U+25BC "▼" Black down-Pointing Triangle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25BC "▼" Black down-Pointing Triangle is a geometric symbol representing a solid, downward-facing arrowhead or pointer, typically rendered as a filled black triangle. It is widely used in digital interfaces, diagrams, and text to indicate a drop-down menu, collapsible section, directional cue, or a decrease in value. As part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, this character serves both decorative and functional roles, often appearing in software buttons, user guides, and data visualizations to draw attention or denote movement downward.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black down-Pointing Triangle |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Black down Pointing 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25bc |