| Symbol Name | Black Vertical Rectangle |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+25AE |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \25AE |
| Hex Code | 0x25AE |
| HTML Code | ▮ |
| LaTeX | \text{BLACKVERTICALRECTANGLE} |
| Symbol | ▮ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%96%AE |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Black Vertical Rectangle |
| UTF-8 | E2 96 AE |
| UTF-16 | 25AE |
| UTF-32 | 000025AE |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{BLACKVERTICALRECTANGLE}4\end{document}You can type the black vertical rectangle symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9646 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "black vertical rectangle", or use Unicode Hex Input with 25AE.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 25ae, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with geometric symbol support.
1span.black-vertical-rectangle::before { content: "\25AE"; }1<span>▮</span>Black Vertical Rectangle symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u25AE' or String.fromCodePoint(9646) |
| Python | '\N{BLACK VERTICAL RECTANGLE}' or chr(9646) |
| Rust | '\u{25AE}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+25AE |
| Go | string(rune(0x25AE)) |
| Ruby | "\u{25AE}" |