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⌛ Emoji meaning

Time's running out: time measurement, transience, out of time.

Table of Contents

  1.  Meaning
  2.  Confused With
  3.  Emoji History
  4.  Similar Emojis
  5.  Platforms
  6.  Emoji Details

⌛ Meaning

Time is up! Timing device since the beginning of the 14th century. Stands for time but also for transience. Someone is too late, time has passed quickly or you cannot wait any longer.

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Hourglass done
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Hourglass not done

Hourglass done vs hourglass not done; both hourglasses for waiting or time running out.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Hourglass done” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ done + hourglass + time

Keywords removed

- hourglass done

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there were 2 changes.

Emoji title renamed

Emoji title before

hourglass

Emoji title after

hourglass done

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ hourglass done

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ sand + timer

Similar emojis from "Money and Time"

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Money and Time
⌛ Hourglass done ⏳ Hourglass not done ⌚ Watch ⏰ Alarm clock ⏱️ Stopwatch ⏲️ Timer clock 🕰️ Mantelpiece clock 🕛 Twelve o’clock 🕧 Twelve-thirty 🕐 One o’clock 🕜 One-thirty 🕑 Two o’clock 🕝 Two-thirty 🕒 Three o’clock 🕞 Three-thirty 🕓 Four o’clock 🕟 Four-thirty 🕔 Five o’clock 🕠 Five-thirty 🕕 Six o’clock 🕡 Six-thirty 🕖 Seven o’clock 🕢 Seven-thirty 🕗 Eight o’clock 🕣 Eight-thirty 🕘 Nine o’clock 🕤 Nine-thirty 🕙 Ten o’clock 🕥 Ten-thirty 🕚 Eleven o’clock 🕦 Eleven-thirty 🧮 Abacus 💰 Money bag 🪙 Coin 🪎 Treasure chest 💴 Yen banknote 💵 Dollar banknote 💶 Euro banknote 💷 Pound banknote 💸 Money with wings 💳 Credit card 🧾 Receipt 💹 Chart increasing with yen
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