# 🔲 Black square button emoji

🔲 Black square button 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 square button
- Code points: U+1F532
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :black_square_button:
- Keywords: black, button, geometric, square
- Page: https://emojichart.com/black-square-button-emoji

## What it means

A black square with a thin border, resembling a button or a filled-in box. It has no fixed meaning, so people use it as a button-like marker, a block in emoji art and patterns, or a stand-in for a screen or window.

## How to type 🔲

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | botón cuadrado con borde negro | botón, botón cuadrado con borde negro, cuadrado |
| Français (fr) | carré noir | bouton, carré, carré noir, forme, géométrie |
| Deutsch (de) | schwarze quadratische Schaltfläche | quadratisch, Schaltfläche, schwarz, schwarze quadratische Schaltfläche, Schwarze quadratische Schaltfläche |
| Italiano (it) | tasto quadrato bianco con bordo nero | geometria, pulsante, pulsante quadrato pieno, quadrato, quadrato nero, simbolo, tasto, tasto quadrato bianco con bordo nero |
| Português (pt) | botão quadrado preto | botão, botão quadrado preto, botão quadrado preto e branco, geométrico, quadrado |
| Nederlands (nl) | zwarte vierkante knop | geometrisch, knop, vierkant, zwart |
| Svenska (sv) | svart fyrkantig knapp | fyrkant, knapp, svart fyrkantig knapp, vit fyrkantig knapp med svart kant |
| Polski (pl) | czarny kwadratowy przycisk | biały, czarny, czarny kwadratowy przycisk, figura geometryczna, kwadrat, obramowanie |
| Türkçe (tr) | siyah kare düğme | düğme, kare, siyah kare düğme |
| Русский (ru) | кнопка с черной рамкой | квадрат, кнопка, рамкой, с, черная, черной |
| Українська (uk) | квадратна кнопка з чорною рамкою | геометричний, геометрія, квадрат, квадратна кнопка з чорною рамкою, кнопка, рамка, чорна квадратна кнопка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μαύρο τετράγωνο κουμπί | γεωμετρικό, κουμπί, μαύρο τετράγωνο κουμπί, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | زر مربع أسود | زر, زر مربع أسود, شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع أسود |
| עברית (he) | לחצן ריבוע שחור | לחצן, מסגרת, צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע שחור |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمۀ مربع مشکی | دکمه, دکمۀ مربع مشکی, شکل هندسی, مربع |
| हिन्दी (hi) | काला वर्ग बटन | कला वर्ग बटन, काला वर्ग बटन, ज्यामिति, बटन, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | কালো বর্গাকার বোতাম | কালো বর্গাকার বোতাম, জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার, বোতাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol persegi hitam | geometri, hitam, kotak, persegi, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút hình vuông màu đen | hình học, hình vuông, nút, nút hình vuông màu đen |
| ไทย (th) | ปุ่มสี่เหลี่ยมขอบดำ | ปุ่ม, ปุ่มสี่เหลี่ยมขอบดำ, ปุ่มสี่เหลี่ยมสีดำ, สี่เหลี่ยม |
| 日本語 (ja) | 黒枠四角 | ボタン, 四角ボタン, 正方形, 黒枠四角 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 테두리가 검은 사각 버튼 | 기하학 무늬, 버튼, 사각형, 테두리가 검은 사각 버튼 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 黑色方形按钮 | 几何, 几何图形, 按钮, 方形, 黑线方形按钮, 黑线正方形按钮, 黑色方形按钮, 黑色正方形按钮, 黑边线方形按钮, 黑边线正方形按钮 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 黑色方按鈕 | 按鈕, 方形, 方形按鈕, 黑色方按鈕 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): swart vierkant-knoppie
- Akan (ak): tuntum sokwɛɛ bͻtom
- Albanian (sq): buton katror i zi
- Amharic (am): በጥቁር የተከበበ ካሬ አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): սև քառակուսի կոճակ
- Assamese (as): ক’লা বৰ্গ বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): qara kvadrat düymə
- Bashkir (ba): ҡара квадрат төймә
- Basque (eu): karratu beltz itxurako botoia
- Belarusian (be): чорная квадратная кнопка
- Bosnian (bs): crni kvadrat dugme
- Bulgarian (bg): квадратен бутон с черен контур
- Burmese (my): အနက်ရောင် လေးထောင့်ခလုတ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): bouton représentant un carré noir
- Cantonese (yue): 黑色正方按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 黑色正方按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó de quadrat negre
- Cherokee (chr): ᎬᎿᎨ ᏅᎩ ᏧᏅᏏᏯ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 黑色正方形按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): хура рамкӑллӑ кнопка
- Croatian (hr): crna uglata tipka
- Czech (cs): černé čtvercové tlačítko
- Danish (da): sort kvadratisk knap
- Estonian (et): must ruudukujuline nupp
- Faroese (fo): svartur fýrakantaður karmur
- Filipino (fil): itim na parisukat na button
- Finnish (fi): musta neliöruutu
- Galician (gl): botón con cadrado negro
- Georgian (ka): შავი კვადრატული ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): કાળો ચોરસ બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin baƙin murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): fekete, négyzet alakú gomb
