Unicode Character "▫" (U+25AB)

The character ▫ (White Small Square) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25AB. 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 Small Square
Unicode Codepoint U+25AB
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+25AB Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▫
HTML (hex) ▫
HTML (named) ▫
URL Escape Code %E2%96%AB
CSS \0025AB
JavaScript, JSON \u25AB
C, C++, Java \u25AB
Python \u25AB
Rust \u{25AB}
Ruby \u25AB

How to type "▫"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xAB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25AB
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025AB

References