# ◾ Black medium-small square emoji

◾ Black medium-small square is an emoji in the shapes set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: geometric and medium-small.

- Emoji: ◾
- Unicode name: black medium-small square
- Code points: U+25FE
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_medium_small_square:
- Keywords: black, geometric, medium-small, square
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-medium-small-square-emoji

## What it means

A solid black square in a medium-small size, smaller than the medium and large versions. People use it as a compact bullet point or list marker, as a divider, and in emoji art or patterns.

## How to type ◾

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado negro mediano-pequeño | cuadrado, cuadrado negro mediano-pequeño, geometría, negro |
| Français (fr) | carré petit moyen noir | carré, carré petit moyen noir, forme, géométrie |
| Deutsch (de) | mittelkleines schwarzes Quadrat | mittelkleines schwarzes Quadrat, Mittelkleines schwarzes Quadrat, Quadrat, schwarz |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato nero medio-piccolo | geometria, quadrato, quadrato nero medio-piccolo |
| Português (pt) | quadrado preto médio menor | geométrico, preto, quadrado, quadrado preto médio menor |
| Nederlands (nl) | klein tot middelgroot zwart vierkant | geometrisch, klein tot middelgroot, vierkant, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | mellanliten svart ruta | geometrisk, medelstor svart ruta, mellanliten svart ruta, ruta, svart |
| Polski (pl) | mały/średni czarny kwadrat | czarny, figura geometryczna, kwadrat, mały, mały/średni czarny kwadrat |
| Türkçe (tr) | küçük-orta siyah kare | geometri, kare, küçük-orta siyah kare |
| Русский (ru) | небольшой черный квадрат | геометрия, квадрат, небольшой, фигура, черный |
| Українська (uk) | менший за середній чорний квадрат | геометричний, квадрат, менший за середній чорний квадрат, чорний квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μικρομεσαίο μαύρο τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μικρομεσαίο μαύρο τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع صغير متوسط أسود | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع صغير متوسط أسود, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע בינוני-קטן שחור | צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע בינוני-קטן שחור, שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع مشکی نسبتاً کوچک | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع مشکی, مربع مشکی نسبتاً کوچک |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काला मध्यम-छोटा वर्ग | काला मध्यम-छोटा वर्ग, ज्यामिति, ज्यामिती |
| বাংলা (bn) | কালো মাঝারি ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র | কালো মাঝারি ছোট বর্গক্ষেত্র, কালো মাঝারি ছোট সাইজের বর্গক্ষেত্র, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi kecil medium hitam | geometri, hitam, kotak, medium kecil, persegi |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông nhỏ vừa màu đen | hình học, hình vuông, hình vuông nhỏ vừa màu đen |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กปานกลางสีดำ | เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมเล็กปานกลางสีดำ |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒四角中 | 四角, 正方形, 黒, 黒四角中 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 중각 작은 검은색 사각형 | 검은색 미디엄-스몰 사각형, 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 블랙 미디엄-스몰 사각형, 사각형, 중각 작은 검은색 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑色中小方块 | 中小, 方形, 正方形, 黑色, 黑色中小方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑色中小型方塊 | 方形, 黑方塊, 黑色中小型方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): swart mediumklein vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ tuntum keteea kakra
- Albanian (sq): katror mesatarisht i vogël i zi
- Amharic (am): ጥቁር መካከለኛ-ትንሽ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սև միջին-փոքր քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): ক’লা মধ্যমীয়া-সৰু বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): qara orta-kiçik kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара уртаса-бәләкәй квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu beltz ertaina/txikia
- Belarusian (be): невялікі чорны квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): crni srednje mali kvadrat
- Bulgarian (bg): черен средномалък квадрат
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အလတ်စားအသေး
- Canadian French (fr-CA): carré noir de taille intermédiaire
- Cantonese (yue): 中細黑色正方形
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 中细黑色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat negre petit-mitjà
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨ ᎠᏲᏟᎨ-ᎤᏍᏗ ᎾᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色中小正方形
- Chuvash (cv): пысӑках мар хура тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): srednje mali crni kvadrat
- Czech (cs): větší černý čtvereček
- Danish (da): halvlille sort kvadrat
- Estonian (et): väiksem must ruut
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): quadrado preto pequeno/médio
- Faroese (fo): svartur miðalstórur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): medyo maliit na itim na parisukat
- Finnish (fi): pienehkö musta neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado pequeno-mediano negro
