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white medium square

A plain, hollow square with a white or light outline, sized between the smaller and larger square shapes

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Code points
U+25FB U+FE0F
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Meaning

A plain, hollow square with a white or light outline, sized between the smaller and larger square shapes. It commonly serves as a neutral geometric marker: a bullet point, a checkbox, a placeholder, or a design element in lists and layouts. In conversation it can convey emptiness, blankness, or something left unfilled, and it sometimes stands in for a missing or unknown item. Because it is abstract, its meaning depends heavily on context, and it is often read simply as a decorative shape rather than a symbol with fixed significance.

White medium square — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.

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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.

Quick facts

Quick facts

Code points
U+25FB U+FE0F
Unicode name
white medium square
Category
SymbolsGeometric
Unicode
6.0 · 2010Emoji 0.6
Keywords
geometricmediumsquarewhiteemojimeaningmean

Developer

Emoji sequenceemoji presentation requested via VS16 (U+FE0F)
Unicode data
Code pointsU+25FB U+FE0F
Unicode namewhite medium square
UTF-8E2 97 BB EF B8 8F
Shortcodes
Shortcode (Discord / GitHub / Slack):white_medium_square:
HTML & CSS
HTML (hex)◻️
HTML (decimal)◻️
CSS\25FB \FE0F
Languages
JavaScript\u{25FB}\u{FE0F}
Python\u25FB\uFE0F
Perl\x{25FB}\x{FE0F}
PHP / Ruby\u{25FB}\u{FE0F}
Encodings
Punycodexn--f3h6410f
URL escape code%E2%97%BB%EF%B8%8F

Frequently asked

What does ◻️ white medium square mean?

A plain, hollow square with a white or light outline, sized between the smaller and larger square shapes. It commonly serves as a neutral geometric marker: a bullet point, a checkbox, a placeholder, or a design element in lists and layouts. In conversation it can convey emptiness, blankness, or something left unfilled, and it sometimes stands in for a missing or unknown item. Because it is abstract, its meaning depends heavily on context, and it is often read simply as a decorative shape rather than a symbol with fixed significance.

What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ◻️ white medium square?

U+25FB U+FE0F (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :white_medium_square:

Which emojis are related to ◻️ white medium square?

🔴 red circle, 🟠 orange circle, 🟡 yellow circle, 🟢 green circle, 🔵 blue circle, 🟣 purple circle, 🟤 brown circle, ⚫ black circle