U+25C2 "" Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Math Source: Browser Default

U+25C2 "" Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle is a typographic symbol that depicts a small, solid black triangle oriented to point leftward, and it belongs to the Geometric Shapes block within the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in user interfaces, diagrams, and documentation to indicate a collapse, a previous step, or a leftward direction, often serving as a visual marker for navigation or list formatting. This character is distinct from its larger counterparts and is frequently employed in combination with other directional triangles, such as the right-pointing version U+25B8, to create clear and intuitive graphical sequences.

General Properties

Code Point
U+25C2
Name
Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle
Unicode 1.0 Name
Black Left Pointing Small Triangle

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x97 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding
0x25C2
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000025C2
C/C++/Java Escape
\u25c2