U+23F6

Black medium up-pointing triangle⏶

Black medium up-pointing triangle is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Technical block, listed here under Time & Clocks. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "media", "up".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+23F6
Decimal
9206
Hex
0x23F6
Octal
0o21766

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+23F6
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0BLACK MEDIUM UP-POINTING TRIANGLE
DecimalBase 109206
HexadecimalBase 160x23F6
OctalBase 80o21766
BinaryBase 20010001111110110
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2300–U+23FFMiscellaneous Technical
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)⏶
HTML entity (hex)⏶
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\23F6
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%8F%B6

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u23F6
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u23F6
Python\u23F6
Java / C# / Kotlin\u23F6

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 8F B6
UTF-16 (BE)23F6
UTF-32 (BE)000023F6

How to type Black medium up-pointing triangle

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +23F6 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 23F6 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 23F6. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Black medium up-pointing triangle".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 23f6, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: ⏶ in HTML, \23F6 in CSS, and \u23F6 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
BLACK MEDIUM UP-POINTING TRIANGLE
Block
Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Technical block: U2300.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Black medium up-pointing triangle symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ⏶ and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Black medium up-pointing triangle?

Black medium up-pointing triangle is U+23F6 (decimal 9206, hexadecimal 0x23F6, octal 0o21766). It lives in the Miscellaneous Technical block (U+2300–U+23FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Black medium up-pointing triangle?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "BLACK MEDIUM UP-POINTING TRIANGLE". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Black medium up-pointing triangle?

Use ⏶ or ⏶. In CSS, use content: "\23F6".

How do I type Black medium up-pointing triangle in code?

JavaScript: "\u23F6". Python: "\u23F6". JSON and Java: "\u23F6". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 8F B6.

Is Black medium up-pointing triangle an emoji?

No. Black medium up-pointing triangle is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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