U+2BC2 "⯂" Turned Black Pentagon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯂
U+2BC2 "⯂" Turned Black Pentagon is a graphic symbol classified within the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, representing a solid black pentagon rotated 180 degrees from its standard upright position. It is typically used in astronomical contexts to denote a specific celestial body, most notably as a symbol for the dwarf planet Eris, and may also appear in other specialized diagrams or notation systems requiring a filled five-sided shape oriented with a point facing downward.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BC2 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Turned Black Pentagon |
| 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 0xAF 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bc2 |
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 |