U+25A0 "■" Black Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25A0 "■" Black Square is a geometric symbol that represents a solid, filled square shape, part of the Geometric Shapes block in the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in digital text and typography as a generic bullet point, a placeholder, a checkbox indicator, or a design element for visual separation and emphasis. Its appearance can vary slightly across fonts and platforms, but it consistently serves as a simple, opaque square that fits within a standard text line, making it a versatile tool for both functional and decorative purposes in written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25A0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Square |
| Block | Geometric Shapes |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ■ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ■ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x96 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25A0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25a0 |