⬛U+2B1B

Black large square emoji

A large solid black square. It is used as a block in emoji art and patterns, as a stand-in for blackness or darkness, and in shared Wordle results for letters that are not in the word.

Unicode name: black large square
Category: Symbols, Shapes
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+2B1B
Shortcode: :black_large_square:
Keywords: black, geometric, large, square

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How to type ⬛

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “black large square”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “black large square”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “black large square”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “black large square”.
GitHub: Type :black_large_square: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	cuadrado negro grande	cuadrado, cuadrado negro grande, geometría, negro
Français	grand carré noir	carré, forme, forme géométrique, géométrie, grand carré noir
Deutsch	großes schwarzes Quadrat	großes schwarzes Quadrat, Großes schwarzes Quadrat, Quadrat, schwarz
Italiano	quadrato nero grande	geometria, quadrato, quadrato nero grande
Português	quadrado preto grande	geométrico, preto, quadrado, quadrado preto grande
Nederlands	groot zwart vierkant	geometrisch, groot, vierkant, zwart
Svenska	stor svart ruta	geometrisk, ruta, stor svart ruta, svart
Polski	duży czarny kwadrat	czarny, duży, figura geometryczna, kwadrat, średni
Türkçe	büyük siyah kare	büyük siyah kare, geometri, kare, siyah kare
Русский	большой черный квадрат	большой, геометрия, квадрат, фигура, черный
Українська	великий чорний квадрат	великий чорний квадрат, геометричний, квадрат
Ελληνικά	μεγάλο μαύρο τετράγωνο	γεωμετρικό, μεγάλο μαύρο τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο
العربية	مربع كبير أسود	شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع كبير أسود, هندسي
עברית	ריבוע גדול שחור	צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע גדול שחור, שחור
فارسی	مربع مشکی بزرگ	شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع مشکی بزرگ
हिन्दी	काला बड़ा वर्ग	काला बड़ा वर्ग, ज्यामिति, वर्ग
বাংলা	কালো বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র	কালো বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার
Bahasa Indonesia	persegi besar hitam	besar, geometri, hitam, kotak, persegi
Tiếng Việt	hình vuông lớn màu đen	hình học, hình vuông, hình vuông lớn màu đen
ไทย	สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีดำ	เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีดำ
日本語	黒四角特大	四角, 正方形, 黒, 黒四角特大
한국어	큰 검은색 사각형	검은색 큰 사각형, 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 블랙 라지 사각형, 사각형, 큰 검은색 사각형
中文（简体）	黑线大方框	大, 方形, 正方形, 黑线大方框, 黑色, 黑色大方形
中文（繁體）	黑色大方塊	方形, 黑色大方塊

