What ⬥ means
A bullet, a separator or a small ornament. At the start of a line it marks a list item; between words or links it separates them, much like a dot or a vertical bar; in a row (⬥ ⬥ ⬥) it becomes a divider between parts of a text. If someone sends it, the meaning comes from the words around it, not from the diamond.
It belongs to a family of diamonds Unicode encodes in several sizes: small, ⬥ medium and larger. The sizes exist so people setting text, maps or diagrams can choose a diamond that sits comfortably next to letters. Because the reader's font draws it, its exact size and weight vary from device to device.
Which diamond should I type?
Pick by size, fill and purpose. ⬥ is a neat medium bullet for text; is bigger and bolder; and are hollow outlines; is the diamonds suit from playing cards and on many phones turns into a red emoji . If you want a card or a red diamond, use ; if you want a quiet black mark, use ⬥.
Neutral and decorative; it sets no tone of its own.
Don't assume a card or money meaning: ⬥ is a layout mark, not .
Part of collections
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
5Questions people ask
2Is ⬥ an emoji?
No. It is a text symbol drawn by your font, so it stays black and plain. The card suit is the one that can turn into a red emoji.
Why does ⬥ look smaller or bigger on another device?
Each font draws it its own way. Size, width and weight can vary, and a font without it may show an empty box.
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Collections with ⬥
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How to type or find ⬥
- Also called
- diamond bullet · black diamond · medium diamond
- Search it as
- black diamond symbol · diamond separator · text divider · lozenge · filled diamond
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⬥\2B25Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.