☃

Snowman

Unicode
U+2603
Category
Weather
HTML Entity
☃
CSS
\2603
The ☃ (Snowman) symbol represents a classic winter snowman, typically depicted with a top hat, a carrot nose, and a scarf. Originally added to Unicode in 1993 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, it predates modern emojis and historically appeared in typographic weather forecasts to indicate snow. Today, it frequently adds a chilly, festive touch to holiday greetings, winter-themed social media posts, and retro text art.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+9731 or Win+. then search 'snowman'
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search 'snowman'
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 2603
HTML
☃ or ☃

In Programming

The U+2603 Snowman famously served as a hidden test character in older Ruby on Rails applications (via the `utf8=☃` parameter) to force web browsers to submit form data using standard UTF-8 encoding.

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Tags

UTF-8 test character christmas christmas symbol cold festive holiday decoration seasonal snow snowman text art unicode snowman weather winter winter symbol

Related Symbols

☀ Sun ☼ White Sun With Rays ☁ Cloud ☂ Umbrella ☄ Comet ☔ Umbrella With Rain ⛄ Snowman Without Snow ⛅ Sun Behind Cloud ❄ Snowflake ❅ Tight Snowflake ❆ Heavy Chevron Snowflake ⚡ Lightning Bolt