U+26F6 "⛶" Square Four Corners Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+26F6 "⛶" Square Four Corners is a symbolic glyph within the Miscellaneous Symbols block that depicts a square shape with four small notches or cutouts at each corner, creating an open or fragmented boundary. Its design, reminiscent of a partially drawn square or a spacing marker, is often interpreted as a representation of a region, field, or containment area with missing corners, and it has been used in technical diagrams, cartographic annotations, or game notation to denote a zone or boundary where the four corner points are specifically emphasized. The exact meaning can vary depending on context, but it generally conveys the concept of a defined space or alignment indicator.

General Properties

Code Point U+26F6
Version Added 5.2
Name Square Four Corners
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 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x26F6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000026F6
C/C++/Java Escape \u26f6

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