Black Square vs White Medium Square
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Property Comparison
| Property | ■ 25A0 | ◻ 25FB |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Square | White Medium Square |
| Category | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Block | Geometric Shapes | Geometric Shapes |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Other Symbol (So) | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 25A0 | 25FB |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25A0 | U+25FB |
| HTML Decimal | ■ | ◻ |
| HTML Hex | ■ | ◻ |
| CSS | \25A0 | \25FB |
| JavaScript | \u{25A0} | \u{25FB} |
| Python | \u25a0 | \u25fb |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 a0 | e2 97 bb |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Square and White Medium Square 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.