# ▫️ White small square emoji

▫️ White 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: white small square
- Code points: U+25AB U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :white_small_square:
- Keywords: geometric, small, square, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/white-small-square-emoji

## What it means

A small white square with an outline. It is used as a tiny hollow bullet or list marker, as a divider between items, and as a placeholder or empty box in small patterns.

## How to type ▫️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado blanco pequeño | blanco, cuadrado, cuadrado blanco pequeño, geometría |
| Français (fr) | petit carré blanc | carré, forme, forme géométrique, géométrie, petit carré blanc |
| Deutsch (de) | kleines weißes Quadrat | kleines weißes Quadrat, Kleines weißes Quadrat, Quadrat, weiß |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato bianco piccolo | geometria, quadratino vuoto, quadrato, quadrato bianco piccolo |
| Português (pt) | quadrado branco pequeno | branco, geométrico, pequeno, quadrado |
| Nederlands (nl) | klein wit vierkant | geometrisch, klein, vierkant, wit |
| Svenska (sv) | liten vit ruta | liten vit ruta, ruta, vit |
| Polski (pl) | mały biały kwadrat | biały, figura geometryczna, kwadracik, kwadrat, mały biały kwadrat |
| Türkçe (tr) | küçük beyaz kare | geometri, kare, küçük beyaz kare |
| Русский (ru) | белый квадратик | белый, геометрия, квадрат, квадратик, маленький, фигура |
| Українська (uk) | малий білий квадрат | геометричний, квадрат, малий білий квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μικρό λευκό τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μικρό λευκό τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع صغير أبيض | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع صغير أبيض, هندسة |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע לבן קטן | לבן, צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע לבן קטן |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع سفید کوچک | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع سفید کوچک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | सफ़ेद छोटा वर्ग | ज्यामिति, ज्यामिती, सफेद छोटा वर्ग, सफ़ेद छोटा वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | সাদা ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র | জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার, সাদা ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi kecil putih | geometri, kecil, kotak, persegi, putih |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông nhỏ màu trắng | hình học, hình màu trắng, hình vuông, hình vuông màu trắng, hình vuông nhỏ màu trắng |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กสีขาว | เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กสีขาว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 白四角小 | 四角, 正方形, 白, 白四角小 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 작은 흰색 사각형 | 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 사각형, 작은 흰색 사각형, 화이트 스몰 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 白色小方块 | 小, 方形, 正方形, 白色, 白色小方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 白色小方塊 | 方形, 白色小方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): klein wit vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ fitaa ketewa
- Albanian (sq): katror i vogël i bardhë
- Amharic (am): ነጭ ትንሽ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սպիտակ փոքր քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): বগা সৰু বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): ağ balaca kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): аҡ бәләкәй квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu zuri txikia
- Belarusian (be): малы белы квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): bijeli kvadratić
- Breton (br): karrez bihan gwenn
- Bulgarian (bg): малък бял квадрат
- Burmese (my): အဖြူရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အသေး
- Cantonese (yue): 細白色正方形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 细白色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat blanc petit
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏁᎦ ᎤᏍᏗ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 白色細正方形
- Chuvash (cv): шурӑ пӗчӗк тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): mali bijeli kvadrat
- Czech (cs): bílý čtvereček
- Danish (da): lille hvidt kvadrat
- Estonian (et): väike valge ruut
- Faroese (fo): lítil hvítur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): maliit na puting parisukat
- Finnish (fi): pieni valkoinen neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado pequeno branco
- Georgian (ka): პატარა თეთრი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): સફેદ નાનો ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): farin ƙaramin murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): kis fehér négyzet
- Icelandic (is): lítill hvítur ferningur
- Igbo (ig): obere sukwia ọcha
- Irish (ga): cearnóg bhán bheag
- Javanese (jv): kothak cilik putih
- Kalaallisut (kl): lille hvidt kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ಬಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): кіші ақ шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كىشى اق شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងតូចពណ៌ស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare ntoya y’umweru
- Konkani (kok): धवो ल्हान चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): кичинекей ак чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): saq nitz’ kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມນ້ອຍສີຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): mazs balts kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): baltas mažas kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): mały běły kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): klenge wäisse Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): мал бел квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi kecil putih
- Malayalam (ml): വളരെ ചെറിയ വെളുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadrat żgħir abjad
- Marathi (mr): पांढरा लहान चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): цагаан жижиг дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite mā iti
- Nepali (ne): सेतो सानो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Waít Smọ́l Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): khutlonne e nyenyane e tšhweu
- Norwegian (no): lite, hvitt kvadrat
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): liten kvit firkant
- Odia (or): ଧଳା ଛୋଟ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii xiqqoo adii
- Pashto (ps): سپينه کوچنۍ مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਛੋਟਾ ਚਿੱਟਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چِیٹا نیکّا مربع
- Quechua (qu): yuraq uchuy tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat alb mic
- Romansh (rm): quadrat alv pitschen
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu biancu minore
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag bheag gheal
- Serbian (sr): мали бели квадрат
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): мали бијели квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): mali beli kvadrat
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): mali bijeli kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇလဵၵ်ႉသီၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): اڇو ننڍو چورس
- Sinhala (si): සුදු කුඩා කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): biely štvorček
- Slovenian (sl): majhen bel kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees yar oo cad
- Swahili (sw): mraba mdogo mweupe
- Swiss High German (de-CH): kleines weisses Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи хурди сафед
- Tamil (ta): சிறிய வெள்ளை சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): చిన్న తెలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ ንኢሽተይ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā siʻisiʻi mo hinehina
- Tswana (tn): sekwere se sesweu se sennye
- Turkmen (tk): ak kiçi inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mólički běły štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): سفید چھوٹا چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): ئاق كىچىك كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): kichik oq kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr bach gwyn
- Wolof (wo): kaare bu ndaw te weex
- Xhosa (xh): iskwere esincinane esimhlophe
- Yoruba (yo): kékeré onígun mẹ́rin funfun
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): kékeré onígun mɛ́rin funfun
- Zulu (zu): isikwele esimhlophe esincane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+25AB U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `▫️` |
| CSS | `\25AB\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{25AB}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u25AB\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 96 AB EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `25AB FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%96%AB%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ▫️ white small square emoji mean?

A small white square with an outline. It is used as a tiny hollow bullet or list marker, as a divider between items, and as a placeholder or empty box in small patterns.

### How do I type the ▫️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “white 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 :white_small_square:.

### When was the ▫️ emoji added?

▫️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

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

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