U+25B4 "▴" Black Up-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25B4 "▴" Black Up-Pointing Small Triangle is a geometric symbol representing a compact, upward-pointing arrowhead or triangle, typically filled in solid black. It belongs to the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode and is commonly used in digital interfaces as a visual indicator for expandable menus, collapsible sections, or to denote an increase, ascension, or upward direction in user interfaces and diagrams. Unlike larger or hollow variations, this small triangle is concise and often appears in contexts where space is limited, such as button labels, list toggles, or mathematical notation for gradients and operators.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25B4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Up-Pointing Small Triangle |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Black Up Pointing Small Triangle |
| 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 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25b4 |
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 |