What ◱ means
By itself, ◱ is a shape, not a fixed message.
It shows a square split into four quarters, with the lower-left filled. , , and mark the other corners.
Without a shared diagram or key, the sender’s reason is unclear.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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White Square With Upper Left Quadrant
Filled quarter: upper left, not lower left.
White Square With Lower Right Quadrant
Filled quarter: lower right, not lower left.
White Square With Upper Right Quadrant
Filled quarter: upper right, not lower left.
Squared Plus
⊞ (squared plus) divides its square into four equal quarters with a full cross. ◱ marks off only the lower-left quarter.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Terminal loading spinner, a quarter turning clockwise
Square and circle with the lower-left quarter marked
Bottom-left corner, like snapping a window there
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 ◱
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How to type or find ◱
- Search it as
- ◱ · quadrant square · split square symbol · quartered square · square quadrant symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
◱CSS
\25F1Code
Use \u25F1 in JSON, JavaScript, Java, or Python string literals.
Windows
Alt25F1 may work when hexadecimal Unicode input is enabled.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
◱
HTML hex
◱
CSS content
content: "\25F1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%97%B1
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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.