- Georgian (ka): საშუალო-პატარა შავი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળો મધ્યમ-નાનો ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): baƙin matsakaicin-ƙaramin murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): kis-közepes fekete négyzet
- Icelandic (is): svartur meðalsmár ferningur
- Igbo (ig): sukwia obere-etiti ojii
- Irish (ga): meánchearnóg bheag dhubh
- Javanese (jv): kothak cilik-sedhengan ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): halvlille sort kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ಬಣ್ಣದ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಸಣ್ಣ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): орташа-кіші қара шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ورتاشا-كىشى قارا شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងតូចល្មមពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare ntoya iringaniye y’umukara
- Konkani (kok): काळो मध्यम-ल्हान चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): кичирээк кара чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Retal-Nitz’ Q’eq Kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມນ້ອຍ-ປານກາງສີດຳ
- Latvian (lv): vidēji mazs melns kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas vidutiniškai mažas kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): srjejźnomały carny kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): schwaarze mëttelklenge Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): црн квадрат со средна големина
- Malay (ms): persegi sederhana kecil hitam
- Malayalam (ml): ചെറിയ കറുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadrat medju żgħar iswed
- Marathi (mr): काळा मध्‍यम-लहान आकाराचा चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): хар жижгэвтэр дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite pango waenga-iti
- Nepali (ne): कालो मध्यम-सानो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Mídiọ́m-Smọ́l Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): khutlonne e ntsho ya bogareng
- Norwegian (no): lite/mellomstort svart kvadrat
- Odia (or): କଳା ମଧ୍ୟମ-ଛୋଟ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii giddugaleessa-xiqqoo gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره ميانه کوچنۍ مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਦਰਮਿਆਨਾ-ਛੋਟਾ ਕਾਲਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا درمیانہ ـ نیکا مربع
- Quechua (qu): yana kuska uchuy tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat negru mediu spre mic
- Romansh (rm): quadrat nair mesaun-pitschen
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu nieddu mesanu-minore
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag mheadhanach bheag dhubh
- Serbian (sr): средњемали црни квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): srednjemali crni kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇပၢၼ်ၵၢင်လဵၵ်ႉသီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): ڪارو وچولو-ننڍو چورس
- Sinhala (si): කළු මධ්‍යම ප්‍රමාණයේ-කුඩා කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): stredne malý čierny štvorec
- Slovenian (sl): srednje majhen črn kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees dhexdhexaad yar oo madow
- Swahili (sw): mraba wastani mdogo mweusi
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи хурди миёнаи сиёҳ
- Tamil (ta): நடுத்தரம்-சிறிய கருப்பு சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): మధ్యస్థ చిన్న నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ማእከላይ-ንኢሽተይ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā siʻi mo ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): sekwere sa bonnye jo bo magareng jo bontsho
- Turkmen (tk): gara orta-kiçi inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): mały čorny štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): کالا میڈیم چھوٹا چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): قارا كىچىكرەك كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): kichikroq qora kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr canolig-bach du
- Wolof (wo): kaare yam-ndaw te ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): iskrwere esiphakathi-buncinane esimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): onigunmẹrin idaji-kekere dudu
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): onigunmɛrin idaji-kekere dudu
- Zulu (zu): iskwele esimnyama esimaphakathi esincane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+25FE` |
| HTML | `◾` |
| CSS | `\25FE` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{25FE}` |
| Python | `\u25FE` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 97 BE` |
| UTF-16 | `25FE` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%97%BE` |

## Questions

### What does the ◾ black medium-small square emoji mean?

A solid black square in a medium-small size, smaller than the medium and large versions. People use it as a compact bullet point or list marker, as a divider, and in emoji art or patterns.

### How do I type the ◾ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black medium-small 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_medium_small_square:.

### When was the ◾ emoji added?

◾ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+25FE. In HTML you can write ◾, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{25FE}.

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