| Symbol Name | Upper Half Block |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+2580 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \2580 |
| Hex Code | 0x2580 |
| HTML Code | ▀ |
| LaTeX | \text{UPPERHALFBLOCK} |
| Symbol | ▀ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%96%80 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Upper Half Block |
| UTF-8 | E2 96 80 |
| UTF-16 | 2580 |
| UTF-32 | 00002580 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{UPPERHALFBLOCK}4\end{document}You can type the upper half block symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9600 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "upper half block", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2580.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2580, 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.upper-half-block::before { content: "\2580"; }1<span>▀</span>Upper Half Block symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2580' or String.fromCodePoint(9600) |
| Python | '\N{UPPER HALF BLOCK}' or chr(9600) |
| Rust | '\u{2580}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2580 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2580)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2580}" |