▨
Geometric Shape 9
- Unicode
- U+25A8
- Category
- Geometric
- HTML Entity
- ▨
- CSS
- \25A8
The ▨ symbol, officially known as the Square with Crosshatch Fill, is part of the Unicode Geometric Shapes block. It features a square box filled with a diagonal grid pattern, originally designed for technical diagrams, architectural plans, and maps to indicate textured or shaded areas. Today, it frequently appears in digital text art, retro terminal UI design, or as a unique decorative bullet point on social media.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+9640
- macOS
- Control+Command+Space then search 'crosshatch'
- Linux
- Ctrl+Shift+U then 25A8
- HTML
- ▨
In Programming
Developers occasionally use this symbol in text-based terminal applications to render textured surfaces, UI borders, or visual grid representations without needing external graphic assets.
Tags
ASCII art square
architectural plan shading
diagonal crosshatch square
diagonal grid pattern
diagonal lines square
fill
geometric
hatched
pattern
retro terminal symbol
social media bullet point
technical diagram texture
unicode diagonal crosshatch