U+26C6 "⛆" Rain Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛆
U+26C6 "⛆" Rain is a typographic symbol representing rain or precipitation, often used in weather-related contexts, maps, or graphical interfaces to indicate rainy conditions. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was introduced in Unicode 5.2 as part of a set of weather and astrological icons, designed to provide a simple, visual representation of falling water or droplets. While not as widely used as more common weather emojis, it serves a specific purpose in plain text environments where a compact, standardized symbol for rain is needed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26C6 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Rain |
| 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 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26C6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26c6 |