- Icelandic (is): svartur ferningslaga hnappur
- Igbo (ig): ọdụmbi sukwia ojii
- Irish (ga): cearnóg dhubh
- Javanese (jv): tombol kothak ireng
- Kalaallisut (kl): sort kvadratisk knap
- Kannada (kn): ಕಪ್ಪು ಚೌಕದ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): қара шаршы түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): قارا شارشى باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងពណ៌សនៅក្នុងបួនជ្រុងពណ៌ខ្មៅ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): buto ya kare y’umukara
- Konkani (kok): काळो चवकोन बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): кара чарчы баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Q’eq kajxukut b’oton
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມດຳ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): cuadrado blanco con borde negro
- Latvian (lv): melna kvadrātveida poga
- Lithuanian (lt): juodas kvadratinis mygtukas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): carne kwadratiske šaltowańske pólo
- Luxembourgish (lb): schwaarze véiereckege Knäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче со црн квадрат
- Malay (ms): butang persegi hitam
- Malayalam (ml): കറുത്ത ചതുര ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): buttuna kwadra sewda
- Marathi (mr): काळे चौरस बटण
- Mongolian (mn): хар дөрвөлжин товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene tapawhā pango
- Nepali (ne): कालो वर्गीय बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Blák Skweá Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): taemane e ntsho ya khutlonee
- Norwegian (no): svart firkantet knapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): svart firkanta knapp
- Odia (or): କଳା ବର୍ଗାକାର ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu iskuweerii gurraacha
- Pashto (ps): توره مربع بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਵਰਗਾਕਾਰ ਕਾਲਾ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کالا مربعی بٹن
- Quechua (qu): yana tawakuchu ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton pătrat negru
- Romansh (rm): buttun quadratic nair
- Sardinian (sc): butone cuadradu cun oru nieddu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan ceàrnagach dubh
- Serbian (sr): црно квадратно дугме
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): crno kvadratno dugme
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇသီလမ်
- Sindhi (sd): چورس ڪارو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): කළු හතරැස් බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): čierne hranaté tlačidlo
- Slovenian (sl): gumb s črnim kvadratom
- Somali (so): badhan afar gees ah oo madow
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón cuadrado negro
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cheusi cha mraba
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "Чоркунҷаи сиёҳ"
- Tamil (ta): கருப்பு சதுரப் பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): నలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጸሊም ትርብዒት መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi tapafā ʻuliʻuli
- Tswana (tn): konopo e ntsho e e sekwere
- Turkmen (tk): gara inedördül düwme
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): čorne kwadratiske tłóčatko
- Urdu (ur): سیاہ چوکور بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): قارا چاسا كۇنۇپكا
- Uzbek (uz): qora kvadrat katak
- Welsh (cy): botwm sgwâr du
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu kaare ñuul
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha eliskrwere elimnyama
- Yoruba (yo): Bọtini Onigunmẹrin Dudu
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Bɔtini Onigunmɛrin Dudu
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho eyiskwele esimnyama

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F532` |
| HTML | `🔲` |
| CSS | `\1F532` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F532}` |
| Python | `\U0001F532` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 94 B2` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DD32` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%94%B2` |

## Questions

### What does the 🔲 black square button emoji mean?

A black square with a thin border, resembling a button or a filled-in box. It has no fixed meaning, so people use it as a button-like marker, a block in emoji art and patterns, or a stand-in for a screen or window.

### How do I type the 🔲 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “black square button”. 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_square_button:.

### When was the 🔲 emoji added?

🔲 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+1F532. In HTML you can write 🔲, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F532}.

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