Black Parallelogram vs White Square
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Property Comparison
| Property | ▰ 25B0 | □ 25A1 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Parallelogram | White Square |
| Category | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Block | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Other Symbol (So) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 25B0 | 25A1 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25B0 | U+25A1 |
| HTML Decimal | ▰ | □ |
| HTML Hex | ▰ | □ |
| CSS | \25B0 | \25A1 |
| JavaScript | \u{25B0} | \u{25A1} |
| Python | \u25b0 | \u25a1 |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 b0 | e2 96 a1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Parallelogram and White Square belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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