◼️
What ◼️ means
A black square, similar to the ⬛ Black Large Square, but a one size smaller. The ◼️ Black Medium Square emoji is a variant of the black-square emojis. It represents a medium sized square and the capacity of the given area.
How and when to use it
- If you're referring to something that's black, but less intense or containing less color, use ◼️. For example, "I used 4H shading the center ◼️ ✏️" or "I don't think we'll need a lot of black in the logo ◼️".
- Since ◼️ is part of the ascending or descending series of the black squares, it signifies somewhere in the middle. Hence, while applying this "middle" in any context, feel fear to use ◼️
- Some instances for the previous point are - "You just started work. Wait, until you're ready for the next level ◼️", "It always felt like I was stuck at the middle with him ◼️ We never moved past it".
- If you're sharing content; textual or visual, where black occupies prominence, but the subject is medium-sized, ◼️ could be part of the caption - it could be a pair of black ear studs, a black-studded ring, fashion statements, piercings, etc.
Other Names
- ◼️ Medium Black Square
- ◼️ Black Square
- ◼️ Smaller Black Square
- ◼️ Medium Black Cube
- ◼️ Medium Black Patch
- ◼️ Four-Sided Medium Black Solid
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › geometric
- Codepoints
U+25FC U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:black_medium_square:GitHub- Keywords
- black, geometric, medium, square
How it looks across platforms
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Which joined the keyboard first — ◼️ Black Medium Square or 🐅 Tiger?
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