U+25BE "▾" Black down-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25BE "▾" Black down-Pointing Small Triangle is a typographic symbol that depicts a solid, downward pointing triangular shape, smaller than its larger counterpart U+25BC. It is commonly used in user interfaces and digital documents to indicate a collapsible menu, dropdown list, or expandable section, often serving as a visual cue for toggling visibility or selection. In plain text and mathematical contexts, it can also function as a directional arrow or a marker for lists and bullet points. Its compact size makes it suitable for inline use, and it is part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, standardized as a single character for consistent rendering across different platforms and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25BE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black down-Pointing Small Triangle |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Black down 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25BE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025BE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25be |
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 |