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Black diamond

U+25C6 · Geometric Shapes

Meaning and uses

A solid diamond shape. It is a sharp bullet point and a common separator in titles: ◆ season two ◆.

Unicode details

◆ is the Unicode character named BLACK DIAMOND, code point U+25C6, in the Geometric Shapes block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Unicode nameBLACK DIAMOND
Code pointU+25C6
BlockGeometric Shapes
AddedUnicode 1.1 (1993)
UTF-8 bytesE2 97 86
UTF-1625C6
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How to type ◆

  • On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
  • In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 25C6 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ◆.
  • On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “black diamond”.
  • On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 25c6, then Space or Enter.
  • In HTML, use ◆. In a CSS content property, use "\25C6".

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