Unicode Character "⬛" (U+2B1B)

The character ⬛ (Black Large Square) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2B1B. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.1 (March, 2008). It is HTML encoded as ⬛.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Black Large Square
Unicode Codepoint U+2B1B
Unicode Version 5.1 (March, 2008)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
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+2B1B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⬛
HTML (hex) ⬛
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AC%9B
CSS \002B1B
JavaScript, JSON \u2B1B
C, C++, Java \u2B1B
Python \u2B1B
Rust \u{2B1B}
Ruby \u2B1B

How to type "⬛"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 B 1 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 B 1 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAC 0x9B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2B1B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002B1B

References