Technical information

Symbol
NameBlack left-pointing triangle
Unicode numberU+25C0
CategoryTriangle
DescriptionThe 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-160x25C0
UTF-320x000025C0

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u25C0"
CSS Code\25C0
JavaScript"\u25C0"
Perl\x{25C0}
Python 2u"\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 .

Font size:

12px
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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>&#9664;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\25C0";
}

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