U+2B2C "⬬" Black Horizontal Ellipse Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⬬
U+2B2C "⬬" Black Horizontal Ellipse is a graphical symbol that represents a horizontally oriented, solid black oval shape. Assigned to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, it is primarily used in visual contexts such as diagrams, user interface design, or typographic decoration to indicate a stretch or emphasis along a horizontal axis. Unlike standard circle or square symbols, its elliptical form provides a distinct visual cue for spatial relationships, though it lacks a widespread semantic meaning in text and is rarely encountered in natural language communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2B2C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Black Horizontal Ellipse |
| 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 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2B2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002B2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2b2c |
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 |