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

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 Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
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