Black Large Square Emoji
A large black square, used as a geometric shape or to symbolize darkness, formality, or emptiness. In digital contexts, it can serve as a bold visual marker, a placeholder, or represent the color black in a straightforward way.
Black Large Square is a fully-qualified emoji encoded in Unicode 5.1 , and included in Emoji 0.6.
This emoji is part of the Symbols and is grouped with other Geometric emojis. Part of the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block.
To find this emoji, you can use the following keywords:
Copy and paste the Black Large Square emoji:
- ⬛
Codes & Encoding for the Black Large Square Emoji
Click any code below to copy it to your clipboard.
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Codepoint
U+2B1B✓ Copied -
HTML (decimal)
⬛✓ Copied -
HTML (hex)
⬛✓ Copied -
CSS
\2B1B✓ Copied -
JavaScript
\u{2B1B}✓ Copied -
URL-encoded
%E2%AC%9B✓ Copied -
Shortcode
:black_large_square:✓ Copied - Unicode block Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
How to Type the Black Large Square Emoji
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iOS Use the emoji keyboard (globe icon → smiley)
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Android Use Gboard's emoji keyboard, or type the emoji's name
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Windows Win + . opens the emoji picker
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macOS Ctrl + Cmd + Space opens the character viewer
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Linux Ctrl + Shift + e then codepoint, or use IBus picker
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Web Paste the character or use an emoji-picker library
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Slack Type :black_large_square: (autocompletes to the emoji)
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Discord Type :black_large_square: (autocompletes to the emoji)
Black Large Square Emoji on Different Platforms
How to Use the Black Large Square Emoji
- The background was a solid ⬛ for the photo.
- I prefer my coffee black ⬛.
- The night sky looked so deep ⬛ last night.
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