Black large square Emoji
Symbols
A solid, bold black square with sharp, crisp corners. It stands out as a heavy, dark block of color that serves as a fundamental geometric shape in digital communication.
Usage Context
Frequently used as a backdrop to add visual weight to text, as a placeholder for redacted content, or as a way to create simple bulleted lists. It is often used alongside its lighter counterpart ⬜ to create a high-contrast checkerboard pattern or to represent a checkbox that has been filled in.
History
Included in Unicode 5.1 in 2008, this shape stems from the early days of computer typesetting and dingbat fonts. These characters were initially mapped to provide standard geometric building blocks for simple graphical interfaces and text-based layouts before emoji became a universal language.
Details
Glyph
⬛
Unicode
U+2B1B
Shortcode
:emoji_u2b1b:
HTML Entity
⬛
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Symbols
Subcategory geometric
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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