Unicode Character "▬" (U+25AC)

The character ▬ (Black Rectangle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25AC. 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 Rectangle
Unicode Codepoint U+25AC
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+25AC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▬
HTML (hex) ▬
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%96%AC
CSS \0025AC
JavaScript, JSON \u25AC
C, C++, Java \u25AC
Python \u25AC
Rust \u{25AC}
Ruby \u25AC

How to type "▬"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25AC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025AC

References