U+25FE "◾" Black Medium Small Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+25FE "◾" Black Medium Small Square is a geometric symbol that represents a solid, filled square, sized between the large and small black square variants. Part of the Geometric Shapes block in Unicode, it is commonly used in digital text for bullet points, list markers, and visual indicators in user interfaces or data visualization. Its compact, opaque design ensures clear visibility at standard font sizes, making it a versatile tool for organizing information without relying on color. This character is distinct from other black squares, such as U+2B1B (Black Large Square) and U+25AA (Black Small Square), due to its intermediate proportions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+25FE |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Black Medium Small Square |
| Block | Geometric Shapes |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ◾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ◾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x97 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x25FE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000025FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u25fe |