Unfilled twin of ◼️ Black Medium Square, sitting at the same mid-size rung and drawn as an outline rather than a solid block. It does duty as an empty checkbox in a plain-text to-do list, the unticked box sitting beside whatever has already been dealt with.
What ◻️ means
A four-sided white polygon, designed one size smaller than the ⬜ White Large Square and defined with a black border. The ◻️ White Medium Square emoji could symbolize a squarely-cut piece of paper, a white bullet point, or even a tiny white package.
How and when to use it
- You may use ◻️ in the context of food! This emoji is a fantastic illustration of a cube of marshmallow or even an ice cube. Like, "Add loads of marshmallow in that popcorn! ◻️◻️◻️◻️🍿🍿🍿🍿".
- Much like the black dotted line resulting in the repetitive series of ◾ Black Medium-Small Square, you could apply ◻️ (and other squares too) to create such decorative lines/borders online.
- ◻️ could also suggest a tiny empty box that's yet to be filled. For instance, "Tomorrow is an empty box ◻️" or "Our compassion and humanity fills the emptiness of our hearts ◻️".
- When coupled with the ◼️ Black Medium Square, ◻️ would become a vital part of a chequered pattern, much like a chessboard (this works for squares of all sizes, however).
Other Names
- ◻️ Smaller White Square
- ◻️ Medium White Square
- ◻️ Medium White Cube
- ◻️ White Square
- ◻️ White Squared Dot
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › geometric
- Codepoints
U+25FB U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:white_medium_square:GitHub- Keywords
- geometric, medium, square, white
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — ◻️ White Medium Square or 🪡 Sewing Needle?