❅
Tight Snowflake
- Unicode
- U+2745
- Category
- Weather
- HTML Entity
- ❅
- CSS
- \2745
The Tight Snowflake symbol (❅) is a typographic ornament representing a classic six-pointed ice crystal with closely packed branches. Originally introduced in the Zapf Dingbats font collection, it was later adopted into Unicode to standardize decorative characters across platforms. Today, it is widely used to add a festive, wintery aesthetic to social media posts, holiday greetings, and as an elegant custom bullet point.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+10053 or type 2745 followed by Alt+X (in Word)
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'tight snowflake'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 2745
- HTML
- ❅
In Programming
While not functional in core programming, this symbol is occasionally used in console outputs and user interfaces to visually represent cooling systems, holiday themes, or 'frozen' application states.
Tags
Christmas decoration
Zapf Dingbats snowflake
cold
compact snowflake
custom bullet
festive symbol
holiday snowflake
ice
ice crystal symbol
snowflake
tight snowflake
weather
winter
winter decoration
wintery aesthetic