U+25E8 "◨" Square with Right Half Black Unicode Character

U+25E8 "◨" Square with Right Half Black is a geometric symbol belonging to the block of shapes originally designed for text and character mapping, depicting a square where the entire right half is filled in black while the left half remains white or transparent. It is part of a set of half-shaded squares that serve as building blocks for creating visual patterns, representing binary states, or indicating partial shading in technical diagrams, typography, and early computer interface designs. This character is commonly used in puzzle graphics, progress indicators, or as a simple way to show a two state visual split within a single cell of a grid or table.

General Properties

Code Point	U+25E8
Version Added	1.1
Name	Square with Right Half Black
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 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x25E8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000025E8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u25e8

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