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Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.

U+25A0–U+25CF

25A0		25B0		25C0
Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Last Hex#
HTML Hex		HTML Hex		HTML Hex
Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture
■	BLACK SQUARE	▰	BLACK PARALLELOGRAM	◀	BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE	0
■		▰		◀
■		▰		◀
□	WHITE SQUARE	▱	WHITE PARALLELOGRAM	◁	WHITE LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE (Z notation domain restriction)	1
□		▱		◁
□		▱		◁
▢	WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS	▲	BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE	◂	BLACK LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	2
▢		▲		◂
▢		▲		◂
▣	WHITE SQUARE CONTAINING BLACK SMALL SQUARE	△	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE (trine)	◃	WHITE LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	3
▣		△		◃
▣		△		◃
▤	SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL FILL	▴	BLACK UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◄	BLACK LEFT-POINTING POINTER	4
▤		▴		◄
▤		▴		◄
▥	SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILL	▵	WHITE UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◅	WHITE LEFT-POINTING POINTER	5
▥		▵		◅
▥		▵		◅
▦	SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	▶	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE	◆	BLACK DIAMOND	6
▦		▶		◆
▦		▶		◆
▧	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL	▷	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE (Z notation range restriction)	◇	WHITE DIAMOND	7
▧		▷		◇
▧		▷		◇
▨	SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL	▸	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◈	WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND	8
▨		▸		◈
▨		▸		◈
▩	SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	▹	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◉	FISHEYE (Tainome, a Japanese bullet mark)	9
▩		▹		◉
▩		▹		◉
▪	BLACK SMALL SQUARE	►	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	◊	LOZENGE	A
▪		►		◊
▪		►		◊
▫	WHITE SMALL SQUARE	▻	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	○	WHITE CIRCLE	B
▫		▻		○
▫		▻		○
▬	BLACK RECTANGLE	▼	BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE	◌	DOTTED CIRCLE	C
▬		▼		◌
▬		▼		◌
▭	WHITE RECTANGLE	▽	WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE (Nabla operator)	◍	CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL	D
▭		▽		◍
▭		▽		◍
▮	BLACK VERTICAL RECTANGLE	▾	BLACK DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◎	BULLSEYE	E
▮		▾		◎
▮		▾		◎
▯	WHITE VERTICAL RECTANGLE	▿	WHITE DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	●	BLACK CIRCLE	F
▯		▿		●
▯		▿		●
25A0		25B0		25C0

The BLACK CIRCLE is displayed when typing in a password field, in order to hide characters from a screen recorder or shoulder surfing.

U+25D0–U+25FF

25D0		25E0		25F0
Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Last Hex#
HTML Hex		HTML Hex		HTML Hex
Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture
◐	CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◠	UPPER HALF CIRCLE	◰	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT	0
◐		◠		◰
◐		◠		◰
◑	CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◡	LOWER HALF CIRCLE	◱	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT	1
◑		◡		◱
◑		◡		◱
◒	CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK	◢	BLACK LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE	◲	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT	2
◒		◢		◲
◒		◢		◲
◓	CIRCLE WITH UPPER HALF BLACK	◣	BLACK LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE	◳	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT	3
◓		◣		◳
◓		◣		◳
◔	CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK	◤	BLACK UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE	◴	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT	4
◔		◤		◴
◔		◤		◴
◕	CIRCLE WITH ALL BUT UPPER LEFT QUADRANT BLACK	◥	BLACK UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE	◵	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT	5
◕		◥		◵
◕		◥		◵
◖	LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	◦	WHITE BULLET	◶	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT	6
◖		◦		◶
◖		◦		◶
◗	RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	◧	SQUARE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◷	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT	7
◗		◧		◷
◗		◧		◷
◘	INVERSE BULLET	◨	SQUARE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◸	UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE	8
◘		◨		◸
◘		◨		◸
◙	INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◩	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	◹	UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE	9
◙		◩		◹
◙		◩		◹
◚	UPPER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◪	SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	◺	LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE	A
◚		◪		◺
◚		◪		◺
◛	LOWER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◫	WHITE SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BISECTING LINE	◻	WHITE MEDIUM SQUARE (Modal logic: always, or necessarily)	B
◛		◫		◻
◛		◫		◻
◜	UPPER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◬	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOT	◼	BLACK MEDIUM SQUARE	C
◜		◬		◼
◜		◬		◼
◝	UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◭	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◽	WHITE MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE	D
◝		◭		◽
◝		◭		◽
◞	LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◮	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◾	BLACK MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE	E
◞		◮		◾
◞		◮		◾
◟	LOWER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◯	LARGE CIRCLE	◿	LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE	F
◟		◯		◿
◟		◯		◿
25D0		25E0		25F0

The CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK is used to represent the contrast ratio of a screen.

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu family include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range.^[4] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.^[5] Among the fonts in widespread use,^[6][7] full implementation is provided by Segoe UI Symbol and significant partial implementation of this range is provided by Arial Unicode MS and Lucida Sans Unicode, which include coverage for 83% (80 out of 96) and 82% (79 out of 96) of the symbols, respectively.^[4]

Block

Emoji

The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji: U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE.^[8][9]

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji.^[10]

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Geometric Shapes block:

See also

• Unicode symbol
• Dingbat
• Box Drawing (Unicode block)
• Block Elements (Unicode block)
• Box-drawing characters
• Tombstone (typography), the end of proof character
• Geometric Shapes Extended (Unicode block)
• Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (Unicode block) includes more geometric shapes
• Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (Unicode block) includes several geometric shapes of different colors
• Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode

References