Unicode Character "█" (U+2588)

The character █ (Full Block) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2588. It is encoded in the Block Elements block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as █.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Full Block
Unicode Codepoint U+2588
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Block Elements
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2588 Conversion

HTML (decimal) █
HTML (hex) █
HTML (named) █
URL Escape Code %E2%96%88
CSS \002588
JavaScript, JSON \u2588
C, C++, Java \u2588
Python \u2588
Rust \u{2588}
Ruby \u2588

How to type "█"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 8 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 8 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • █
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • █
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • █
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2588
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002588

References