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. The newest here arrived in Emoji 1.0. Older phones show a blank box instead.
What travels is the character; what you see is whatever font the destination reaches for. That is why the same sun symbol can look heavier on a phone than in a document.
17Single characters
1Sequences
12Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with sun symbols
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Mixing up Black Sun With Rays and Sun With Face.
- 2
Treating the whole set as if it renders identically.
- 3
Copying only part of one of the 1 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value.
- 4
Reaching for one of the 12 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.
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Sun Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Sun With Face and Sun?+
They are two distinct Unicode characters: Sun With Face is U+1F31E (HTML 🌞) and Sun is U+2609 (HTML ☉). A font may draw them almost identically, but they sort and search as separate values.
What is the HTML code for black sun with rays?+
☀ is the hexadecimal form and ☀ the decimal one; both render as β. On a page that declares UTF-8 you can also just paste the character.
Which sun symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
Look for the 6 non-emoji entries. Those behave like letters β style them, colour them, put them in a heading. The 12 emoji entries are drawn by the operating system instead.
Why does one of these sun symbols split apart when I paste it?+
1 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these sun symbols in?+
The answer is Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, covering 8 of them; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Mathematical Operators. That matters because a font either supports a block broadly or barely at all.
Will these sun symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 1.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about sun symbols
Two tools worth knowing about
These marks are often used to head a seasonal note or a journal entry, which is where a styled heading or a text status frame is useful.
Cursive Text ConverterCreate script-style Unicode text while keeping a plain-text version for names, search and accessibility.Open the text converter βLoading Animation PreviewPreview text-only loading frames, pause the motion and copy the sequence that fits your interface.Open the animation preview β
Pair a sun symbol with styled letters in the Symbol Maker. The Unicode tools hub compares all seven and says when each is the right choice.
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Where this data comes from
These 18 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.
- Unicode Character Database β UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data