U+25AC "▬" Black Rectangle Unicode Character

U+25AC "▬" Black Rectangle is a geometric symbol representing a solid, filled rectangular shape that is typically displayed with a horizontal orientation, standing in contrast to the vertical version found at U+25AD. It is commonly used in digital typography, user interface design, and text-based diagrams for creating progress bars, visual separators, or simple decorative elements. Part of the Geometric Shapes block in the Unicode standard, this character can be applied in contexts ranging from plain text formatting to retro-style ASCII art, where it serves as a basic building block for larger visual structures.

General Properties

Code Point	U+25AC
Version Added	1.1
Name	Black Rectangle
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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x25AC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000025AC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u25ac

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other