White small square Emoji
Symbols
A hollow, thin-lined square that looks like a basic geometric shape. It is smaller than the standard full-block white square and stands out as a crisp, outline-style icon.
Usage Context
Frequently used as a bullet point in lists, a separator for text, or to build simple patterns. It is often swapped with ▪ to highlight contrast or to denote an empty checkbox state in a digital format.
History
Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this shape was added as part of a broad expansion of geometric symbols meant to help developers create custom UI elements and decorative text structures without relying on heavy image assets.
Details
Glyph
▫
Unicode
U+25AB
Shortcode
:emoji_u25ab:
HTML Entity
▫
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory geometric
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
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.
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