white small square
A small, hollow white square used as a geometric symbol rather than a picture of an object
Meaning
A small, hollow white square used as a geometric symbol rather than a picture of an object. In text it commonly serves as a bullet point, list marker, or checkbox, and can indicate an empty or unselected option. It also appears as a minimalist decorative divider or placeholder. Because it is visually plain, its meaning depends heavily on context; it can read as neutral, blank, or purely structural. It is sometimes paired with larger squares to suggest scale or progression. Not to be confused with solid or larger square symbols.
White small square — Approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+25AB U+FE0Fwhite small squareE2 96 AB EF B8 8FShortcodes
:white_small_square:HTML & CSS
▫️▫️\25AB \FE0F Languages
\u{25AB}\u{FE0F}\u25AB\uFE0F\x{25AB}\x{FE0F}\u{25AB}\u{FE0F}Encodings
xn--40hy620f%E2%96%AB%EF%B8%8FFrequently asked
What does ▫️ white small square mean?
A small, hollow white square used as a geometric symbol rather than a picture of an object. In text it commonly serves as a bullet point, list marker, or checkbox, and can indicate an empty or unselected option. It also appears as a minimalist decorative divider or placeholder. Because it is visually plain, its meaning depends heavily on context; it can read as neutral, blank, or purely structural. It is sometimes paired with larger squares to suggest scale or progression. Not to be confused with solid or larger square symbols.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for ▫️ white small square?
U+25AB U+FE0F (Unicode 6.0, 2010) · :white_small_square:
Which emojis are related to ▫️ white small square?
🔴 red circle, 🟠 orange circle, 🟡 yellow circle, 🟢 green circle, 🔵 blue circle, 🟣 purple circle, 🟤 brown circle, ⚫ black circle