Unicode Character "◻" (U+25FB)

The character ◻ (WHITE MEDIUM SQUARE) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25FB. It is encoded in the Geometric Shapes block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ◻.

Main Unicode Properties

Name WHITE MEDIUM SQUARE
Unicode Codepoint U+25FB
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Geometric Shapes
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+25FB Conversion

HTML (decimal) ◻
HTML (hex) ◻
HTML (named) ◻
URL Escape Code %E2%97%BB
CSS \25FB
JavaScript \u{25FB}
JSON \u25FB
C, C++ \U000025FB
Java \u25FB
Python \U000025FB
Rust \u{25FB}
Ruby \u{25FB}

How to type "◻"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25FB
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025FB

References