Unicode Character "▢" (U+25A2)

The character ▢ (White Square With Rounded Corners) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25A2. It is encoded in the Geometric Shapes 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 White Square With Rounded Corners
Unicode Codepoint U+25A2
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Geometric Shapes
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+25A2 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▢
HTML (hex) ▢
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%96%A2
CSS \0025A2
JavaScript, JSON \u25A2
C, C++, Java \u25A2
Python \u25A2
Rust \u{25A2}
Ruby \u25A2

How to type "▢"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xA2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25A2
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025A2

References