# ⬛ Black large square emoji

⬛ Black large square is an emoji in the shapes set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: geometric.

- Emoji: ⬛
- Unicode name: black large square
- Code points: U+2B1B
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_large_square:
- Keywords: black, geometric, large, square
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-large-square-emoji

## What it means

A large solid black square. It is used as a block in emoji art and patterns, as a stand-in for blackness or darkness, and in shared Wordle results for letters that are not in the word.

## Emoji that include ⬛

- 🐈‍⬛ [Black cat](https://emojichart.com/black-cat-emoji.md)
- 🐦‍⬛ [Black bird](https://emojichart.com/black-bird-emoji.md)

## How to type ⬛

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “black large square”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “black large square”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “black large square”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “black large square”.
- GitHub: Type :black_large_square: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado negro grande | cuadrado, cuadrado negro grande, geometría, negro |
| Français (fr) | grand carré noir | carré, forme, forme géométrique, géométrie, grand carré noir |
| Deutsch (de) | großes schwarzes Quadrat | großes schwarzes Quadrat, Großes schwarzes Quadrat, Quadrat, schwarz |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato nero grande | geometria, quadrato, quadrato nero grande |
| Português (pt) | quadrado preto grande | geométrico, preto, quadrado, quadrado preto grande |
| Nederlands (nl) | groot zwart vierkant | geometrisch, groot, vierkant, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | stor svart ruta | geometrisk, ruta, stor svart ruta, svart |
| Polski (pl) | duży czarny kwadrat | czarny, duży, figura geometryczna, kwadrat, średni |
| Türkçe (tr) | büyük siyah kare | büyük siyah kare, geometri, kare, siyah kare |
| Русский (ru) | большой черный квадрат | большой, геометрия, квадрат, фигура, черный |
| Українська (uk) | великий чорний квадрат | великий чорний квадрат, геометричний, квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεγάλο μαύρο τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μεγάλο μαύρο τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع كبير أسود | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع كبير أسود, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע גדול שחור | צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע גדול שחור, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع مشکی بزرگ | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع مشکی بزرگ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काला बड़ा वर्ग | काला बड़ा वर्ग, ज्यामिति, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | কালো বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র | কালো বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi besar hitam | besar, geometri, hitam, kotak, persegi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông lớn màu đen | hình học, hình vuông, hình vuông lớn màu đen |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีดำ | เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีดำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒四角特大 | 四角, 正方形, 黒, 黒四角特大 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 큰 검은색 사각형 | 검은색 큰 사각형, 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 블랙 라지 사각형, 사각형, 큰 검은색 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑线大方框 | 大, 方形, 正方形, 黑线大方框, 黑色, 黑色大方形 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑色大方塊 | 方形, 黑色大方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): groot swart vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ tuntum kɛseɛ
- Albanian (sq): katror i madh i zi
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር ትልቅ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սև մեծ քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): ক’লা ডাঙৰ বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): qara böyük kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): ҙур ҡара квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu beltz handia
- Belarusian (be): вялікі чорны квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): crni veliki kvadrat
- Breton (br): karrez bras du
- Bulgarian (bg): черен голям квадрат
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အကြီး
- Cantonese (yue): 大黑色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat gran negre
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨ ᎤᏔᎾ ᎾᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏱ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色大正方形
- Chuvash (cv): пысӑк хура тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): veliki crni kvadrat
- Czech (cs): velký černý čtverec
- Danish (da): stort sort kvadrat
- Estonian (et): suur must ruut
- Faroese (fo): stórur svartur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): malaking itim na parisukat
- Finnish (fi): iso musta neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado grande negro
- Georgian (ka): დიდი შავი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળો મોટો ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): baƙin babban murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): nagy fekete négyzet
- Icelandic (is): stór svartur ferningur
- Igbo (ig): sukwia nnukwu ojii
- Irish (ga): cearnóg mhór dhubh
- Javanese (jv): kothak gedhe ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): stort sort kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕಪ್ಪು ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): үлкен қара шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇلكەن قارا شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងធំពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare nini y’umukara
- Konkani (kok): काळो व्हड चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): чоң кара чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Nim q’eq kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມໃຫຍ່ສີດຳ
- Latvian (lv): liels melns kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas didelis kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wjeliki carny kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): schwaarze grousse Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): голем црн квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi besar hitam
- Malayalam (ml): വലിയ കറുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadrat kbir iswed
- Marathi (mr): काळा मोठा चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): том хар дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite pango rahi
- Nepali (ne): कालो ठूलो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Bíg Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): khutlonne e ntsho e kgolo
- Norwegian (no): stort svart kvadrat
- Odia (or): କଳା ବୃହତ୍‌ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii guddaa gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره لوی مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੱਡਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا وڈھا مربع
- Quechua (qu): yana hatun tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat negru mare
- Romansh (rm): quadrat nair grond
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu nieddu mannu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag mhòr dhubh
- Serbian (sr): велики црни квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): veliki crni kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇယႂ်ႇသီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو وڏو چورس
- Sinhala (si): කළු විශාල කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): veľký čierny štvorec
- Slovenian (sl): velik črn kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees weyn oo madow
- Swahili (sw): mraba mkubwa mweusi
- Swiss High German (de-CH): grosses schwarzes Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи калони сиёҳ
- Tamil (ta): பெரிய கருப்பு சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): పెద్ద నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ዓቢ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā lahi mo ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): sekwere se segolo se sentsho
- Turkmen (tk): gara uly inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wulki čorny štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): کالا بڑا چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): قارا چوڭ كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): katta qora kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr mawr du
- Wolof (wo): kaare bu rëy te ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): iskwere esikhulu esimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): onigunmẹrin dudu nla
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): onigunmɛrin dudu nla
- Zulu (zu): iskwele esikhulu esimnyama

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2B1B` |
| HTML | `⬛` |
| CSS | `\2B1B` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2B1B}` |
| Python | `\u2B1B` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 AC 9B` |
| UTF-16 | `2B1B` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%AC%9B` |

## Questions

### What does the ⬛ black large square emoji mean?

A large solid black square. It is used as a block in emoji art and patterns, as a stand-in for blackness or darkness, and in shared Wordle results for letters that are not in the word.

### How do I type the ⬛ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black large square”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :black_large_square:.

### When was the ⬛ emoji added?

⬛ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for ⬛?

U+2B1B. In HTML you can write ⬛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2B1B}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/black-large-square-emoji