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Technical information

Symbol►
NameBlack right-pointing pointer
Unicode numberU+25BA
CategoryTriangle
DescriptionThe Unicode character ►, or U+25BA, is named "Black Right-Pointing Pointer". It belongs to the "Geometric Shapes" block, which consists of common geometric shapes. This character is categorized under "Symbol, Other". Visually, it represents a filled triangle pointing to the right. The term "black" in its name refers to the filled nature of the symbol, not its color, which can vary depending on the text color in use. This right-pointing triangle is often used in user interfaces to denote direction, indicate the next step in a sequence, or serve as a play button in multimedia applications. The specific meaning and function of this symbol can vary widely depending on its context.

Encoding

HTML Entity►
HTML Entity (hex)►
URL Escape Code%E2%96%BA
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0xBA
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10111010
UTF-160x25BA
UTF-320x000025BA

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25BA"
CSS Code\25BA
JavaScript"\u25BA"
Perl\x{25BA}
Python 2u"\u25BA"
Python 3\u25BA
Ruby\u{25BA}

Preview

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

Font size:

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

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9658;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25BA";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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

References