Geometric Shapes

For other uses, see Geometric shape.

Geometric Shapes
Range	U+25A0..U+25FF (96 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Common
Symbol sets	Control code graphics Geometric shapes
Assigned	96 code points
Unused	0 reserved code points
Unicode version history

1.0.0	79 (+79)
1.1	80 (+1)
3.0	88 (+8)
3.2	96 (+8)
Note: ^[1]^[2]

Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at codepoint range U+25A0-25FF.

U+25A0-U+25CF

25A0		25B0		25C0
Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Last Hex#
HTML Hex	Name	HTML Hex	Name	HTML Hex	Name
Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture
â–	BLACK SQUARE	â–°	BLACK PARALLELOGRAM	â—€	BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE	0
■	BLACK SQUARE	▰	BLACK PARALLELOGRAM	◀	BLACK LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE
■		▰		◀
â–¡	WHITE SQUARE	â–±	WHITE PARALLELOGRAM	â—	WHITE LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE (Z notation domain restriction)	1
□	WHITE SQUARE	▱	WHITE PARALLELOGRAM	◁
□		▱		◁
â–¢	WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS	â–²	BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE	â—‚	BLACK LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	2
▢	WHITE SQUARE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS	▲	BLACK UP-POINTING TRIANGLE	◂	BLACK LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
▢		▲		◂
â–£	WHITE SQUARE CONTAINING BLACK SMALL SQUARE	â–³	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE (trine)	â—ƒ	WHITE LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	3
▣	WHITE SQUARE CONTAINING BLACK SMALL SQUARE	△	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE (trine)	◃	WHITE LEFT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE
▣		△		◃
â–¤	SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL FILL	â–´	BLACK UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—„	BLACK LEFT-POINTING POINTER	4
▤	SQUARE WITH HORIZONTAL FILL	▴	BLACK UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◄	BLACK LEFT-POINTING POINTER
▤		▴		◄
â–¥	SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILL	â–µ	WHITE UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—…	WHITE LEFT-POINTING POINTER	5
▥	SQUARE WITH VERTICAL FILL	▵	WHITE UP-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◅	WHITE LEFT-POINTING POINTER
▥		▵		◅
â–¦	SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	â–¶	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE	â—†	BLACK DIAMOND	6
▦	SQUARE WITH ORTHOGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	▶	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE	◆	BLACK DIAMOND
▦		▶		◆
â–§	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL	â–·	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE (Z notation range restriction)	â—‡	WHITE DIAMOND	7
▧	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT TO LOWER RIGHT FILL	▷		◇	WHITE DIAMOND
▧		▷		◇
â–¨	SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL	â–¸	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—ˆ	WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND	8
▨	SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT FILL	▸	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◈	WHITE DIAMOND CONTAINING BLACK SMALL DIAMOND
▨		▸		◈
â–©	SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	â–¹	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—‰	FISHEYE (Tainome, a Japanese bullet mark)	9
▩	SQUARE WITH DIAGONAL CROSSHATCH FILL	▹	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◉	FISHEYE (Tainome, a Japanese bullet mark)
▩		▹		◉
â–ª	BLACK SMALL SQUARE	â–º	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	â—Š	LOZENGE	A
▪	BLACK SMALL SQUARE	►	BLACK RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	◊	LOZENGE
▪		►		◊
â–«	WHITE SMALL SQUARE	â–»	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	â—‹	WHITE CIRCLE	B
▫	WHITE SMALL SQUARE	▻	WHITE RIGHT-POINTING POINTER	○	WHITE CIRCLE
▫		▻		○
â–¬	BLACK RECTANGLE	â–¼	BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE	â—Œ	DOTTED CIRCLE	C
▬	BLACK RECTANGLE	▼	BLACK DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE	◌	DOTTED CIRCLE
▬		▼		◌
â–	WHITE RECTANGLE	â–½	WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE (Nabla operator)	â—	CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL	D
▭	WHITE RECTANGLE	▽	WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE (Nabla operator)	◍	CIRCLE WITH VERTICAL FILL
▭		▽		◍
â–®	BLACK VERTICAL RECTANGLE	â–¾	BLACK DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—Ž	BULLSEYE	E
▮	BLACK VERTICAL RECTANGLE	▾	BLACK DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	◎	BULLSEYE
▮		▾		◎
â–¯	WHITE VERTICAL RECTANGLE	â–¿	WHITE DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	â—	BLACK CIRCLE	F
▯	WHITE VERTICAL RECTANGLE	▿	WHITE DOWN-POINTING SMALL TRIANGLE	●	BLACK CIRCLE
▯		▿		●
25A0		25B0		25C0

