▢ is the Unicode character WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS, code point U+25A2 (decimal 9634) in the Geometric Shapes block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ▢, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 96 A2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+25A2 |
| Decimal | 9634 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 A2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 25A2 |
| UTF-32 | 000025A2 |
| HTML decimal | ▢ |
| HTML hex | ▢ |
| CSS | \25A2 |
| JavaScript | \u25A2 |
| JSON | \u25A2 |
| Python | \u25A2 |
| Python by name | \N{WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS} |
| Java, C# | \u25A2 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{25A2} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u25A2 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%96%A2 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS |
| Code point | U+25A2 (decimal 9634) |
| Block | Geometric Shapes (U+25A0–U+25FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Geometric Shapes
- ■ U+25A0 Black Square
- □ U+25A1 White Square
- ▣ U+25A3 White Square Containing Black Small Square
- ▤ U+25A4 Square With Horizontal Fill
- ▥ U+25A5 Square With Vertical Fill
- ▦ U+25A6 Square With Orthogonal Crosshatch Fill
- ▧ U+25A7 Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill
- ▨ U+25A8 Square With Upper Right To Lower Left Fill
- ▩ U+25A9 Square With Diagonal Crosshatch Fill
- ▪ U+25AA Black small square
All 96 characters: Geometric Shapes.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ▢?
- Use ▢ (decimal) or ▢ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+25A2?
- E2 96 A2 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%96%A2.
- How do I write U+25A2 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u25A2. Python: \u25A2.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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