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Technical information
| Symbol | ■ | |
| Name | Black square | |
| Unicode number | U+25A0 | |
| Category | Squares | |
| Description | The Unicode character ■, or U+25A0, is known as "Black Square". It is part of the "Geometric Shapes" block, a collection of characters that represent common geometric figures. This character is classified in the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, the character is a solid, filled-in square. The term "black" in the name refers to the filled-in nature of the square, not its color, which can vary depending on the text color in use. The black square symbol is versatile and used in a wide range of contexts. It can denote a bullet point in a list, represent a data point in a graphical representation, indicate a checkbox in user interfaces, or even be a part of artistic or decorative text. Its specific meaning can vary greatly based on the context in which it is used. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ■ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ■ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%96%A0 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x96 0xA0 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010110:10100000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x25A0 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000025A0 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u25A0" | |
| CSS Code | \25A0 | |
| JavaScript | "\u25A0" | |
| Perl | \x{25A0} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u25A0" | |
| Python 3 | \u25A0 | |
| Ruby | \u{25A0} |
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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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
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span {
content: "\25A0";
}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