▻ is the Unicode character WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER, code point U+25BB (decimal 9659) in the Geometric Shapes block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ▻, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 96 BB.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+25BB |
| Decimal | 9659 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 BB |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 25BB |
| UTF-32 | 000025BB |
| HTML decimal | ▻ |
| HTML hex | ▻ |
| CSS | \25BB |
| JavaScript | \u25BB |
| JSON | \u25BB |
| Python | \u25BB |
| Python by name | \N{WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER} |
| Java, C# | \u25BB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{25BB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u25BB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%96%BB |
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 RIGHT-POINTING POINTER |
| Code point | U+25BB (decimal 9659) |
| 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+25B3 White Up-Pointing Triangle
- ▴ U+25B4 Black Up-Pointing Small Triangle
- ▵ U+25B5 White Up-Pointing Small Triangle
- ▶ U+25B6 Play button
- ▷ U+25B7 White Right-Pointing Triangle
- ▸ U+25B8 Black Right-Pointing Small Triangle
- ▹ U+25B9 White Right-Pointing Small Triangle
- ► U+25BA Black Right-Pointing Pointer
- ▼ U+25BC Black Down-Pointing Triangle
- ▽ U+25BD White Down-Pointing Triangle
- ▾ U+25BE Black Down-Pointing Small Triangle
- ▿ U+25BF White Down-Pointing Small Triangle
- ◀ U+25C0 Reverse button
- ◁ U+25C1 White Left-Pointing Triangle
- ◂ U+25C2 Black Left-Pointing Small Triangle
- ◃ U+25C3 White Left-Pointing Small Triangle
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+25BB?
- E2 96 BB (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%96%BB.
- How do I write U+25BB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u25BB. Python: \u25BB.
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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