U+26C4 "⛄" Snowman Without Snow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛄
U+26C4 "⛄" Snowman Without Snow is a graphical symbol representing a snowman figure that lacks the ground covering of snow typically shown in its more common counterpart, U+2603 ☃. This glyph is often used in digital communication to convey wintery, cold, or festive themes without the implication of deep snow, making it suitable for contexts like mild winter weather, holiday decorations, or playful references to snowmen on bare ground. It was introduced as part of Unicode 5.2 in 2009 and is frequently employed in emoji form across messaging platforms to express a sense of chilly or cheerful winter atmosphere while distinguishing itself from a fully snow-covered scene.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26C4 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Snowman Without Snow |
| 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 0x9B 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26c4 |