Hourglass not done
Your device cannot show this emoji yet. It still copies, and newer phones will show it.
- Shortcode
:hourglass_flowing_sand:- Shortcode
:hourglass_not_done:- Unicode
U+23F3- HTML
⏳- CSS
\23F3- JavaScript
"\u{23F3}"- URL
%E2%8F%B3
What ⏳ means
An hourglass with sand still flowing. It means waiting, time running out or something in progress.
'Still waiting', 'loading' and 'coming soon' are its main jobs. It builds suspense before news or a launch. It also nags gently: 'still waiting on that reply ⏳'.
Facts
Hourglass not done ⏳ is an emoji in the travel and places category, under time. It is one of the early emoji from Japanese phones, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :hourglass_flowing_sand: or :hourglass_not_done:. People also look for it with words like “done”, “flowing”, “hourglass”, or “hours”.
Timeline
- 2010Added to the emoji standard (Unicode 6.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2015
2017
2021
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2014
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.