U+25B5 "▵" White Up-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+25B5 "▵" White Up-Pointing Small Triangle is a typographical symbol consisting of a small, upward-pointing triangle that is unfilled or hollow, distinguishing it from its solid counterpart. It is part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, which includes a variety of basic shapes used in textual markup, diagrams, and user interface design. This particular glyph is often employed as a discreet directional indicator, a placeholder for missing data in tables, or a modest decorative element in plain text, and it can be used to represent a chemical structure in alchemy or a play button in minimalist icons. Its compact size and open design make it visually lighter than the filled version, allowing it to blend subtly into text without overwhelming adjacent characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+25B5
Version Added 1.1
Name White Up-Pointing Small Triangle
Unicode 1.0 Name White 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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x25B5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000025B5
C/C++/Java Escape \u25b5

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