U+25A6 "▦" Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+25A6 "▦" Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill is a geometric symbol representing a square whose interior is filled with a grid of perpendicular lines, creating a pattern of small squares or a crosshatch texture. Belonging to the Geometric Shapes block, this character is typically used in technical drawings, diagrams, maps, and typographic contexts to indicate a shaded or filled area, or to serve as a placeholder in visual layouts. It is not an emoji and generally appears as a uniform, lined pattern across different fonts and platforms.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+25A6
Name
Square with Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
▦
HTML Hex Encoding
▦
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x96 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x25A6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000025A6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u25a6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common