U+2756 "❖" Black Diamond Minus White X Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❖
U+2756 "❖" Black Diamond Minus White X is a typographic symbol that features a solid black diamond shape with a white X or cross figure subtracted from its center, leaving the diamond's outline intact around the negative space of the X. This glyph is part of the Dingbats block in Unicode and is often used in decorative or ornamental contexts, such as in bullet lists, borders, or as a stylistic marker in visual design, where its geometric contrast between filled and empty space adds emphasis or a distinctive aesthetic touch.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2756 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Diamond Minus White X |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2756 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002756 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2756 |
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 |