U+25A7 · Other symbol
LaTeX
\squarenwsefill
Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill Symbol ▧
▧ is square with upper left to lower right fill, U+25A7 — \squarenwsefill in LaTeX. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+25A7 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ▧ | |
| HTML decimal | ▧ | |
| CSS | \25A7 | |
| JavaScript | \u{25A7} | |
| Python | \U000025A7 | |
| Java / C# | \u25A7 | |
| Rust | \u{25a7} | |
| Swift | \u{25A7} | |
| PHP | \u{25A7} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%96%A7 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 A7 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 25A7 | |
| Base64 | 4pan | |
| Decimal | 9639 | |
| LaTeX | \squarenwsefill | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ▧ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ▧ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ▧ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ▧ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Geometric Shapes
Circles, squares, triangles and diamonds in filled and outlined forms, at several sizes. The bullet characters most lists use come from here.
How to type ▧
| Windows | Type 25A7 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “square with upper left to lower right fill” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 25a7, press Enter |
| HTML | ▧ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ▧ square with upper left to lower right fill symbol?
- On Windows, type 25A7 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 25a7. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ▧?
- Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill is U+25A7 and in LaTeX as \squarenwsefill. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ▧?
- Square With Upper Left To Lower Right Fill is filed under Other symbol in the Geometric Shapes block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.