U+25B9 "▹" White Right-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25B9 "▹" White Right-Pointing Small Triangle is a typographic symbol classified under the Geometric Shapes block, and it depicts a small, unfilled triangle that points to the right. This character is commonly used in user interfaces, digital documents, and text formatting to represent a forward direction, a progression, or a collapsed menu that can be expanded or opened. Its minimalist and open design allows it to function effectively as a non-intrusive but clear visual indicator for navigation or list structures in plain text and code.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25B9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White Right-Pointing Small Triangle |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | White Right 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25b9 |
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 |