Names in 97 more languages

Afrikaans	groot swart vierkant
Akan	sokwɛɛ tuntum kɛseɛ
Albanian	katror i madh i zi
Amharic	ጥቁር ትልቅ ካሬ
Armenian	սև մեծ քառակուսի
Assamese	ক’লা ডাঙৰ বৰ্গ
Azerbaijani	qara böyük kvadrat
Bashkir	ҙур ҡара квадрат
Basque	karratu beltz handia
Belarusian	вялікі чорны квадрат
Bosnian	crni veliki kvadrat
Breton	karrez bras du
Bulgarian	черен голям квадрат
Burmese	အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အကြီး
Cantonese	大黑色正方形
Catalan	quadrat gran negre
Cherokee	ᎬᎿᎨ ᎤᏔᎾ ᎾᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏱ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	黑色大正方形
Chuvash	пысӑк хура тӑваткал
Croatian	veliki crni kvadrat
Czech	velký černý čtverec
Danish	stort sort kvadrat
Estonian	suur must ruut
Faroese	stórur svartur fýrakantur
Filipino	malaking itim na parisukat
Finnish	iso musta neliö
Galician	cadrado grande negro
Georgian	დიდი შავი კვადრატი
Gujarati	કાળો મોટો ચોરસ
Hausa	baƙin babban murabba’i
Hungarian	nagy fekete négyzet
Icelandic	stór svartur ferningur
Igbo	sukwia nnukwu ojii
Irish	cearnóg mhór dhubh
Javanese	kothak gedhe ireng
Kalaallisut	stort sort kvadrat
Kannada	ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಪ್ಪು ಚೌಕ
Kazakh	үлкен қара шаршы
Kazakh (Arabic)	ۇلكەن قارا شارشى
Khmer	បួនជ្រុងធំពណ៌ខ្មៅ
Kinyarwanda	kare nini y’umukara
Konkani	काळो व्हड चवकोन
Kyrgyz	чоң кара чарчы
Kʼicheʼ	Nim q’eq kajxukut
Lao	ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມໃຫຍ່ສີດຳ
Latvian	liels melns kvadrāts
Lithuanian	juodas didelis kvadratas
Lower Sorbian	wjeliki carny kwadrat
Luxembourgish	schwaarze grousse Quadrat
Macedonian	голем црн квадрат
Malay	persegi besar hitam
Malayalam	വലിയ കറുത്ത ചതുരം
Maltese	kwadrat kbir iswed
Marathi	काळा मोठा चौरस
Mongolian	том хар дөрвөлжин
Māori	tapawhā rite pango rahi
Nepali	कालो ठूलो वर्ग
Nigerian Pidgin	Blák Bíg Skwea
Northern Sotho	khutlonne e ntsho e kgolo
Norwegian	stort svart kvadrat
Odia	କଳା ବୃହତ୍‌ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
Oromo	iskuweerii guddaa gurraacha
Pashto	توره لوی مربع
Punjabi	ਵੱਡਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਵਰਗ
Punjabi (Arabic)	کالا وڈھا مربع
Quechua	yana hatun tawakuchu
Romanian	pătrat negru mare
Romansh	quadrat nair grond
Sardinian	cuadradu nieddu mannu
Scottish Gaelic	ceàrnag mhòr dhubh
Serbian	велики црни квадрат
Serbian (Latin)	veliki crni kvadrat
Shan	လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇယႂ်ႇသီလမ်
Sindhi	ڪارو وڏو چورس
Sinhala	කළු විශාල කොටුව
Slovak	veľký čierny štvorec
Slovenian	velik črn kvadrat
Somali	afar gees weyn oo madow
Swahili	mraba mkubwa mweusi
Swiss High German	grosses schwarzes Quadrat
Tajik	чоркунҷаи калони сиёҳ
Tamil	பெரிய கருப்பு சதுரம்
Telugu	పెద్ద నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
Tigrinya	ጸሊም ዓቢ ትርብዒት
Tongan	tapafā lahi mo ʻuliʻuli
Tswana	sekwere se segolo se sentsho
Turkmen	gara uly inedördül
Upper Sorbian	wulki čorny štyriróžk
Urdu	کالا بڑا چوکور
Uyghur	قارا چوڭ كىۋادرات
Uzbek	katta qora kvadrat
Welsh	sgwâr mawr du
Wolof	kaare bu rëy te ñuul
Xhosa	iskwere esikhulu esimnyama
Yoruba	onigunmẹrin dudu nla
Yoruba (Benin)	onigunmɛrin dudu nla
Zulu	iskwele esikhulu esimnyama

Codes

Code points: U+2B1B
HTML: ⬛
CSS: \2B1B
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{2B1B}
Python: \u2B1B
UTF-8 bytes: E2 AC 9B
UTF-16: 2B1B
URL encoded: %E2%AC%9B

Questions

What does the ⬛ black large square emoji mean?

A large solid black square. It is used as a block in emoji art and patterns, as a stand-in for blackness or darkness, and in shared Wordle results for letters that are not in the word.

How do I type the ⬛ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black large square”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :black_large_square:.

When was the ⬛ emoji added?

⬛ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for ⬛?

U+2B1B. In HTML you can write ⬛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2B1B}.