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Is there a unicode character that signifies filtering (for example, a funnel) that is widely available on common computer operating systems?

Dave
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  • Related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12036038/is-there-unicode-glyph-symbol-to-represent-search -- I used – Andre Jun 13 '18 at 12:05

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Some of the most similar chars I've found so far:

∀, ∨, ∇, ▼, Y, Ⴤ, V, ᗊ, ⑂,

ツ

sorh
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You can use search engines that allow you to draw like

I'm not able to find anything similar to the funnel but here are some possible results:

  • Turned shogi piece: ⛉ ⛊
  • Sector: ⌔
  • Down-pointing triangle with right half black: ⧩
  • Alchemical symbol for water:
  • Alchemical symbol for horse dung:
  • Canadian syllabics carrier hee: ᐶ
  • Rightwards arrow through superset ⭄
  • Subset above rightwards arrow ⥹
  • Rightwards arrow through greater-than ⭃ (probably should be rotated when display)
  • Greater-than above rightwards arrow ⥸
  • Rightwards arrow with tail ↣
  • Z notation range antirestriction ⩥

Excel does have a funnel shape when filtering data (see the icon in the c column above "7" in the below table) but I'm not sure whether they use an image or character for that since window inspection tools can't work out that symbol

Excel filter

In some cases the scissors ✀ can be used to signify "cut out unnecessary parts"

phuclv
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  • The Excel icons are definitely images, not Unicode characters. – Andreas Rejbrand Jan 04 '21 at 09:11
  • @AndreasRejbrand or maybe it's a custom character in the private use area – phuclv Jan 04 '21 at 09:31
  • In colour? Although coloured characters seem to be a thing these days, I very much doubt it. – Andreas Rejbrand Jan 04 '21 at 09:53
  • @AndreasRejbrand which color do you see? The character is entirely in black. I'm talking about the funnel in the c column above "7". But the big Filter icon is also in monochrome – phuclv Jan 04 '21 at 09:55
  • Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about the icon in the ribbon. Although the ribbon's funnel icon isn't in colour, the other ribbon icons are, and it would be extremely strange if Microsoft used font glyphs for one ribbon icon and bitmaps for the the rest of them! – Andreas Rejbrand Jan 04 '21 at 09:58
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This is not really an answer, but possibly useful for anyone finding this page looking for a filter funnel icon. Here's a hack to make something look like a funnel - stack a triangle and a bar!

.filter-triangle,
.filter-bar {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 1em;
  text-align: center;
}

.filter-bar {
  top: 0.1em;
}
<div class=filter-bar>&#x2758;</div>
<div class=filter-triangle>&#x25BC;</div>

Alternatively this is an SVG icon I made:

<svg viewBox="0 0 80 90" focusable=false><path d="m 0,0 30,45 0,30 10,15 0,-45 30,-45 Z"></path></svg>

Both need aria attributes for accessability, amongst other problems! Both snippets are WTFPL-licenced!

Or you can use the MIT licenced filter icon from Feather.

aebabis
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robocat
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I usually use the following: y filter Y active filter ¥ cancel or disable filter

futurman
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Late here, but I like this ⫧ Found it by using shapecatcher.com which someone here suggested.

It works particularly well as a small placeholder in the inputs for my column filters. (image)

https://unicode-table.com/en/2AE7/

Hunter
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I needed the same, and as far as I can tell there is no FUNNEL, FILTER or REDUCE symbol in Unicode.

However there is this:

⊆ U+2286 SUBSET OF OR EQUAL TO

Nicholas Shanks
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You can use the character "X" with the Webdings Font, and it will give you a Speaker icon. Rotate it 90° and it'll be like a Funnel.

Yasser Elarabi
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There is a proposal for a funnel (filter):

https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5181-repertoire-postAmd1.pdf

1CE08

Until it is released, the best character is the one provided by @phuclv (https://stackoverflow.com/a/51728429/5390321)

(1F756)

Adriano
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This is the best character I could find for myself ⊕

Unicode Character 'CIRCLED PLUS' (U+2295)

Which is by no means a funnel, but a kind of like a cross-hair insinuating "target more specific results". There are literally thousands of characters though...

