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triangular bullet

Triangular Bullet

‣ is a triangular bullet point: a small right-pointing triangle that starts a list item or step. It works like a bullet point with a sharper forward push. A few math writers also place it at the end of a proof, but that end-of-proof use is rare.

Text symbol
Search it as
bullet point · triangle bullet · end of proof · alt 8227 · html 8227
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ‣ means

‣ usually starts a specially formatted paragraph, especially a bullet point list item or procedure step. Copy it from the palette above when your font or app has no triangle-bullet list style.

It points right, so it feels more directional than the round bullet •. That forward cue suits instructions, sub-steps, and nested lists.

Its font difference from ▸ is not reliable. The two were historically not meant to look distinct, though many modern fonts draw ‣ smaller. Pick the character your document style calls for.

Don't confuse it with

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▸
Black Right-Pointing Small Triangle
Black right-pointing small triangle. The triangular bullet vs small triangle pair was not meant to differ visually; fonts may size them differently.
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Bullet
Ordinary round bullet. Use ‣ when the pointed triangular shape is intentional.

Questions people ask

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Why 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 2023, 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 “triangular bullet”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2023, then Enter or Space.
HTML
‣
CSS
\2023
Microsoft Word
Type Alt+8227 with the numeric keypad on Windows.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
‣
HTML hex
‣
CSS content
content: "\2023";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%80%A3
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Typography & punctuation332 symbols

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