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Snowflake Symbol ❄

Snowflakes, as a symbol, represent cold, winter, winter sports, freezers, air conditioners, and many other things. It also denotes the uniqueness of something, as two identical snowflakes are impossible to find. During the Christmas season, the Emoji is frequently used.

Character created from the ITC Zapf Dingbats series 100 glyph set.

The symbol "Snowflake" is part of the "Dingbats" Block's "Stars, asterisks, and snowflakes" Subblock and was approved as part of Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It was also approved as an emoji in version 1.0 in 2015, and it was included to the "Travel & Destinations" Category's "Sky & Weather" Subcategory.

Snowflake Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Snowflake
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+2744
CSS Code
\2744
Hex Code
❄
HTML Code
❄
Latex
\ding{105}
Alt Code
10052
Symbol
❄

Snowflake Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x9D 0x84
UTF-16
0x2744
UTF-32
0x00002744

SnowflakeSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Snowflake symbol png image
Snowflake symbol svg image

Snowflake Symbol in Latex

Snowflake
1\documentclass{article} 2\usepackage{pifont} 3\ding{105} 4\end{document}

How to add snowflake symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the snowflake symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type snowflake symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the snowflake in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2744
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2744 is now transformed into ❄

How to type snowflake symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the snowflake on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press 10052 to type snowflake on your windows machine.

How to type snowflake symbol on Mac OS

You can type the snowflake on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Snowflake" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type snowflake symbol on Linux

You can type the snowflake on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2744 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type snowflake symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the snowflake symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use snowflake in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \2744; 3 }

How to use snowflake in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#10052;</span>

Snowflake symbol representation in programming languages

Snowflakesymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{2744}
Ruby
\u{2744}
Python
\u2744
PHP
\u{2744}
Perl
\x{2744}
Java
\u2744
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{2744}
JavaScript
\u2744
Go
\u2744
C#
\u2744
C and C++
\u2744
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u2744
RFC 5137
\u'2744'