Black Square vs Inverse White Circle
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Property Comparison
| Property | ■ 25A0 | ◙ 25D9 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Square | Inverse White Circle |
| 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 | 25D9 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25A0 | U+25D9 |
| HTML Decimal | ■ | ◙ |
| HTML Hex | ■ | ◙ |
| CSS | \25A0 | \25D9 |
| JavaScript | \u{25A0} | \u{25D9} |
| Python | \u25a0 | \u25d9 |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 a0 | e2 97 99 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Square and Inverse White Circle 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.