# ◼️ Black medium square emoji

◼️ Black medium square is an emoji in the shapes set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: geometric.

- Emoji: ◼️
- Unicode name: black medium square
- Code points: U+25FC U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_medium_square:
- Keywords: black, geometric, medium, square
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-medium-square-emoji

## What it means

A medium-sized solid black square. People use it as a bullet point or list marker, in simple patterns and emoji art, and to stand in for something black, dark or blocked out.

## How to type ◼️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado negro mediano | cuadrado, cuadrado negro mediano, geometría, negro |
| Français (fr) | carré moyen noir | carré, carré moyen noir, forme, forme géométrique, géométrie |
| Deutsch (de) | mittelgroßes schwarzes Quadrat | mittelgroßes schwarzes Quadrat, Mittelgroßes schwarzes Quadrat, Quadrat, schwarz |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato nero medio | geometria, quadrato, quadrato nero medio |
| Português (pt) | quadrado preto médio | geométrico, quadrado, quadrado preto médio |
| Nederlands (nl) | middelgroot zwart vierkant | geometrisch, middelgroot, vierkant, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | mellanstor svart ruta | geometrisk, mellanstor svart ruta, ruta, svart |
| Polski (pl) | średni czarny kwadrat | czarny, duży, figura geometryczna, kwadrat, średni |
| Türkçe (tr) | orta boy siyah kare | geometri, kare, orta boy siyah kare, siyah |
| Русский (ru) | черный квадрат | геометрия, квадрат, средний, фигура, черный |
| Українська (uk) | середній чорний квадрат | геометричний, квадрат, середній чорний квадрат, чорний квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεσαίο μαύρο τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μεσαίο μαύρο τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع متوسط أسود | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع متوسط أسود, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע שחור בינוני | צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע שחור בינוני, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع مشکی متوسط | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع مشکی متوسط |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काला मध्यम वर्ग | काला मध्यम वर्ग, ज्यामिति, ज्यामितिक |
| বাংলা (bn) | কালো মাঝারি বর্গক্ষেত্র | কালো মাঝারি বর্গক্ষেত্র, কালো মাঝারি সাইজের বর্গক্ষেত্র, চিহ্ন, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার, বর্গাকৃতি |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi medium hitam | geometri, hitam, kotak, medium, persegi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông trung bình màu đen | hình học, hình vuông, hình vuông trung bình màu đen |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมขนาดกลางสีดำ | จัตุรัส, เรขาคณิต, สีดำ, สี่เหลี่ยม |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒四角大 | 四角, 正方形, 黒, 黒四角大 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 중간 검은색 사각형 | 검정색 중간 사각형, 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 블랙 미디엄 사각형, 사각형, 중간 검은색 사각형, 중간크기 검은색 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑色中方块 | 中等, 几何, 方形, 正方形, 黑色, 黑色中方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑色中方塊 | 方形, 黑色中方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): swart mediumvierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ hͻ-ne-hͻ tuntum
- Albanian (sq): katror mesatar i zi
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር መካከለኛ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սև միջին չափի քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): ক’লা মধ্যমীয়া বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): qara orta ölçülü kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара уртаса квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu beltz ertaina
- Belarusian (be): чорны сярэдні квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): crni kvadrat
- Breton (br): karrez etre du
- Bulgarian (bg): черен среден квадрат
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အလတ်စား
- Canadian French (fr-CA): carré noir de taille moyenne
- Cantonese (yue): 中黑色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat mitjà negre
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨ ᎠᏲᏟᎨ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色中正方形
- Chuvash (cv): хура тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): srednji crni kvadrat
- Czech (cs): střední černý čtverec
- Danish (da): mellemstort sort kvadrat
- Estonian (et): keskmine must ruut
- Faroese (fo): svartur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): katamtamang itim na parisukat
- Finnish (fi): keskikokoinen musta neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado mediano negro
- Georgian (ka): საშუალო შავი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળો મધ્યમ ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): baƙin matsakaicin murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): közepes fekete négyzet
- Icelandic (is): svartur meðalstór ferningur
- Igbo (ig): sukwia keetiti ojii
- Irish (ga): meánchearnóg dhubh
- Javanese (jv): kothak sedhengan ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): mellemstort sort kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಣ್ಣದ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): орташа қара шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ورتاشا قارا شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងធំល្មមពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare y’umukara iringaniye
- Konkani (kok): काळो मध्यम चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): орточо кара чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): retal q’eq’ kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມປານກາງສີດຳ
- Latvian (lv): vidējs melns kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas vidutinis kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): srjejźnowjeliki carny kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): mëttelgrousse schwaarze Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): среден црн квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi sederhana hitam
- Malayalam (ml): ഇടത്തരം കറുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadrat medju iswed
- Marathi (mr): काळा मध्‍यम आकाराचा चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): хар дундаж дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite pango waenga
- Nepali (ne): कालो मध्यम वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Mídiọ́m Saíz Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): bogare bja ngwedi o moso
- Norwegian (no): mellomstort svart kvadrat
- Odia (or): କଳା ମଧ୍ୟମ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii giddugaleessa gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره منځنۍ مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا درمیانہ مربع
- Quechua (qu): yana kuska tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat negru mediu
- Romansh (rm): quadrat nair mesaun
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu nieddu mesanu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag mheadhanach dhubh
- Serbian (sr): црни квадрат средње величине
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): crni kvadrat srednje veličine
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်သီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو وچولو چورس
- Sinhala (si): කළු මධ්‍යම ප්‍රමාණයේ කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): stredný čierny štvorec
- Slovenian (sl): srednji črn kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees dhexdhexaad oo madow
- Swahili (sw): mraba wa wastani mweusi
- Swiss High German (de-CH): mittelgrosses schwarzes Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи миёнаи сиёҳ
- Tamil (ta): நடுத்தர கருப்பு சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): మధ్యస్థ నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ማእከላይ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā tauloto mo ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): sekwere se se mo magareng se sentsho
- Turkmen (tk): gara ortaça inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): srěnjowulki čorny štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): کالا میڈیم چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): قارا ئارا كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): o‘rtacha qora kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr canolig du
- Wolof (wo): kaare bu yam te ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): iskwere esiphakathi esimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): ilà onígun mé̩rin aláàárín dúdú
- Zulu (zu): iskwele esimnyama esimaphakathi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+25FC U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `◼️` |
| CSS | `\25FC\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{25FC}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u25FC\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 97 BC EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `25FC FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%97%BC%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ◼️ black medium square emoji mean?

A medium-sized solid black square. People use it as a bullet point or list marker, in simple patterns and emoji art, and to stand in for something black, dark or blocked out.

### How do I type the ◼️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black medium 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_medium_square:.

### When was the ◼️ emoji added?

◼️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ◼️?

U+25FC U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ◼️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{25FC}\u{FE0F}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/black-medium-square-emoji