Symbols · Emoji 0.6
▪️Black Small Square Emoji
Basically, it’s just a small square. People use it to show they’re listing things or just as a little decorative mark.
The ▪️ emoji is a small black square.
- Unicode
- U+25AA U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :black_
small_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ▪️ Black Small Square emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 4.
02 — Platforms
Black Small Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the black small square as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Black Small Square emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :black_small_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the black small square, code point U+25AA.
04 — How to type
How to type the ▪️ Black Small Square emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+25AA when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Black Small Square emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Black Small Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around black small square for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What ▪️ means from a girl or a guy
The same character carries a different intent depending on the sender and the message before it.
08 — Apps
What ▪️ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+25AA, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Difference
▪️ vs ⚫️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Black Small Square
Code: U+25AA U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :black_small_square:
Basically, it’s just a small square.
Unicode name: Black Circle
Code: U+26AB U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :black_circle:
Generally, ⚫️ means “nothing” or “void.”
11 — History
Where the ▪️ Black Small Square emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
▪️ existed there as
KDDI au E532.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Black Small Square was approved as U+25AA U+FE0F and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so ▪️ is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