What ◊ means
An outline diamond that takes meaning from context. You can use ◊ as decoration, a divider or a bullet. It carries no built-in emotion or emoji reaction.
The shape is old, not invented for computers. An English psalter made between 1260 and 1270 framed Christ in a lozenge-shaped mandorla, and later uses include heraldic diamonds, printer ornaments, and diamond-shaped tablets.
In prose, ◊ reads as neat ornament or divider, not as feeling.
Do not read a secret meaning into it; context decides.
Don't confuse it with
3Questions people ask
1Will ◊ look identical everywhere?
No. It is font-drawn text, so width and sharpness vary while the character stays the same.
How to type ◊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 25CA, 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 “lozenge”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 25ca, then Enter or Space.
HTML
◊CSS
\25CACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
◊
HTML hex
◊
CSS content
content: "\25CA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%97%8A
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On screen
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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.