U+2B23 "⬣" Horizontal Black Hexagon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⬣
U+2B23 "⬣" Horizontal Black Hexagon is a typographic symbol representing a six sided polygon oriented with its flat sides at the top and bottom, filled entirely in black. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is classified as a geometric shape character. This symbol can be used in technical diagrams, decorative borders, or as a bullet point in lists to provide a distinctive hexagonal marker.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B23 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Horizontal Black Hexagon |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⬣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⬣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAC 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b23 |
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 |