What 🞍 means
In Word, type 1F78D and press Alt+X.
When does a square's size matter?
In mathematical notation, square size can distinguish symbols or operators. Use the form the notation specifies; a similar-looking square may have a different role.
Neutral and technical; it reads as a geometric mark.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
3
Black Small Square
▪ is BLACK SMALL SQUARE, a different Unicode character; check the character name or input code when its exact identity matters.
Black Medium-Small Square
◾ is an emoji and may show larger or styled; 🞍 is a plain text square.
Black Medium Square
◼ is a slightly larger black square; the size difference is easy to miss.
Related characters
2
Combination ideas
3Small square separators in a menu or footer
A list with square bullets
A square ellipsis or divider
Worth knowing
- A 2011 standards proposal calls 🞍 “black square 3” and gives its source-font code as “w-2160”; Unicode traces the wider shape collection to the Wingdings and Webdings symbol fonts.
Questions 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.
More like this
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Collections with 🞍
1
How to type or find 🞍
- Search it as
- black square symbol · square marker · text square · black square 3 · w-2160 · type 🞍
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
🞍CSS
\1F78DWord
Type
1F78D in a Word document, then press Alt+X.CSS
Use the code-point escape
\1F78D inside a CSS string.JavaScript
Use the Unicode escape
\u{1F78D}.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🞍
HTML hex
🞍
CSS content
content: "\1F78D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9E%8D
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.