In my case, I am going to use IcoMoon to replace the icon for this character, check out the IcoMoon app here

If you dont have a character map tool, you can use this quick PHP snippet to print out a range of unicode characters:

<?php

for ($i=hexdec("25ff");$i<=hexdec("26ff");$i++) echo sprintf("&#%u; ",$i);

Prints

◿ ☀ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☄ ★ ☆ ☇ ☈ ☉ ☊ ☋ ☌ ☍ ☎ ☏ ☐ ☑ ☒ ☓ ☔ ☕ ☖ ☗ ☘ ☙ ☚ ☛ ☜
☝ ☞ ☟ ☠ ☡ ☢ ☣ ☤ ☥ ☦ ☧ ☨ ☩ ☪ ☫ ☬ ☭ ☮ ☯ ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷ ☸ ☹ ☺ ☻
☼ ☽ ☾ ☿ ♀ ♁ ♂ ♃ ♄ ♅ ♆ ♇ ♈ ♉ ♊ ♋ ♌ ♍ ♎ ♏ ♐ ♑ ♒ ♓ ♔ ♕ ♖ ♗ ♘ ♙
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟ ♠ ♡ ♢ ♣ ♤ ♥ ♦ ♧ ♨ ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯ ♰ ♱ ♲ ♳ ♴ ♵ ♶ ♷ ♸ ♹
♺ ♻ ♼ ♽ ♾ ♿ ⚀ ⚁ ⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅ ⚆ ⚇ ⚈ ⚉ ⚊ ⚋ ⚌ ⚍ ⚎ ⚏ ⚐ ⚑ ⚒ ⚓ ⚔ ⚕ ⚖ ⚗ ⚘
⚙ ⚚ ⚛ ⚜ ⚝ ⚞ ⚟ ⚠ ⚡ ⚢ ⚣ ⚤ ⚥ ⚦ ⚧ ⚨ ⚩ ⚪ ⚫ ⚬ ⚭ ⚮ ⚯ ⚰ ⚱ ⚲ ⚳ ⚴ ⚵ ⚶ ⚷ ⚸
⚹ ⚺ ⚻ ⚼ ⚽ ⚾ ⚿ ⛀ ⛁ ⛂ ⛃ ⛄ ⛅ ⛆ ⛇ ⛈ ⛉ ⛊ ⛋ ⛌ ⛍ ⛎ ⛏ ⛐ ⛑ ⛒ ⛓ ⛔ ⛕
⛖ ⛗ ⛘ ⛙ ⛚ ⛛ ⛜ ⛝ ⛞ ⛟ ⛠ ⛡ ⛢ ⛣ ⛤ ⛥ ⛦ ⛧ ⛨ ⛩ ⛪ ⛫ ⛬ ⛭ ⛮ ⛯ ⛰ ⛱
⛲ ⛳ ⛴ ⛵ ⛶ ⛷ ⛸ ⛹ ⛺ ⛻ ⛼ ⛽ ⛾ ⛿

Good luck

Prof
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While it won't be a funnel, I would suggest to use the web symbol:

After all, a web allows to catch the resource after which its user is looking for while letting much of the rest going to some ignored places.

psychoslave
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  • Ψ 03A8
  • ψ 03C8
  • ¥ 00A5
  • ⁝ 205D
  • ⁞ 205E
  • ⥺ 297A (Rotated to point down)
  • ⦀ 2980
  • ⧨ 29E8
  • ⧩ 29E9
  • ⧪ 29EA
  • ⏚ 23DA
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There are a lot pictured here https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTips/unicode-symbols.html

Peter Morris
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Probably the most fitting and cross system supported Unicode chars / symbols for funnel / filter are Y char and its derived:

Ȳ Y Ɏ Ұ ¥

willy wonka
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This may help. While looking for the same thing I found that I could print a funnel using this JavaScript line:

String.fromCharCode(57710); // Prints: 

But it doesn't work all the time. Most of the time I end up with a box, like: "". I'm still trying to figure out why that is.

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