❖

Technical information

Symbol❖
NameBlack diamond minus white x
Unicode numberU+2756
CategoryStar SymbolsX marks
DescriptionThe Unicode character ❖, or U+2756, is named "Black Diamond Minus White X". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block, which contains various ornamental symbols and shapes. This character is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it depicts a solid or "black" diamond shape, inside of which is a white "X" symbol. The terms "black" and "white" refer to the filled and unfilled nature of the symbols, not their actual colors, which can vary based on the color of the text. This symbol doesn't have a standard meaning and can be used in various contexts. It could serve as a decorative bullet point, an error marker, or a graphical element in user interfaces. The exact interpretation can depend on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML Entity❖
HTML Entity (hex)❖
URL Escape Code%E2%9D%96
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9D 0x96
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011101:10010110
UTF-160x2756
UTF-320x00002756

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2756"
CSS Code\2756
JavaScript"\u2756"
Perl\x{2756}
Python 2u"\u2756"
Python 3\u2756
Ruby\u{2756}

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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100
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900

HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
❖
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10070;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2756";
}

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