Black large square

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Shortcode: :black_large_square:
Unicode: U+2B1B
HTML: ⬛
CSS: \2B1B
JavaScript: "\u{2B1B}"
URL: %E2%AC%9B

What ⬛ means

A large solid black square. It works as a dark block for grids, a blank, or a symbol of black.

Word game share grids in dark mode use ⬛ for a letter that is not in the answer. People also use it in pixel art, for a blackout, and as a building block of a dark, minimal aesthetic.

Facts

Black large square ⬛ is an emoji in the symbols category, under geometric. It is one of the early emoji from Japanese phones, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). 2 other emoji use it as a building block. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :black_large_square:. People also look for it with words like “black”, “geometric”, “large”, or “square”.