Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack small square
Unicode numberU+25AA
CategorySquares
DescriptionThe Unicode character ▪, or U+25AA, is known as the "Black Small Square". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As the name suggests, it's represented by a small, solid, black square. This character is often used as a bullet point in text, symbolizing a list item, or in graphic designs for its aesthetic appeal. Its specific use can vary based on the context.

Encoding

HTML Entity▪
HTML Entity (hex)▪
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%96%AA
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0xAA
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10101010
UTF-160x25AA
UTF-320x000025AA

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25AA"
CSS Code\25AA
JavaScript"\u25AA"
Perl\x{25AA}
Python 2u"\u25AA"
Python 3\u25AA
Ruby\u{25AA}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ▪ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9642;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25AA";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References