Watch
U+231A⌚Emoji or pictograph · decimal ⌚
Time Symbols Copy & Paste
Browse 58 time symbols used in professional and technical writing. Encoded largely within Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs.
Copy time symbols
58 characters and sequences. Choose an entry and it copies straight away.
That search returns nothing in this set.
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Time Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
A sample of 12 entries from the 58 on this page. Formal Unicode names are what separate the lookalikes; the hexadecimal and decimal references below reproduce each value exactly.
Two O’Clock
U+1F551🕑Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🕑
Seven O’Clock
U+1F556🕖Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🕖
Hourglass Not Done
U+23F3⏳Emoji or pictograph · decimal ⏳
Twelve-Thirty
U+1F567🕧Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🕧
Five-Thirty
U+1F560🕠Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🕠
Ten-Thirty
U+1F565🕥Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🕥
Anticlockwise Top Semicircle Arrow
U+21B6↶Symbol · decimal ↶
Top Arc Anticlockwise Arrow With Plus
U+293D⤽Symbol · decimal ⤽
Bottom Arc Anticlockwise Arrow
U+293B⤻Symbol · decimal ⤻
Clockwise Integral
U+2231∱Symbol · decimal ∱
Clockwise Vertical Arrows
U+1F503🔃Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🔃
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Time Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Clock and timer characters label schedules, durations, deadlines and time-sensitive updates.
Marks for documents that need to be exact: legal, medical and measurement. Stored on this page are 58 entries, split 55 single characters to 3 sequences.
You will meet Watch, Two O’Clock, Seven O’Clock, Hourglass Not Done among these. Measured over the full set, the leading name patterns are Variation Selector-16 (3), Stopwatch (2), Timer Clock (2). Single-character values span U+21B6 to U+1F570.
Browse time symbols by type
Emoji or pictograph
35 entries
Symbol
20 entries
Emoji sequence
3 entries
What this inventory contains
The range these time symbols occupy
Single-character entries cover U+21B6 to U+1F570, breaking down by general category as symbol 55.
Recurring formal-name families
Variation Selector-16 (3), Stopwatch (2), Timer Clock (2) lead the name frequencies — measured, not assumed.
How the multi-part entries are built
Sequence count is 3. Joiners appear in 0, variation selectors in 3, and the deepest entry stacks 2 code points.
Which one should you use
The easy mix-up is Clockwise Integral versus Clockwise Vertical Arrows. They are different characters: U+2231 and U+1F503. Try emoji or pictograph first — 35 to pick from.
Leave emoji sequence unless nothing else fits. Colour or no colour is the first choice: 38 emoji, 20 plain. Always check it in the place it will appear.
The grouping here follows practical use, not Unicode's formal categories.
35Emoji or pictograph
Rendered in colour by Apple, Google or Microsoft. 60% here.
20Symbol
Standalone marks that follow your font. 34% here.
3Emoji sequence
Built from parts that must travel together. 5% here.
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Time Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
Pick from 58 time symbols on this page. Most of them, 35 in all, are emoji or pictograph. Their home in Unicode is the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. 38 of them are emoji and come out in colour. The other 20 take the colour of the text near them.
Sorted into 3 kinds
They split into emoji or pictograph, symbol and emoji sequence. Emoji or pictograph leads with 35.
Where they live in Unicode
They come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (30), Supplemental Arrows-B (10) and Miscellaneous Technical (8). The range is U+21B6 to U+1F570. That spread is why fonts disagree.
Two that look alike
Clockwise Integral is not Clockwise Vertical Arrows. Read the name, not the shape.
3 entries are sequences
Half-copying breaks 3 of these. Take the whole value.
Key words and ideas
The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these time symbols.
