Unicode Character "▶" (U+25B6)

The character ▶ (Black Right-Pointing Triangle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25B6. 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 Right-Pointing Triangle
Unicode Codepoint U+25B6
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+25B6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▶
HTML (hex) ▶
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%96%B6
CSS \0025B6
JavaScript, JSON \u25B6
C, C++, Java \u25B6
Python \u25B6
Rust \u{25B6}
Ruby \u25B6

How to type "▶"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 B 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 B 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xB6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25B6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025B6

References