U+25A6 "▦" Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25A6 "▦" Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill is a geometric symbol representing a square whose interior is filled with a grid of perpendicular lines, creating a pattern of small squares or a crosshatch texture. Belonging to the Geometric Shapes block, this character is typically used in technical drawings, diagrams, maps, and typographic contexts to indicate a shaded or filled area, or to serve as a placeholder in visual layouts. It is not an emoji and generally appears as a uniform, lined pattern across different fonts and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25A6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill |
| 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 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25a6 |