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U+2590 · RIGHT HALF BLOCK

Right Half Block

  • CodepointU+2590
  • NameRIGHT HALF BLOCK
  • Decimal9616
  • BlockBlock Elements (U+2580–U+259F)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2590 (▐) is RIGHT HALF BLOCK, a symbol in the Block Elements block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ▐

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 96 903 bytes
UTF-1625901 code unit
UTF-32000025904 bytes
HTML decimal▐
HTML hex▐
CSS\2590in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2590
JSON\u2590
Python\u2590
Python\N{RIGHT HALF BLOCK}by name
Java / C#\u2590
C / C++\u2590universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2590}
Go\u2590
Ruby\u2590
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9616)
URL-encoded%E2%96%90percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+258C▌Left Half Block
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Nearby in Block Elements

All in block →
U+258A▊Left Three Quarters Block U+258B▋Left Five Eighths Block U+258C▌Left Half Block U+258D▍Left Three Eighths Block U+258E▎Left One Quarter Block U+258F▏Left One Eighth Block U+2591░Light Shade U+2592▒Medium Shade U+2593▓Dark Shade U+2594▔Upper One Eighth Block U+2595▕Right One Eighth Block U+2596▖Quadrant Lower Left