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Technical information
| Symbol | ▪ | |
| Name | Black small square | |
| Unicode number | U+25AA | |
| Category | Squares | |
| Description | The 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-16 | 0x25AA | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000025AA |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u25AA" | |
| CSS Code | \25AA | |
| JavaScript | "\u25AA" | |
| Perl | \x{25AA} | |
| Python 2 | u"\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 ▪.
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Font size:
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CSS Property: font-weight
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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: "\25AA";
}The symbol in different fonts
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