What ◭ means
Its role comes from the diagram or notation around it. On its own, the shape shows a half-black triangle, but no specific category or direction.
Unicode groups it with half-filled shapes. A Unicode proposal—a request to add characters—cites it as a design comparison while discussing other half-filled shapes.
Why does ◭ look different?
The font draws its appearance. The divider, weight, and proportions can vary. Fonts without ◭ may show a missing-glyph box.
Technical, diagrammatic, or decorative; uncommon in everyday messages.
Without a nearby key or label, readers may take it for an unmarked decoration.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Questions 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.
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How to type or find ◭
- Also called
- half-black triangle · split triangle
- Search it as
- ◭ · triangleleftblack · half black triangle
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
◭\25EDCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.