Hourglass done emoji meaning

The hourglass done emoji is a symbol that represents the idea of time passing or the completion of a period of time. It typically shows an hourglass where all the sand has settled at the bottom, meaning that the time has fully run out. This imagery is often used to indicate that a specific moment or activity has ended, or as a reminder that time is finite. It can also symbolize deadlines, finality, or the concept of time itself. The design of this symbol is based on a traditional hourglass, a tool historically used to measure time by observing sand flow from one chamber to another.

The hourglass done emoji was approved in Unicode 1.1 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026