U+25AE "▮" Black Vertical Rectangle Unicode Character

U+25AE "▮" Black Vertical Rectangle is a geometric symbol representing a solid, upright rectangular block, typically rendered in black or the current text color. It belongs to the Geometric Shapes block and is often used in text-based interfaces and typography to create visual separators, indicate a filled or active state, or serve as a simple graphical element in diagrams and user interface mockups. Its design can vary slightly between different typefaces but generally maintains a taller height than width, distinguishing it from the square-shaped full block character.

General Properties

Code Point	U+25AE
Version Added	1.1
Name	Black Vertical 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 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x25AE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000025AE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u25ae

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
Math	Yes
Other Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other