U+25C2 "◂" Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character

U+25C2 "◂" Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle is a typographic symbol that depicts a small, solid black triangle oriented to point leftward, and it belongs to the Geometric Shapes block within the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in user interfaces, diagrams, and documentation to indicate a collapse, a previous step, or a leftward direction, often serving as a visual marker for navigation or list formatting. This character is distinct from its larger counterparts and is frequently employed in combination with other directional triangles, such as the right-pointing version U+25B8, to create clear and intuitive graphical sequences.

General Properties

Code Point	U+25C2
Version Added	1.1
Name	Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle
Unicode 1.0 Name	Black Left 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 0x97 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x25C2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000025C2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u25c2

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