Unicode Character "▼" (U+25BC)

The character ▼ (Black Down-Pointing Triangle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25BC. 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 Down-Pointing Triangle
Unicode Codepoint U+25BC
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+25BC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▼
HTML (hex) ▼
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%96%BC
CSS \0025BC
JavaScript, JSON \u25BC
C, C++, Java \u25BC
Python \u25BC
Rust \u{25BC}
Ruby \u25BC

How to type "▼"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0xBC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25BC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025BC

References