What ⯈ means
Unicode lists ⯈ as a geometric triangle.
A 2011 Unicode proposal maps its centered medium right triangle to Wingdings glyph w-3132, part of a symbol font.
In Unicode’s 2022 public review, a comment suggested encoding a dedicated play symbol and compared it with ⯈ and ▶; reviewers said this was feedback, not a proposal, and saw no text or emoji display problem.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ⯈ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⯈
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2BC8, then Alt+X to get ⯈.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “black medium right-pointing triangle centred”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2bc8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⯈CSS
\2BC8Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⯈
HTML hex
⯈
CSS content
content: "\2BC8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AF%88
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.