U+263C "☼" White Sun with Rays Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
☼
U+263C "☼" White Sun with Rays is a symbol representing the sun, typically shown as a circular disc with emanating rays, and it belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block, where it has been available since Unicode version 1.1. Historically, it is often used in meteorology to indicate sunny or clear weather conditions, in astronomy as a symbol for the Sun, and in various cultural and decorative contexts to convey warmth, light, or positivity. Its design can vary slightly across different fonts, but it consistently features a central circle with straight or wavy lines radiating outward.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+263C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White Sun with Rays |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ☼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ☼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x98 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x263C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000263C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u263c |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |