U+25A1 "□" White Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25A1 "□" White Square is a geometric symbol representing an empty or unfilled square, widely used in digital text for a variety of purposes including placeholders, checkboxes, form fields, and as a generic outline shape. It is part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode and is distinct from similar characters like the black square or the ballot box, serving as a versatile element for visual layout and user interface design. Its simplicity and neutrality make it a common choice for indicating a void, an option to be selected, or a space to be filled in both technical and creative contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25A1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25A1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025A1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25a1 |