# ⬜ White large square emoji

⬜ White 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: white large square
- Code points: U+2B1C
- Category: Symbols, Shapes
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :white_large_square:
- Keywords: geometric, large, square, white
- Page: https://emojichart.com/white-large-square-emoji

## What it means

A large solid white square. It is used as a blank block in emoji art and patterns, as a placeholder, to stand for anything white, and in some shared Wordle results for letters that are not in the word.

## How to type ⬜

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | cuadrado blanco grande | blanco, cuadrado, cuadrado blanco grande, geometría |
| Français (fr) | grand carré blanc | carré, forme, géométrie, grand carré blanc |
| Deutsch (de) | großes weißes Quadrat | großes weißes Quadrat, Großes weißes Quadrat, Quadrat, weiß |
| Italiano (it) | quadrato bianco grande | geometria, quadrato, quadrato bianco grande |
| Português (pt) | quadrado branco grande | geométrico, quadrado, quadrado branco grande |
| Nederlands (nl) | groot wit vierkant | geometrisch, groot, vierkant, wit |
| Svenska (sv) | stor vit ruta | geometrisk, ruta, stor vit ruta |
| Polski (pl) | duży biały kwadrat | biały, duży, figura geometryczna, kwadrat |
| Türkçe (tr) | büyük beyaz kare | büyük beyaz kare, geometri, kare |
| Русский (ru) | большой белый квадрат | белый, большой, геометрия, квадрат, фигура |
| Українська (uk) | великий білий квадрат | великий білий квадрат, геометричний, квадрат |
| Ελληνικά (el) | μεγάλο λευκό τετράγωνο | γεωμετρικό, μεγάλο λευκό τετράγωνο, τετράγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | مربع كبير أبيض | شكل هندسي, مربع, مربع كبير أبيض, هندسي |
| עברית (he) | ריבוע גדול לבן | לבן, צורה, ריבוע, ריבוע גדול לבן |
| فارسی (fa) | مربع سفید بزرگ | شکل هندسی, مربع, مربع سفید بزرگ |
| हिन्दी (hi) | बड़ा सफ़ेद वर्ग | ज्यामिति, बड़ा वर्ग, बड़ा सफेद वर्ग, बड़ा सफ़ेद वर्ग, वर्ग |
| বাংলা (bn) | সাদা বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র | জ্যামিতিক, বর্গাকার, সাদা বড় বর্গক্ষেত্র |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | persegi besar putih | besar, geometri, kotak, persegi, putih |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | hình vuông lớn màu trắng | hình học, hình vuông, hình vuông lớn màu trắng |
| ไทย (th) | สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีขาว | เรขาคณิต, สี่เหลี่ยม, สี่เหลี่ยมใหญ่สีขาว |
| 日本語 (ja) | 白四角特大 | 四角, 正方形, 白, 白四角特大 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 큰 흰색 사각형 | 기하학 무늬, 무늬, 사각형, 큰 흰색 사각형, 화이트 라지 사각형, 흰색 큰 사각형 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 白线大方框 | 大, 方形, 正方形, 白线大方框, 白色, 白色方块 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 白色大方塊 | 方形, 白色大方塊 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): groot wit vierkant
- Akan (ak): sokwɛɛ fitaa kɛseɛ
- Albanian (sq): katror i madh i bardhë
- Amharic (am): ነጭ ትልቅ ካሬ
- Armenian (hy): սպիտակ մեծ քառակուսի
- Assamese (as): বগা ডাঙৰ বৰ্গ
- Azerbaijani (az): ağ böyük kvadrat
- Bashkir (ba): ҙур аҡ квадрат
- Basque (eu): karratu zuri handia
- Belarusian (be): вялікі белы квадрат
- Bosnian (bs): bijeli veliki kvadrat
- Breton (br): karrez bras gwenn
- Bulgarian (bg): бял голям квадрат
- Burmese (my): အဖြူရောင် လေးထောင့်ကွက် အကြီး
- Cantonese (yue): 大白色正方形
- Catalan (ca): quadrat gran blanc
- Cherokee (chr): ᎤᏁᎦ ᎤᏔᎾ ᏅᎩ ᏗᏧᏅᏏᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 白色大正方形
- Chuvash (cv): пысӑк шурӑ тӑваткал
- Croatian (hr): veliki bijeli kvadrat
- Czech (cs): velký bílý čtverec
- Danish (da): stort hvidt kvadrat
- Estonian (et): suur valge ruut
- Faroese (fo): stórur hvítur fýrakantur
- Filipino (fil): malaking puting parisukat
- Finnish (fi): iso valkoinen neliö
- Galician (gl): cadrado grande branco
- Georgian (ka): დიდი თეთრი კვადრატი
- Gujarati (gu): સફેદ મોટો ચોરસ
- Hausa (ha): farin babban murabba’i
- Hungarian (hu): nagy fehér négyzet
