☉

Use of ☉ for Sunday, just under the sun (day) hand near the top of the calendar dial of this 16th-century clock-calendar.

Translingual

Etymology

The shield of the sun god Apollo, with a boss in the center. Medieval replacement of Template:Angbr, the sun with a single ray, which in ancient times had replaced a sun orb surrounded by multiple rays.

Compare the Egyptian hieroglyph Template:Angbr and the Chinese character Template:Angbr, both of which mean 'sun' and 'day'.

Symbol

1. Template:Lb Sol, the Sun.

   A subscript to variables in mathematical equations, such as π_☉ (solar parallax).

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2. Template:Lb solar mass.

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3. Template:Lb annual.
4. Template:Lb gold.
5. Template:Lb Sunday.

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6. Template:Lb cancellation (with an ordinary post-office cancellation mark).
7. Template:Lb hydrogen (Daltonian symbol).

   Technically, this should be red: ☉. May also be typeset ⊙.

Synonyms

• Template:Sense ☼
• Template:Sense 🌞︎, 🜚 (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Template:Sense 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).

• Template:Sense ☉⃞ (gold leaf, gold foil)

Related terms

• Template:Sense ⚇ (biennial)
• Template:Sense Template:L (Solar eclipse)

Gallery

• 
  An abstract variant
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  A decorative variant in the Netherlands
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  As a symbol for gold
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  Symbol on a gold background

See also

• Template:L (hieroglyph for Sun)
• Template:L (mathematics, computing)

English

Symbol

1. Template:Rfd-redundant the Template:L
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2. Template:Rfd-redundant Template:Lb Template:L
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German

Symbol

1. Template:Sense city center

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun

1. Template:Lb Template:Abbr of
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Derived terms

• Template:L

Etymology 2

Noun

1. Template:Lb Template:Abbr of
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