- Emoji or pictograph
- Symbol
- Emoji sequence
- Time
- Clock
- Watch
- Schedule
- Hour
- O’Clock
- Seven
- Hourglass
- Done
Quick comparison
| Type | Examples | Good for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emoji or pictograph | ⌚ ⏰ ⏱ | Technical reports and measurements | Picking Watch when you wanted Two O’Clock |
| Symbol | ◷ ∲ ∳ | Office labels and contact details | Assuming all 58 behave the same way in every font |
| Emoji sequence | ⏱️ ⏲️ 🕰️ | Legal, medical and professional notes | Copying only part of one of the 3 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value |
Clock symbols distinguish time, alarms and duration
A watch, alarm clock and stopwatch communicate different scheduling concepts. Clock-face emoji show approximate hours, not a live or localized time value.
| Cue | Best use | Information still needed |
|---|---|---|
| ⌚ | Time, wearable or appointment cue | Write the actual time and time zone. |
| ⏰ | Alarm, reminder or deadline | Name what happens when the reminder fires. |
| ⏱ / ⏲ | Elapsed duration or countdown | Provide the numeric duration and units. |
| 🕐 … 🕙 | Approximate clock hour | Do not use artwork as the only source for an exact appointment. |
Practical note: Schedules should use a locale-aware written time, date and zone. The symbol can aid scanning but cannot resolve daylight-saving or regional format differences.
Read further
Compare these choices with office symbols and number symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Technical and Math Symbols: Choosing the Correct Character. A faster route to the same point: are unicode mathematical symbols safe to use in equations?.
Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.
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How to use time symbols
Selecting an entry places its exact code points on your clipboard. Paste with Ctrl V, ⌘ V, or the Paste command on mobile.
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Technical reports and measurements
Reach for Watch, and never let it replace a word that matters.
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Office labels and contact details
For office labels and contact details, choose among the 35 emoji or pictograph entries, then check the weight sits comfortably beside your type.
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Legal, medical and professional notes
When creating legal, medical and professional notes, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready time symbols examples for technical reports and measurements
Technical reports and measurements
⌚ Time referenceOffice labels and contact details
⌚ ⏰ ⏱Legal, medical and professional notes
⏱ time ⌚05
How to type these time symbols directly
You do not have to copy. Each code point below doubles as a keyboard code — decimal for a Windows alt code, hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ⌚ | Watch | Alt 8986 | 231A | ⌚ |
| 🕑 | Two O’Clock | Not available | 1F551 | 🕑 |
| 🕖 | Seven O’Clock | Not available | 1F556 | 🕖 |
| ⏳ | Hourglass Not Done | Alt 9203 | 23F3 | ⏳ |
| 🕧 | Twelve-Thirty | Not available | 1F567 | 🕧 |
| 🕠 | Five-Thirty | Not available | 1F560 | 🕠 |
Two limits apply to alt codes: a physical keypad, and a ceiling at U+FFFF. 29 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 3 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. Full per-platform instructions live in the keyboard guide.
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How time symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Most of these live in one place: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs holds 62% of them. The rest come from Supplemental Arrows-B and Miscellaneous Technical. 20 are plain text and follow your font.
The other 38 are emoji, so the system picks their colour, not you. Unicode files the emoji ones under Travel & Places and Symbols. Watch the 3 that use several characters at once.
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 time symbol can look heavier on a phone than in a document.
55Single characters
3Sequences
38Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with time symbols
- 1
Picking Watch when you wanted Two O’Clock.
- 2
Assuming all 58 behave the same way in every font.
- 3
Copying only part of one of the 3 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value.
- 4
Reaching for one of the 38 emoji entries where a text mark was needed, so the colour artwork clashes with the surrounding type.
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Time Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Clockwise Integral and Clockwise Vertical Arrows?+
U+2231 is Clockwise Integral; U+1F503 is Clockwise Vertical Arrows. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.
What is the HTML code for watch?+
⌚ is the hexadecimal form and ⌚ the decimal one; both render as ⌚. On a page that declares UTF-8 you can also just paste the character.
Which time symbols work as plain text rather than emoji?+
20 of the 58 are ordinary text characters. They take the colour and weight of the surrounding font, which suits documents, code and interface labels. The other 38 are emoji and arrive as colour artwork you cannot restyle.
Why does one of these time symbols split apart when I paste it?+
3 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 time symbols in?+
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs holds most of them — 30 characters; the rest come from Supplemental Arrows-B and Miscellaneous Technical. Older blocks are the safe ones; anything added recently needs testing first.
Will these time 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 time symbols
Tools that pair with time symbols
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The Symbol Maker assembles any of these into a framed, copyable line. The Unicode tools hub compares all seven and says when each is the right choice.
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The data behind this page
All counts derive from the 58 values actually stored for this collection. Rather than curating names by hand, this page reads them from the Unicode 17.0 database, and takes emoji membership from the standard's own data files.
- Unicode Character Database — 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