Technical information

Symbol
NameHorizontal black octagon
Unicode numberU+2BC3
CategoryCentred geometric shapes
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⯃, or U+2BC3, is known as the "Horizontal Black Octagon". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character visually represents an octagon, which is a geometric shape with eight straight sides and eight angles. The orientation is horizontal, meaning it's wider than it is tall. The term "black" in its name indicates that the octagon is solidly filled, rather than being outlined. The specific visual representation and application of this character can vary depending on the system and context in which it's used. Its appearance can also differ based on the font and typography used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⯃
HTML Entity (hex)⯃
URL Escape Code%E2%AF%83
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xAF 0x83
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10101111:10000011
UTF-160x2BC3
UTF-320x00002BC3

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2BC3"
CSS Code\2BC3
JavaScript"\u2BC3"
Perl\x{2BC3}
Python 2u"\u2BC3"
Python 3\u2BC3
Ruby\u{2BC3}

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>&#11203;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2BC3";
}

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