Sleeping Symbol 💤
💤 (U+1F4A4) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Sleeping Symbol is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The SLEEPING SYMBOL depicts rest and sleep. In messages it can show that someone is resting or winding down for the night. It can signal a quiet moment in a thread or a pause in activity, helping readers infer mood without extra words. Use it in UI hints to indicate nighttime mode or a user’s unavailability during off hours, or to mark finished tasks when a status needs a gentle nudge toward pause. Designers may place it near status indicators to convey calm or boundary setting. A note on appearance: colors and details vary across platforms and fonts. For accessibility, ensure surrounding text conveys the intended meaning for screen readers and add plain language context where needed.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F4A4 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F4A4 - General Category:
So - Age:
6.0 - Bidi Class:
ON - Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 92 A4 - UTF-16:
D83D DCA4 - UTF-32:
0001F4A4 - HTML dec:
💤 - HTML hex:
💤 - JS escape:
\u{1F4A4} - Python \N{}:
\N{SLEEPING SYMBOL} - Python \U:
\U0001F4A4 - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%92%A4 - CSS escape:
\1F4A4
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F4A4 or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 💤 (hex) or 💤 (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.