- Icelandic (is): stór hvítur ferningur
- Igbo (ig): sukwia nnukwu ọcha
- Irish (ga): cearnóg mhór bhán
- Javanese (jv): kothak gedhe putih
- Kalaallisut (kl): stort hvidt kvadrat
- Kannada (kn): ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಿಳಿ ಚೌಕ
- Kazakh (kk): үлкен ақ шаршы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇلكەن اق شارشى
- Khmer (km): បួនជ្រុងធំពណ៌ស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kare nini y’umweru
- Konkani (kok): धवो व्हड चवकोन
- Kyrgyz (ky): чоң ак чарчы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Nim saq kajxukut
- Lao (lo): ສີ່ຫຼ່ຽມໃຫຍ່ສີຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): liels balts kvadrāts
- Lithuanian (lt): baltas didelis kvadratas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): wjeliki běły kwadrat
- Luxembourgish (lb): wäisse grousse Quadrat
- Macedonian (mk): голем бел квадрат
- Malay (ms): persegi besar putih
- Malayalam (ml): വലിയ വെളുത്ത ചതുരം
- Maltese (mt): kwadrat kbir abjad
- Marathi (mr): पांढरा मोठा चौरस
- Mongolian (mn): том цагаан дөрвөлжин
- Māori (mi): tapawhā rite mā rahi
- Nepali (ne): सेतो ठूलो वर्ग
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Waít Bíg Skwea
- Northern Sotho (nso): khutlonne e kgolo tšhweu
- Norwegian (no): stort hvitt kvadrat
- Norwegian Nynorsk (nn): stor kvit firkant
- Odia (or): ଧଳା ବୃହତ୍‌ ବର୍ଗକ୍ଷେତ୍ର
- Oromo (om): iskuweerii guddaa adii
- Pashto (ps): سپينه لوی مربع
- Punjabi (pa): ਵੱਡਾ ਚਿੱਟਾ ਵਰਗ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): چٹّا وڈھا مربع
- Quechua (qu): yuraq hatun tawakuchu
- Romanian (ro): pătrat alb mare
- Romansh (rm): quadrat alv grond
- Sardinian (sc): cuadradu biancu mannu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): ceàrnag mhòr gheal
- Serbian (sr): велики бели квадрат
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): велики бијели квадрат
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): veliki beli kvadrat
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): veliki bijeli kvadrat
- Shan (shn): လွၵ်းသီႇၸဵင်ႇယႂ်ႇသီၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): سفيد وڏو چورس
- Sinhala (si): සුදු විශාල කොටුව
- Slovak (sk): veľký biely štvorec
- Slovenian (sl): velik bel kvadrat
- Somali (so): afar gees weyn oo cad
- Swahili (sw): mraba mkubwa mweupe
- Swiss High German (de-CH): grosses weisses Quadrat
- Tajik (tg): чоркунҷаи калони сафед
- Tamil (ta): பெரிய வெள்ளை சதுரம்
- Telugu (te): పెద్ద తెలుపు రంగు చతురస్రం
- Tigrinya (ti): ጻዕዳ ዓቢ ትርብዒት
- Tongan (to): tapafā lahi mo hinehina
- Tswana (tn): sekwere se segolo se sesweu
- Turkmen (tk): ak uly inedördül
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): wulki běły štyriróžk
- Urdu (ur): سفید بڑا چوکور
- Uyghur (ug): ئاق چوڭ كىۋادرات
- Uzbek (uz): katta oq kvadrat
- Welsh (cy): sgwâr mawr wyn
- Wolof (wo): kaare bu rëy te weex
- Xhosa (xh): iskwere esikhulu esimhlophe
- Yoruba (yo): onigunmẹrin funfun nla
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): onigunmɛrin funfun nla
- Zulu (zu): iskwele esimhlophe esikhulu

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+2B1C` |
| HTML | `⬜` |
| CSS | `\2B1C` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{2B1C}` |
| Python | `\u2B1C` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 AC 9C` |
| UTF-16 | `2B1C` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%AC%9C` |

## Questions

### What does the ⬜ white large square emoji mean?

A large solid white square. It is used as a blank block in emoji art and patterns, as a placeholder, to stand for anything white, and in some 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 “white 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 :white_large_square:.

### When was the ⬜ emoji added?

⬜ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+2B1C. In HTML you can write ⬜, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2B1C}.

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