Technical information

Symbol
NameWhite hexagon
Unicode numberU+2B21
CategoryHexagons
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⬡, or U+2B21, is known as the "White Hexagon". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The character depicts a hexagon which is essentially a six-sided polygon. Its usage varies, and it can be used in a wide range of contexts. For instance, it can be used in scientific contexts, in game design, or in various digital interfaces to symbolize a wide array of concepts. The specific meaning often depends on the context in which it's used.

Encoding

HTML Entity⬡
HTML Entity (hex)⬡
URL Escape Code%E2%AC%A1
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xAC 0xA1
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10101100:10100001
UTF-160x2B21
UTF-320x00002B21

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2B21"
CSS Code\2B21
JavaScript"\u2B21"
Perl\x{2B21}
Python 2u"\u2B21"
Python 3\u2B21
Ruby\u{2B21}

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>&#11041;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2B21";
}

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