# ▪️ Black small square emoji

▪️ Black small 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 small square
- Code points: U+25AA U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_small_square:
- Keywords: black, geometric, small, square
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-small-square-emoji

## What it means

A small solid black square. It is used as a tiny bullet point or list marker, as a divider between items, and in small patterns, standing for a dot-sized piece of anything black.

## How to type ▪️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado negro pequeño | cuadrado, cuadrado negro pequeño, geometría, negro |
| Français (fr) | petit carré noir | carré, forme, forme géométrique, géométrie, petit carré noir |
| Deutsch (de) | kleines schwarzes Quadrat | kleines schwarzes Quadrat, Kleines schwarzes Quadrat, Punkt, Quadrat, schwarz |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato nero piccolo | geometria, quadratino, quadrato, quadrato nero piccolo |
| Português (pt) | quadrado preto pequeno | geométrico, pequeno, preto, quadrado |
| Nederlands (nl) | klein zwart vierkant | geometrisch, klein, vierkant, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | liten svart ruta | liten svart ruta, ruta, svart |
| Polski (pl) | mały czarny kwadrat | czarny, figura geometryczna, kwadracik, kwadrat, mały czarny kwadrat |
| Türkçe (tr) | küçük siyah kare | geometri, kare, küçük siyah kare |
| Русский (ru) | черный квадратик | геометрия, квадрат, квадратик, маленький, фигура, черный |
| Українська (uk) | малий чорний квадрат | геометричний, квадрат, малий чорний квадрат, чорний квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μικρό μαύρο τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μικρό μαύρο τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع صغير أسود | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع صغير أسود, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע שחור קטן | צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע שחור קטן, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع مشکی کوچک | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع مشکی کوچک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काला छोटा वर्ग | काला छोटा वर्ग, ज्यामिति, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | কালো ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র | কালো ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi kecil hitam | geometri, hitam, kecil, kotak, persegi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông nhỏ màu đen | hình học, hình màu đen, hình vuông, hình vuông màu đen, hình vuông nhỏ màu đen |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กสีดำ | เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กสีดำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒四角小 | 四角, 正方形, 黒, 黒四角小 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 작은 검은색 사각형 | 검은색 작은 사각형, 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 블랙 스몰 사각형, 사각형, 작은 검은색 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑色小方块 | 几何, 几何图形, 小, 方形, 正方形, 黑色, 黑色小方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑色小方塊 | 方形, 黑色小方塊, 黑色方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): klein swart vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ tuntum ketewa
- Albanian (sq): katror i vogël i zi
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር ትንሽ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սև փոքր քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): ক’লা সৰু বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): qara balaca kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара бәләкәй квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu beltz txikia
- Belarusian (be): малы чорны квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): crni kvadratić
- Breton (br): karrez bihan du
- Bulgarian (bg): малък черен квадрат
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အသေး
- Cantonese (yue): 細黑色正方形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 细黑色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat negre petit
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色小正方形
- Chuvash (cv): хура пӗчӗк тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): mali crni kvadrat
- Czech (cs): černý čtvereček
- Danish (da): lille sort kvadrat
- Estonian (et): väike must ruut
- Faroese (fo): lítil svartur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): maliit na itim na parisukat
- Finnish (fi): pieni musta neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado pequeno negro
- Georgian (ka): პატარა შავი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળો નાનો ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): baƙin ƙaramin murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): kis fekete négyzet
- Icelandic (is): lítill svartur ferningur
- Igbo (ig): obere sukwia ojii
- Irish (ga): cearnóg dhubh bheag
- Javanese (jv): kothak cilik ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): lille sort kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಣ್ಣದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): кіші қара шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىشى قارا شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងតូចពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare ntoya y’umukara
- Konkani (kok): काळो ल्हान चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): кичинекей кара чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): q’eq’ nitz’ kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມນ້ອຍສີດໍາ
- Latvian (lv): mazs melns kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas mažas kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mały carny kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): klenge schwaarze Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): мал црн квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi kecil hitam
- Malayalam (ml): വളരെ ചെറിയ കറുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadri żgħir iswed
- Marathi (mr): काळा लहान चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): хар жижиг дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite pango iti
- Nepali (ne): कालो सानो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Smọ́l Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): khutlonne e nyenyane e ntsho
- Norwegian (no): lite, svart kvadrat
- Odia (or): କଳା ଛୋଟ ବର୍ଗାକାର କ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii xiqqoo gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره کوچنۍ مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਛੋਟਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا نیکّا مربع
- Quechua (qu): yana uchuy tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat negru mic
- Romansh (rm): quadrat nair pitschen
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu nieddu minore
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag bheag dhubh
- Serbian (sr): мали црни квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mali crni kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇလဵၵ်ႉသီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو ننڍو چورس
- Sinhala (si): කළු කුඩා කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): čierny štvorček
- Slovenian (sl): majhen črn kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees yar oo madow
- Swahili (sw): mraba mdogo mweusi
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи хурди сиёҳ
- Tamil (ta): சிறிய கருப்பு சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): చిన్న నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ንኢሽተይ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā siʻisiʻi mo ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): sekwere se sentsho se sennye
- Turkmen (tk): gara kiçi inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mólički čorny štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): کالا چھوٹا چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): قارا كىچىك كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): kichik qora kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr bach du
- Wolof (wo): kaare bu ndaw te ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): iskwere esincinane esimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): kékeré onígun mẹ́rin dúdú
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): kékeré onígun mɛ́rin dúdú
- Zulu (zu): iskwele esincane esimnyama

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+25AA U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `▪️` |
| CSS | `\25AA\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{25AA}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u25AA\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 96 AA EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `25AA FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%96%AA%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ▪️ black small square emoji mean?

A small solid black square. It is used as a tiny bullet point or list marker, as a divider between items, and in small patterns, standing for a dot-sized piece of anything black.

### How do I type the ▪️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black small 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_small_square:.

### When was the ▪️ emoji added?

▪️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

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

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