Unicode Character "▪" (U+25AA)

The character ▪ (Black Small Square) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25AA. 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 Black Small Square
Unicode Codepoint U+25AA
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+25AA Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▪
HTML (hex) ▪
HTML (named) ▪
URL Escape Code %E2%96%AA
CSS \0025AA
JavaScript, JSON \u25AA
C, C++, Java \u25AA
Python \u25AA
Rust \u{25AA}
Ruby \u25AA

How to type "▪"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xAA
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25AA
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025AA

References