Black square button Emoji
Symbols
A hollow, bold-lined square featuring a thick, black border. It stands out for its high contrast and rigid, blocky frame, making it look like a physical toggle or a button on a control panel.
Usage Context
This icon is frequently used to represent a stop action, a frame for text, or a way to highlight a specific item in a message. It is often paired with the solid ⬛ to signal a change in state or to create visual boundaries when organizing long lists.
History
Included in the Unicode 6.0 release in 2010, this button was designed to maintain parity with legacy Japanese mobile phone input sets. Its design stems from early screen-based control interfaces where buttons needed to be easily identifiable on low-resolution displays.
Details
Glyph
🔲
Unicode
U+1F532
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f532:
HTML Entity
��
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory geometric
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
Related Symbols Emojis