U+25D0-U+25FF

25D0		25E0		25F0
Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Symbol	Name	Last Hex#
HTML Hex	Name	HTML Hex	Name	HTML Hex	Name
Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture	Dec	Picture
â—	CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	â—	UPPER HALF CIRCLE	â—°	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT	0
◐	CIRCLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◠	UPPER HALF CIRCLE	◰	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT
◐		◠		◰
â—‘	CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	â—¡	LOWER HALF CIRCLE	â—±	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT	1
◑	CIRCLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◡	LOWER HALF CIRCLE	◱	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT
◑		◡		◱
â—’	CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK	â—¢	BLACK LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE	â—²	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT	2
◒	CIRCLE WITH LOWER HALF BLACK	◢	BLACK LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE	◲	WHITE SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT
◒		◢		◲
â—“	CIRCLE WITH UPPER HALF BLACK	â—£	BLACK LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE	â—³	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT	3
◓	CIRCLE WITH UPPER HALF BLACK	◣	BLACK LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE	◳	WHITE SQUARE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT
◓		◣		◳
â—”	CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK	â—¤	BLACK UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE	â—´	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT	4
◔	CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT BLACK	◤	BLACK UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE	◴	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER LEFT QUADRANT
◔		◤		◴
â—•	CIRCLE WITH ALL BUT UPPER LEFT QUADRANT BLACK	â—¥	BLACK UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE	â—µ	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT	5
◕	CIRCLE WITH ALL BUT UPPER LEFT QUADRANT BLACK	◥	BLACK UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE	◵	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER LEFT QUADRANT
◕		◥		◵
â—–	LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	â—¦	WHITE BULLET	â—¶	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT	6
◖	LEFT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	◦	WHITE BULLET	◶	WHITE CIRCLE WITH LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT
◖		◦		◶
â——	RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	â—§	SQUARE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	â—·	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT	7
◗	RIGHT HALF BLACK CIRCLE	◧	SQUARE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◷	WHITE CIRCLE WITH UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT
◗		◧		◷
â—˜	INVERSE BULLET	â—¨	SQUARE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	â—¸	UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE	8
◘	INVERSE BULLET	◨	SQUARE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◸	UPPER LEFT TRIANGLE
◘		◨		◸
â—™	INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	â—©	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	â—¹	UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE	9
◙	INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◩	SQUARE WITH UPPER LEFT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	◹	UPPER RIGHT TRIANGLE
◙		◩		◹
â—š	UPPER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	â—ª	SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	â—º	LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE	A
◚	UPPER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◪	SQUARE WITH LOWER RIGHT DIAGONAL HALF BLACK	◺	LOWER LEFT TRIANGLE
◚		◪		◺
â—›	LOWER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	â—«	WHITE SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BISECTING LINE	â—»	WHITE MEDIUM SQUARE (Modal logic: always, or necessarily)	B
◛	LOWER HALF INVERSE WHITE CIRCLE	◫	WHITE SQUARE WITH VERTICAL BISECTING LINE	◻
◛		◫		◻
â—œ	UPPER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	â—¬	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOT	â—¼	BLACK MEDIUM SQUARE	C
◜	UPPER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◬	WHITE UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOT	◼	BLACK MEDIUM SQUARE
◜		◬		◼
â—	UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	â—	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	â—½	WHITE MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE	D
◝	UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◭	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH LEFT HALF BLACK	◽	WHITE MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE
◝		◭		◽
â—ž	LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	â—®	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	â—¾	BLACK MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE	E
◞	LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◮	UP-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH RIGHT HALF BLACK	◾	BLACK MEDIUM SMALL SQUARE
◞		◮		◾
â—Ÿ	LOWER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	â—¯	LARGE CIRCLE	â—¿	LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE	F
◟	LOWER LEFT QUADRANT CIRCULAR ARC	◯	LARGE CIRCLE	◿	LOWER RIGHT TRIANGLE
◟		◯		◿
25D0		25E0		25F0

