Unicode Character "⬣" (U+2B23)

The character (Horizontal Black Hexagon) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2B23. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 5.0 (July, 2006). It is HTML encoded as ⬣.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Horizontal Black Hexagon
Unicode Codepoint U+2B23
Unicode Version 5.0 (July, 2006)
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+2B23 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⬣
HTML (hex) ⬣
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AC%A3
CSS \002B23
JavaScript, JSON \u2B23
C, C++, Java \u2B23
Python \u2B23
Rust \u{2B23}
Ruby \u2B23

How to type "⬣"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 B 2 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 B 2 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAC 0xA3
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2B23
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002B23

References