▼ is the Unicode character BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE, code point U+25BC (decimal 9660) in the Geometric Shapes block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ▼, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 96 BC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+25BC |
| Decimal | 9660 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 BC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 25BC |
| UTF-32 | 000025BC |
| HTML decimal | ▼ |
| HTML hex | ▼ |
| CSS | \25BC |
| JavaScript | \u25BC |
| JSON | \u25BC |
| Python | \u25BC |
| Python by name | \N{BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE} |
| Java, C# | \u25BC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{25BC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u25BC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%96%BC |
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 | BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE |
| Code point | U+25BC (decimal 9660) |
| 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+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+25BB White Right-Pointing Pointer
- ▽ 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
- ◄ U+25C4 Black Left-Pointing Pointer
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+25BC?
- E2 96 BC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%96%BC.
- How do I write U+25BC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u25BC. Python: \u25BC.
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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