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Technical information
| Symbol | ◀ | |
| Name | Black left-pointing triangle | |
| Unicode number | U+25C0 | |
| Category | Triangle | |
| Description | The Unicode character ◀, or U+25C0, is known as the "Black Left-Pointing Triangle". It is part of the "Geometric Shapes" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character appears as a solid triangle that is pointing to the left. As with other arrow and triangle symbols, it is often used to denote a "previous" function in user interfaces, particularly in multimedia applications. Its design is universally recognized, making it an effective tool in directing users' attention or indicating directionality. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ◀ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ◀ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%97%80 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x97 0x80 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010111:10000000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x25C0 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x000025C0 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u25C0" | |
| CSS Code | \25C0 | |
| JavaScript | "\u25C0" | |
| Perl | \x{25C0} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u25C0" | |
| Python 3 | \u25C0 | |
| Ruby | \u{25C0} |
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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12px
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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
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disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>◀</span>
span {
content: "\25C0";
}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