Font coverage

Font sets like Code2000 and the DejaVu familyâ€”include coverage for each of the glyphs in the Geometric Shapes range,^[3] Unifont also contains all the glyphs.^[4] Among the fonts in widespread use,^[5]^[6] 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.^[3]

Compact chart

Geometric Shapes^[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
U+25Ax	â–	â–¡	â–¢	â–£	â–¤	â–¥	â–¦	â–§	â–¨	â–©	â–ª	â–«	â–¬	â–	â–®	â–¯
U+25Bx	â–°	â–±	â–²	â–³	â–´	â–µ	â–¶	â–·	â–¸	â–¹	â–º	â–»	â–¼	â–½	â–¾	â–¿
U+25Cx	â—€	â—	â—‚	â—ƒ	â—„	â—…	â—†	â—‡	â—ˆ	â—‰	â—Š	â—‹	â—Œ	â—	â—Ž	â—
U+25Dx	â—	â—‘	â—’	â—“	â—”	â—•	â—–	â——	â—˜	â—™	â—š	â—›	â—œ	â—	â—ž	â—Ÿ
U+25Ex	â—	â—¡	â—¢	â—£	â—¤	â—¥	â—¦	â—§	â—¨	â—©	â—ª	â—«	â—¬	â—	â—®	â—¯
U+25Fx	â—°	â—±	â—²	â—³	â—´	â—µ	â—¶	â—·	â—¸	â—¹	â—º	â—»	â—¼	â—½	â—¾	â—¿
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0

Emoji

The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji: U+25AAâ€“U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FBâ€“U+25FE.^[7]^[8]

The block has sixteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the eight emoji.^[9]^[10]

Emoji variation sequences
U+	25AA	25AB	25B6	25C0	25FB	25FC	25FD	25FE
default presentation	text	text	text	text	text	text	emoji	emoji
base codepoint	â–ª	â–«	â–¶	â—€	â—»	â—¼	â—½	â—¾
base+VS15 (text)	â–ªï¸Ž	â–«ï¸Ž	â–¶ï¸Ž	â—€ï¸Ž	â—»ï¸Ž	â—¼ï¸Ž	â—½ï¸Ž	â—¾ï¸Ž
base+VS16 (emoji)	â–ªï¸	â–«ï¸	â–¶ï¸	â—€ï¸	â—»ï¸	â—¼ï¸	â—½ï¸	â—¾ï¸

References

â†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
â†‘ The Unicode Standard Version 1.0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990â€“1991. ISBN 0-201-56788-1.
1 2 "Font Support for Unicode Block 'Geometric Shapes'". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
â†‘ "GNU Unifont Glyphs". Unifoundry.com. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
â†‘ "Mac OS X 10.5 bundled with Arial Unicode MS". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
â†‘ "Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents". Retrieved 2008-09-17.
â†‘ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2015-11-12.
â†‘ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2015-11-11.
â†‘ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variants". The Unicode Consortium.
â†‘ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.

External links

Unicode.org

Unicode

Code points

Characters

Special purpose	BOM Combining Grapheme Joiner Left-to-right mark / Right-to-left mark Soft hyphen Word joiner Zero-width joiner Zero-width non-joiner Zero-width space

Lists	Characters CJK Unified Ideographs Combining character Duplicate characters Numerals Scripts Spaces Symbols Halfwidth and fullwidth

Processing

Algorithms	Bi-directional text Collation ISO 14651 Equivalence

Comparison	BOCU-1 CESU-8 Punycode SCSU UTF-1 UTF-7 UTF-8 UTF-9/UTF-18 UTF-16/UCS-2 UTF-32/UCS-4 UTF-EBCDIC

On pairs of
code points

Usage

Related standards