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Technical information
| Symbol | ▽ | |
| Name | White down-pointing triangle | |
| Unicode number | U+25BD | |
| Category | Triangle | |
| Description | The Unicode character ▽, or U+25BD, is known as the "White Down-Pointing Triangle". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This symbol is an equilateral or isosceles triangle that points downwards and is outlined, but not filled (white or transparent). It is typically used as an arrow in diagrams or interfaces to indicate a downward direction or movement. Its use can range from indicating the drop-down menus in digital interfaces to signifying a decrease in charts or diagrams. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ▽ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ▽ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ▽ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%96%BD | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x96 0xBD | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010110:10111101 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x25BD | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000025BD |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u25BD" | |
| CSS Code | \25BD | |
| JavaScript | "\u25BD" | |
| Perl | \x{25BD} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u25BD" | |
| Python 3 | \u25BD | |
| Ruby | \u{25BD} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ▽ in sentence and in bold like this ▽ and in italic like this ▽.
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Font size:
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
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span {
content: "\25BD";
}The symbol in different fonts
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana