☉

See also: Ꙩ [U+A668 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER MONOCULAR O], ꙩ [U+A669 CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER MONOCULAR O], ʘ [U+0298 LATIN LETTER BILABIAL CLICK], 𐍈 [U+10348 GOTHIC LETTER HWAIR], ⵙ [U+2D59 TIFINAGH LETTER YAS], ⊙ [U+2299 CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR], ⨀ [U+2A00 N-ARY CIRCLED DOT OPERATOR], and ◉ [U+25C9 FISHEYE]

☉ U+2609, ☉
SUN
← ☈
[U+2608] 		Miscellaneous Symbols ☊ →
[U+260A]

🌞 U+1F31E, 🌞
SUN WITH FACE
← 🌝
[U+1F31D] 		Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs 🌟 →
[U+1F31F]
Use of ☉ for Sunday, just under the sun (day) hand near the top of the calendar dial of this 13th-century clock tower.

Translingual

Alternative forms

Is astrology and alchemy (gold), a variant with a face: 🌞︎ is sometimes seen. This does not occur in astronomy, botany or (obsolete) chemistry.

Etymology

The shield of the sun god Apollo, with a boss in the center. Medieval replacement of ⟨🜚⟩, the sun with a single ray, which in ancient times had replaced a sun orb surrounded by multiple rays.[1]

Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph ⟨⟩ and the Chinese character ⟨⟩, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.

Symbol

☉

  1. (astronomy, astrology) Sol, the Sun.
    A subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π☉ (solar parallax).
    • 1803, Robert Patterson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, volume 40, Princeton University Press, published 2013, pages 71:
      Suppose the apparent angular distance of the sun & moon's nearest limbs [...] to be 110°.2′.30″ the app. alt of ☉'s lower limb measuring 20°.40′ and that of ☽'s lower limb 35°.24′
  2. (astronomy) solar mass.
    Synonym: M☉
  3. (botany) annual.[2]
  4. (alchemy, archaic) gold.
  5. (rare) Sunday.
    Refers to the Latin phrase dies Solis, which literally means "Sun's day".
  6. (philately) cancellation (ordinary post-office cancellation mark).
  7. (chemistry, obsolete) hydrogen (Daltonian symbol).
    Technically, this should be red: ☉. May also be typeset ⊙.


Presentations of 🌞︎
Text
style		Emoji
style
🌞︎🌞️
Note: Character's appearance
may be different on each system.
Text style is forced with ︎
and emoji style with ️

Synonyms
  • (sun, daytime): ☼
  • (sun, gold): 🜚 (obsolete)

Derived terms
  • (astronomy): M☉ – solar mass (as a unit of measurement for the masses of stars)
L☉ – solar luminosity (as a unit of measurement).
R☉ – solar radius (as a unit of measurement).
S☉ – solar constant (as a unit of measurement).
  • (botany): ⚇ (biennial)
  • (astrology): (Solar eclipse)
Planetary symbols
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See also
  • 𓇳 (hieroglyph for Sun)
  • ⊙ (mathematics, computing)

References
  1. Jones, Alexander (1999) Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus, →ISBN, pages 62–63
  2. J. Lindley (1848) An introduction to botany‎, volume 2, 4 edition, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, page 385–386

German

Symbol

☉

  1. (cartography): city center
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