Unicode Character "❏" (U+274F)

The character ❏ (Lower Right Drop-Shadowed White Square) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+274F. It is encoded in the Dingbats 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 Lower Right Drop-Shadowed White Square
Unicode Codepoint U+274F
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Dingbats
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+274F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ❏
HTML (hex) ❏
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9D%8F
CSS \00274F
JavaScript, JSON \u274F
C, C++, Java \u274F
Python \u274F
Rust \u{274F}
Ruby \u274F

How to type "❏"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 4 F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 4 F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9D 0x8F
UTF-16 (hex) 0x274F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000274F

References