Black Square vs Black Vertical Rectangle
Embed This Widget
Add the script tag and a data attribute to embed this widget.
Embed via iframe for maximum compatibility.
<iframe src="https://symbolfyi.com/iframe/entity//" width="420" height="400" frameborder="0" style="border:0;border-radius:10px;max-width:100%" loading="lazy"></iframe>Paste this URL in WordPress, Medium, or any oEmbed-compatible platform.
https://symbolfyi.com/entity//Add a dynamic SVG badge to your README or docs.
[](https://symbolfyi.com/entity//)Use the native HTML custom element.
VS
Property Comparison
| Property | ■ 25A0 | ▮ 25AE |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Square | Black Vertical Rectangle |
| 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 | 25A0 | 25AE |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25A0 | U+25AE |
| HTML Decimal | ■ | ▮ |
| HTML Hex | ■ | ▮ |
| CSS | \25A0 | \25AE |
| JavaScript | \u{25A0} | \u{25AE} |
| Python | \u25a0 | \u25ae |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 a0 | e2 96 ae |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Square and Black Vertical Rectangle belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.