❄
Snowflake
- Unicode
- U+2744
- Category
- Weather
- HTML Entity
- ❄
- CSS
- \2744
The ❄ symbol represents a classic six-sided ice crystal, originally included in Unicode to ensure compatibility with the legacy Zapf Dingbats font. Today, it is widely used across digital platforms to denote winter weather, freezing temperatures, skiing, or the holiday season. In modern internet slang, the snowflake is also used metaphorically to describe someone perceived as overly sensitive or easily offended.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+10052 or Win+. then search "snowflake"
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search "snowflake"
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2744
- HTML
- ❄
In Programming
In software engineering, a "snowflake" often refers to unique, time-based IDs (such as Twitter's Snowflake algorithm) or uniquely configured servers, and the ❄ icon is occasionally used in technical documentation to visually represent these concepts.
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