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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. Unifont also contains all the glyphs. Among the fonts in widespread use, 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.

Block

Emoji

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

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

History

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

See also

• Box-drawing characters
• Dingbat
• Tombstone, the end of proof character
• Other Unicode blocks
  • Box Drawing
  • Block Elements
  • Geometric Shapes Extended
  • Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
  • 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
  • Symbols for Legacy Computing

References

1. "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
2. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
4. ^ "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Geometric Shapes'". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
5. "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
6. "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Archived from the original on 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
7. "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
8. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
9. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
10. "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.

• Unicode blocks
• Geometric shapes
• Lists of shapes