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U+25A1 · Geometric Shapes
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Meaning and uses
An empty square. It is often used as an unticked box in plain text lists.
Unicode details
□ is the Unicode character named WHITE SQUARE, code point U+25A1, 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 name | WHITE SQUARE |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+25A1 |
| Block | Geometric Shapes |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 A1 |
| UTF-16 | 25A1 |
| HTML | □ or □ |
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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 25A1 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 “white square”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 25a1, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
□or□. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\25A1".