U+26CB "⛋" White Diamond in Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛋
U+26CB "⛋" White Diamond in Square is a typographic symbol featuring a hollow, upright diamond shape contained entirely within a larger square outline, and it belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block of the Unicode standard. Its exact semantic meaning is not widely standardized, though it is sometimes used in signage, mapping, or diagrammatic contexts to represent concepts like a specific type of hazard, a point of interest, or a neutral status indicator where the diamond and square combination conveys containment or a state of equilibrium. The character serves primarily as a versatile visual icon in digital text, allowing for the inclusion of a simple geometric shape without requiring an external image file.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26CB |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | White Diamond in Square |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⛋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⛋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9B 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26cb |