Windows
2 options- In Word / Outlook: type 25A5 then press Alt + X.
- Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.
Square With Vertical Fill
A symbol from the Geometric Shapes collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- ▥
- Unicode
- U+25A5
- HTML entity
- ▥
- Category
- Geometric Shapes
Export
Download Square With Vertical Fill as a vector SVG or a raster PNG.
SVG uses the system font stack — open in any vector editor and convert to outlines if needed. PNGs have a transparent background.
6 of 48 in the geometric shapes collection
About the square with vertical fill symbol
Square With Vertical Fill appears as a small square containing several evenly spaced vertical lines. It is primarily identified as a geometric shape and is read descriptive of its appearance, though it lacks a phonetic pronunciation in any script. This character belongs to a collection of shaded and patterned blocks used to represent distinctive textures or fill patterns without the need for color or complex imagery.
While this symbol has no widespread modern use in standard prose, it frequently appears in technical contexts as a mapping or legend indicator. In mathematics and architectural diagrams, it may denote a specific material property or a shaded region of a graph. It also serves as a decorative element in early computer graphics and text-based art to indicate depth or internal pattern within a grid system or game interface.
How to type Square With Vertical Fill
Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.
macOS
2 options- Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 25A5.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 25A5, then press Enter or Space.
Copy in every format
Every form of this character — for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, URLs and more. Click any value to copy.
Part of the Geometric Shapes block
▥ square with vertical fill lives inside the Geometric Shapes Unicode block. Browse every indexed character in Geometric Shapes →
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