U+25EC "◬" White Up-Pointing Triangle with Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25EC "◬" White Up-Pointing Triangle with Dot is a geometric symbol consisting of a hollow, upward-pointing triangle with a small, solid dot placed inside its center. It is part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, where it is often used in technical diagrams, mathematics, or as a decorative glyph rather than representing a specific letter or number. The symbol can be found in various contexts such as weather maps to indicate a specific type of station model, in alchemical or mystical traditions where triangles carry symbolic meaning, or as a logical operator in certain notation systems. Its visual simplicity and distinctive dot make it useful for visual distinction in dense graphical layouts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25EC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | White Up-Pointing Triangle with Dot |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | White Up Pointing Triangle with Dot |
| 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 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25ec |
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 |