The black square button is the tiny, dramatic pause of the emoji world—part mood, part layout tool, all vibe. People drop it to give captions a sleek, night-mode aesthetic, to separate thoughts like a chic divider, or to say "period" with extra finality. It doubles as a miniature censor bar, a blackout box for redacted energy, or the building block of pixel art and checkerboard patterns when paired with the white square button. In texts, it can read as stoic, mysterious, or delightfully deadpan—like sending an eloquent nothing that still feels intentional.
On Apple devices, it looks like a rounded-corner squircle with a soft 3D bevel: deep charcoal center, faint gray rim, and a subtle glossy gradient that makes it feel like a clickable UI keycap. That recognizable button-y shine makes it perfect for minimalist icons, story highlights, and tidy bullet lists. You’ll see it in aesthetic bios, K-pop teaser grids, and TikTok captions to frame lines or create a crisp, modular layout. Use it when you want your post to whisper "sleek and serious" while still giving design-magazine energy.
Definition
iOS 5 Updated icon. This was Previously a green circle on the keyboard but changed to a black square. We wish the new square good luck. iEmoji old name: Green Sphere. Green circle with the shine of a sphere.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
669 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:black_square_button:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
Geometric Shapes
Names & Annotations
BLACK SQUARE BUTTON Old name: BLACK ROUNDED SQUARE Design Note: Same shapes for e-BA3 and e-B67.
Symbol Information
U+1F532 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-BA3
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#95 'New moon' 新月 U+E69C SJIS-F940 JIS-7847
KDDI
#41 大丸２ U+E54B SJIS-F767 JIS-7748
Softbank
#463 #old206 ボタン２ 「botan２」 U+E21A SJIS-F7BA
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🔲
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🔲
Decimal HTML Entity
🔲
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🔲
Hex Code Point(s)
1f532
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F532
Decimal Code Point(s)
128306
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xB2
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 B2
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 262
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD32
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd32
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56626
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F532
UTF-32 Hex
01F532
UTF-32 Dec
128306
Python Src
u"\U0001F532"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xb2"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD32"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
