Square symbols ■ □

Click to copy a square: solid ■, outline □, rounded ▢, small ▪︎ ▫︎, patterned ▤ ▦ or colored emoji squares 🟥 🟩 🟦. Everything pastes as plain text.

How to type it 51 symbols on this page

Squares15

Patterned and split squares20

Colored square emoji11

Square patterns5

How to type ■

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Hold Alt and type 254 on the number pad (Num Lock on), then let go of Alt.

In Microsoft Word, type 25A0 and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “black square”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+25A0. Every format is on the black square page.

Codes for every square symbols

SymbolNameUnicodeHTMLAlt code
black square U+25A0 ■ Alt 254
white square U+25A1 □ –
white square with rounded corners U+25A2 ▢ –
white square containing black small square U+25A3 ▣ –
black small square U+25AA ▪ –
white small square U+25AB ▫ –
black medium square U+25FC ◼ –
white medium square U+25FB ◻ –
black medium small square U+25FE ◾ –
white medium small square U+25FD ◽ –
black very small square U+2B1D ⬝ –
white very small square U+2B1E ⬞ –
black square centred U+2BC0 ⯀ –
end of proof U+220E ∎ –
dotted square U+2B1A ⬚ –
square with horizontal fill U+25A4 ▤ –
square with vertical fill U+25A5 ▥ –
square with orthogonal crosshatch fill U+25A6 ▦ –
square with upper left to lower right fill U+25A7 ▧ –
square with upper right to lower left fill U+25A8 ▨ –
square with diagonal crosshatch fill U+25A9 ▩ –
square with left half black U+25E7 ◧ –
square with right half black U+25E8 ◨ –
square with upper left diagonal half black U+25E9 ◩ –
square with lower right diagonal half black U+25EA ◪ –
white square with vertical bisecting line U+25EB ◫ –
white square with upper left quadrant U+25F0 ◰ –
white square with lower left quadrant U+25F1 ◱ –
white square with lower right quadrant U+25F2 ◲ –
white square with upper right quadrant U+25F3 ◳ –
squared plus U+229E ⊞ –
squared minus U+229F ⊟ –
squared times U+22A0 ⊠ –
squared dot operator U+22A1 ⊡ –
squared square U+29C8 ⧈ –
large red square U+1F7E5 🟥 –
large orange square U+1F7E7 🟧 –
large yellow square U+1F7E8 🟨 –
large green square U+1F7E9 🟩 –
large blue square U+1F7E6 🟦 –
large purple square U+1F7EA 🟪 –
large brown square U+1F7EB 🟫 –
black large square U+2B1B ⬛ –
white large square U+2B1C ⬜ –
black square button U+1F532 🔲 –
white square button U+1F533 🔳 –

Filled, outline and sized squares

As with circles, Unicode calls filled shapes "black" and outlines "white": ■ is the black square (U+25A0) and □ the white square. They come in several sizes, from the very small ⬝ through ▪︎, ◾︎ and ◼︎ up to ■ and the large ⬛︎. ▢ has rounded corners, ▣ has a small square inside, and ⬚ is drawn with a dotted outline.

A few squares carry meaning. ∎ (end of proof, also called the tombstone or Halmos symbol) marks the end of a mathematical proof, like QED. The squared operators ⊞ ⊟ ⊠ ⊡ come from math too. Note that ⬛︎ ⬜︎ ◼︎ ◻︎ ◾︎ ◽︎ can also appear as emoji, so they may look different on phones.

Colored squares, Wordle and pixel art

The colored emoji squares 🟥 🟧 🟨 🟩 🟦 🟪 🟫 are perfect for simple pixel art, color swatches and status grids. Wordle made them famous: its share grid uses 🟩 for a letter in the right spot, 🟨 for a letter in the wrong spot and ⬛︎ or ⬜︎ for a letter that is not in the word.

Text squares work as bullet points and checkboxes too: ▪︎ makes a neat small bullet, and □ or ▢ an empty box. For boxes with shadows and ticks, see the box symbol page, and for loading bars made from ■ and □, see the loading bar symbols.

How to type square symbols

On Windows, hold Alt and type 254 on the number pad for ■, or 22 for the bar ▬. On a Mac, open the Character Viewer with Control + Command + Space and search "square". In Microsoft Word, type 25A0 (■) or 25A1 (□) and press Alt + X. In HTML, use ■ for ■, and in LaTeX use \blacksquare and \square from amssymb.

Looking for something else called "square"? The superscript two in m² is on the squared symbol page, and √ is on the square root symbol page.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Alt code for a square?

Hold Alt and type 254 on the number pad to get the black square ■. Outline squares like □ have no Alt code, so copy them from this page.

What does ∎ mean?

∎ is the end of proof symbol, also called the tombstone or Halmos symbol. Mathematicians put it at the end of a proof instead of writing QED.

What do the Wordle squares mean?

🟩 means the right letter in the right spot, 🟨 means the letter is in the word but in another spot, and ⬛︎ or ⬜︎ means the letter is not in the word.