Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite rectangle
Unicode numberU+25AD
CategoryRectangles
DescriptionThe Unicode character ▭, or U+25AD, is known as the "White Rectangle". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. As the name implies, this character is a representation of a white rectangle and can be used in various contexts where a rectangular shape is needed, such as in charts, diagrams, or as part of a graphical user interface. Its specific meaning can vary greatly based on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML Entity▭
HTML Entity (hex)▭
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%96%AD
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0xAD
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10101101
UTF-160x25AD
UTF-320x000025AD

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25AD"
CSS Code\25AD
JavaScript"\u25AD"
Perl\x{25AD}
Python 2u"\u25AD"
Python 3\u25AD
Ruby\u{25AD}

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>&#9645;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25AD";
}

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