Square with Horizontal Fill ▤

U+25A4
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Symbol Meaning

This symbol is used in geographic maps, education, IQ assessment tests, and textual graphics.

First of all, such a square can be often seen in map legends, where it represents various features of the location, its relief and landscape. But it's not the only option. In basic drawing it is used to indicate a flat composition where all elements are on the same level.

Secondly, a square with horizontal lines is commonly used in IQ tests. There are 5 lines, but in one row horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, squares with fewer or more lines can be present.

Lastly, a square with horizontal fill is used in textual graphics on website pages and social media platforms.

The symbol “Square with Horizontal Fill” 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

quadrature, geometry, shape, IQ.

Unicode Name Square with Horizontal Fill
Unicode Number
HTML Code
CSS Code
Plane 0: Basic Multilingual Plane
Unicode Block Geometric Shapes
Unicode Subblock Geometric shapes
Unicode Version 1.1 (1993)
Type of paired mirror bracket (bidi) None
Composition Exclusion No
Case change 25A4
Simple case change 25A4
Grapheme_Base +
scripts Common
Pattern_Syntax +
Encoding hex dec (bytes) dec binary
UTF-8 E2 96 A4 226 150 164 14849700 11100010 10010110 10100100
UTF-16BE 25 A4 37 164 9636 00100101 10100100
UTF-16LE A4 25 164 37 42021 10100100 00100101
UTF-32BE 00 00 25 A4 0 0 37 164 9636 00000000 00000000 00100101 10100100
UTF-32LE A4 25 00 00 164 37 0 0 2753888256 10100100 00100101 00000000 00000000

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