U+26C7 "⛇" Black Snowman Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛇
U+26C7 "⛇" Black Snowman is a rarely used symbol found in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, introduced in Unicode version 5.2. Unlike the more common snowman (U+2603), which is typically depicted in white, this character is rendered as a fully black or filled silhouette of a snowman, often implying a darker, more negative, or inverted context such as extreme cold, absence of snow, or a metaphorical "blackout." Its design features a simple two or three tiered snowball structure with a hat and stick arms, but the solid black fill gives it a stark, silhouette like appearance that distinguishes it from its cheerful counterpart.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26C7 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Black Snowman |
| 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 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26c7 |