Black Parallelogram ▰

U+25B0
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Symbol Meaning

You might have seen this symbol in mathematics, design, and textual graphics.

It is a parallelogram, a geometrical shape, the opposite sides of which are parallel and equal in length. The opposite angles and sides of parallelogram are also equal. Due to such an extraordinary form, it has become very popular, and various companies and brands tend to use it in their logos.

On geographic map legends, black parallelograms often indicate deposits of oil shale.

With this symbol, you can create various combinations to decorate a web page, as well as embellish your nickname or text header. It can also be used to create puzzles.

In pictograms, a black parallelogram can indicate the black color of a specific item.

The symbol “Black Parallelogram” is included in the “Geometric shapes” subblock of the “Geometric Shapes” block and was approved as part of Unicode version 1.1 in 1993.

Text is also available in the following languages: Español; Русский;

Synonyms

shape, geometry, deposits of oil.

Unicode Name Black Parallelogram
Unicode Number
HTML Code
CSS Code
Unicode Block Geometric Shapes
Unicode Subblock Geometric shapes
Unicode Version 1.1 (1993)
Version 1.1
Block Geometric Shapes
Type of paired mirror bracket (bidi) None
Composition Exclusion No
Case change 25B0
Simple case change 25B0
Math +
Grapheme_Base +
age 1.1
scripts Common
Encoding hex dec (bytes) dec binary
UTF-8 E2 96 B0 226 150 176 14849712 11100010 10010110 10110000
UTF-16BE 25 B0 37 176 9648 00100101 10110000
UTF-16LE B0 25 176 37 45093 10110000 00100101
UTF-32BE 00 00 25 B0 0 0 37 176 9648 00000000 00000000 00100101 10110000
UTF-32LE B0 25 00 00 176 37 0 0 2955214848 10110000 00100101 00000000 00000000

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