⏳
⏳ Hourglass with Flowing Sand
Unicode: U+23F3
Description
A classic hourglass, its sand still flowing from the top to bottom bulb. Indicates time is still passing—but life is short. Color varies across platforms. Commonly used for various content concerning time. May also be used for hourglass-shaped figures. Not to be confused with ⌛ Hourglass Done, whose sand has stopped flowing.
Image Variants
3D
Color
Flat
High Contrast
Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
hourglasshourglass not donesandtimer
Shortcodes
| Platform | Shortcode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Emojipedia | :hourglass_not_done: | |
| GitHub | :hourglass_flowing_sand: | |
| Slack | :hourglass_flowing_sand: | |
| Discord | :hourglass_flowing_sand: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Technical -> User interface symbols
Definition:
An hourglass with sand flowing, representing the passage of time. Hourglass With Flowing Sand was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 an http://emojipedia.org/hourglass-with-flowing-sand/
Adjectives:
- Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
- Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
- Spread over a comparatively long time.
Nouns:
- A device that measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time thanks to sand flowing through a narrow passage from one vessel to another.
- Timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage
- A clock made of two glass vessels connected with a narrow passage, with sand flowing through that passage.
- An instrument for measuring the passage of time by the passage of sand through a narrow opening.
- An hourglass measures the passage of a few minutes or an hour of time.
- A sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
- Instrument that measures a specific length of time
- A timer is a specialized type of clock for measuring time intervals.
- Device used to measure time.
- An internal routine that causes the system to send a message whenever a specified interval elapses.
- A mechanism that measures the remaining time from a preset amount of time and sounds an alarm when this time has elapsed.
- A device used to measure amounts of time.