Hourglass not done emoji meaning

The hourglass not done emoji shows an hourglass with sand steadily falling from the top section to the bottom section. This design symbolizes the passing of time and that a process is still ongoing or incomplete. People often use it to represent the idea of waiting, needing patience, or anticipating something that is time-related, like a countdown or an activity in progress. It serves as a visual reminder that some things take time to finish. This emoji is commonly found in digital communication to express situations where time or delay is a central theme.

The hourglass not done emoji was approved in Unicode 6.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026