U+25EE "◮" Up-Pointing Triangle with Right Half Black Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25EE "◮" Up-Pointing Triangle with Right Half Black is a typographic symbol classified under the Geometric Shapes block, representing an upward-pointing triangle where the right half is filled with black while the left half remains hollow or white. This character is often used in interface design for indicating direction, media controls like play or stop buttons, or as a visual marker in diagrams and lists to draw attention or denote a specific action. It can also appear in technical documentation or mapping contexts to symbolize orientation or directional arrows with a distinct half-filled aesthetic, providing a versatile tool for both digital and printed materials.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25EE |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Up-Pointing Triangle with Right Half Black |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Up Pointing Triangle 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 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25EE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025EE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25ee |
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 |