U+2751 "❑" Lower Right Shadowed White Square Unicode Character

U+2751 "❑" Lower Right Shadowed White Square is a typographic symbol that depicts a hollow square with a distinct shaded area extending from its lower right side, creating a subtle three dimensional or recessed effect. Part of the Dingbats block, this character is often used in text based interfaces or documents to represent a specific state, such as an unchecked box or an incomplete item, though its design with the shadow can also serve decorative or visual emphasis purposes. It is rendered differently across fonts and platforms, but its core appearance remains a white square with a dark shadow on the lower right edge, distinguishing it from simpler square symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2751
Version Added	1.1
Name	Lower Right Shadowed White Square
Block	Dingbats
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	❑
HTML Hex Encoding	❑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x9D 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2751
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002751
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2751

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