Unicode Character "◊" (U+25CA)

The character ◊ (Lozenge) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25CA. 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 Lozenge
Unicode Codepoint U+25CA
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+25CA Conversion

HTML (decimal) ◊
HTML (hex) ◊
HTML (named) ◊
URL Escape Code %E2%97%8A
CSS \0025CA
JavaScript, JSON \u25CA
C, C++, Java \u25CA
Python \u25CA
Rust \u{25CA}
Ruby \u25CA

How to type "◊"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0x8A
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25CA
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025CA

References