Unicode Character "◆" (U+25C6)

The character ◆ (Black Diamond) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25C6. 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 Diamond
Unicode Codepoint U+25C6
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+25C6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ◆
HTML (hex) ◆
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%97%86
CSS \0025C6
JavaScript, JSON \u25C6
C, C++, Java \u25C6
Python \u25C6
Rust \u{25C6}
Ruby \u25C6

How to type "◆"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0x86
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25C6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025C6

References