What ◬ means
Check the key for its reading. The tridot is a marker, not a command. A map legend or nearby message text sets its reading.
In 1961, U.S. land-survey disks—metal ground markers—used triangle-dot designs. A 1999 U.S. Navy symbol table used one for a post to listen for or watch artillery. These examples do not establish that ◬ descends from those marks.
Use ◬ as a technical or decorative marker only when readers have its key.
Without context, it may look decorative or like a typo.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Will ◬ look the same in every font?
No. Depending on the font, the triangle and dot may look different; a font without this character may show a blank box.
How to type ◬
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 25EC, 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 “white up-pointing triangle with dot”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 25ec, then Enter or Space.
HTML
◬CSS
\25ECCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
◬
HTML hex
◬
CSS content
content: "\25EC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%97%AC
1
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.