Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite up-pointing triangle
Unicode numberU+25B3
CategoryTriangle
DescriptionThe Unicode character △, or U+25B3, is known as the "White Up-Pointing Triangle". This is an unfilled or "white" equilateral triangle that points upward. It's part of the "Geometric Shapes" block of Unicode characters, which ranges from U+25A0 to U+25FF. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" general category. It can be used to indicate upward movement, progress, or an increase in a variable in various contexts, but interpretation can differ based on its application. The exact visual representation can vary slightly depending on the font and software being used.

Encoding

HTML Entity△
HTML Entity (hex)△
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code%E2%96%B3
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0xB3
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10110011
UTF-160x25B3
UTF-320x000025B3

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25B3"
CSS Code\25B3
JavaScript"\u25B3"
Perl\x{25B3}
Python 2u"\u25B3"
Python 3\u25B3
Ruby\u{25B3}

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>&#9651;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25B3";
}

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