Black Vertical Rectangle vs White Parallelogram
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Property Comparison
| Property | ▮ 25AE | ▱ 25B1 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Black Vertical Rectangle | White Parallelogram |
| 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 | 25AE | 25B1 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+25AE | U+25B1 |
| HTML Decimal | ▮ | ▱ |
| HTML Hex | ▮ | ▱ |
| CSS | \25AE | \25B1 |
| JavaScript | \u{25AE} | \u{25B1} |
| Python | \u25ae | \u25b1 |
| UTF-8 | e2 96 ae | e2 96 b1 |
How to Distinguish
Both Black Vertical Rectangle and White Parallelogram belong to the Geometric Shapes category and the Geometric Shapes block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
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