☉

Alternative forms
In astrology and alchemy (for gold), a variant with a face, 🌞&#xFE0E;, 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.

Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph $⟨Red Circle(small).svg⟩$ and the Chinese character $⟨日-bronze.svg⟩$, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.

Symbol

 * 1)  Sol, the Sun.
 * A subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π☉ (solar parallax).
 * 1)  solar mass.
 * 2)  annual.
 * 3)  gold.
 * 4)  Sunday.
 * 5)  cancellation (with an ordinary post-office cancellation mark).
 * 6)  hydrogen (Daltonian symbol).
 * Technically, this should be red: ☉ . May also be typeset ⊙| ⊙ .
 * 1)  cancellation (with an ordinary post-office cancellation mark).
 * 2)  hydrogen (Daltonian symbol).
 * Technically, this should be red: ☉ . May also be typeset ⊙| ⊙ .
 * Technically, this should be red: ☉ . May also be typeset ⊙| ⊙ .

Synonyms

 * ☼
 * 🜚 (obsolete)

Derived terms

 * 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).

Related terms

 * ⚇ (biennial)
 * Occultation symbol.svg (Solar eclipse)

Symbol

 * 1)  city center