| Symbol Name | Right Half Block |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+2590 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \2590 |
| Hex Code | 0x2590 |
| HTML Code | ▐ |
| LaTeX | \text{RIGHTHALFBLOCK} |
| Symbol | ▐ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%96%90 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Right Half Block |
| UTF-8 | E2 96 90 |
| UTF-16 | 2590 |
| UTF-32 | 00002590 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{RIGHTHALFBLOCK}4\end{document}You can type the right half block symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9616 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "right half block", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2590.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2590, 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 block element support.
1span.right-half-block::before { content: "\2590"; }1<span>▐</span>Right Half Block symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2590' or String.fromCodePoint(9616) |
| Python | '\N{RIGHT HALF BLOCK}' or chr(9616) |
| Rust | '\u{2590}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2590 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2590)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2590}" |