Snowflake
Also called SNOWFLAKE, U+2744, weather emoji
Unicode character. A code point, not a station model or a forecast icon.
Weather charactersSnowflake meaning
U+2744 SNOWFLAKE is a dingbat character. It is not the snow forecast icon and not the snow-shower icon.
At a glance
- System
- Unicode character
- Code point
- U+2744
- Official name
- SNOWFLAKE
- Not the same as
- A forecast icon or a station-model sign
U+2744 SNOWFLAKE, a dingbat. Not a snow forecast, and not a snow shower.
The name. Unicode name SNOWFLAKE, U+2744. The picture on a phone is the vendor’s. The character is the code point.
Where it comes from
The character is in the Dingbats chart. WWIS lists snow, heavy snow, snow showers, and flurries as separate forecast labels. A six-point flake in a font does not choose among them. Cloud with snow, U+1F328, is the character that puts the flake under a cloud. The snowman is a third character.
The line drawing is original to this cabinet. It is not an agency logo, a vendor icon, or the emoji for the same idea.
Weather
What it means
It is a flake you can type, used for winter, for decoration, and sometimes for snow in a message. A forecast of snow is the snow page. The difference is the system, not the prettiness of the arms.
Variants
Vendor art
Apple, Google, and other vendors draw one code point in different colors and shapes. None of those drawings is a WMO icon, and none of them is the line art on this page.
Worth knowing
- U+2744 is the Unicode name SNOWFLAKE. Vendors may draw it as a color emoji. The character is still the code point. Source
Questions
Is the snowflake emoji a snow forecast?
No. U+2744 is a character named SNOWFLAKE. Snow and snow showers are forecast labels with their own icons.
Which chart is the snowflake on?
Dingbats. The code point is U+2744.
Near this
- SnowA forecast icon for expected snow. Not a snow shower, not sleet, and not a snowman.
- Snow showerA forecast icon for snow that starts and stops. Not a steady snow icon.
- Cloud with snowU+1F328 CLOUD WITH SNOW. Not a snow forecast, and not a snow shower.
- SnowmanU+2603 SNOWMAN. A figure, not a snow forecast and not a snow shower.
Sources
Named when the entry depends on a text, a date, or a standard. Catalog numbers are not invented.
Your margin
Private. It stays in this browser and never joins the canon.
symbol.wiki, edited as Sigilla. Last reviewed 18 October 2026. A reading of public tradition, not a ruling.