Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⬜️White Large Square Emoji
Generally, the ⬜️ emoji means ‘nothing’ or ‘empty.’ It’s often used to show a blank space or an absence of something.
The ⬜️ emoji is a simple white square.
- Unicode
- U+2B1C U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :white_
large_ square: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⬜️ White Large Square emoji mean?
People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.
02 — Platforms
White Large Square emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+2B1C. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
White Large Square emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :white_large_square:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+2B1C.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⬜️ White Large Square emoji
Where the emoji key lives on each system — and the codes for when there is no picker at all.
05 — Download
White Large 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
White Large Square emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around white large 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
One code point, several readings — where the white large square lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
⬜️ vs ⚪️ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: White Large Square
Code: U+2B1C U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :white_large_square:
Generally, the ⬜️ emoji means ‘nothing’ or ‘empty.’
Unicode name: White Circle
Code: U+26AA U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :white_circle:
Generally, the ⚪️ emoji just means a white circle.
11 — History
Where the ⬜️ White Large 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 E548.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
White Large Square was approved as U+2B1C 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