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Technical information
| Symbol | ▌ | |
| Name | Left half block | |
| Unicode number | U+258C | |
| Category | Block elements | |
| Description | The Unicode character ▌, or U+258C, is known as the "Left Half Block". It belongs to the "Block Elements" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a rectangular block that is filled in on the left half and empty on the right half. It is typically used in creating simplistic graphics or charts within a block of text, or to represent progress in a progress bar or a loading screen. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ▌ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ▌ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%96%8C | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x96 0x8C | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010110:10001100 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x258C | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000258C |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u258C" | |
| CSS Code | \258C | |
| JavaScript | "\u258C" | |
| Perl | \x{258C} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u258C" | |
| Python 3 | \u258C | |
| Ruby | \u{258C} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ▌ in sentence and in bold like this ▌ and in italic like this ▌.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>▌</span>
span {
content: "\258C";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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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