▹
Geometric Shape 26
- Unicode
- U+25B9
- Category
- Geometric
- HTML Entity
- ▹
- CSS
- \25B9
The ▹ symbol, officially known as the White Right-Pointing Small Triangle, is a classic geometric shape from the Unicode Geometric Shapes block. It is frequently used in digital interfaces to represent a collapsed dropdown menu, a breadcrumb navigation separator, or an unpressed "play" button. Web designers and typographers also rely on this crisp, outlined triangle as a stylized bullet point to guide the reader's eye through list items.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt + 9657
- macOS
- Control + Command + Space then search "white right-pointing small triangle"
- Linux
- Ctrl + Shift + U then 25b9 and Space
- HTML
- ▹ or ▹
In Programming
Front-end developers frequently use this text-based symbol as a lightweight, scalable icon for expandable accordion menus or media playback controls. In mathematical notation, outlined triangles can occasionally represent specific algebraic operations or geometric relations.
Tags
UI navigation symbol
arrow
breadcrumb separator symbol
collapsed menu hollow
dropdown indicator outline
geometric
hollow small right triangle
list bullet outline
navigation separator arrow
outline
outline play button small
pointer
small white right triangle
unfilled right pointer small
white right triangle small