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Block Elements (Unicode block)

The Block Elements block runs from U+2580–U+259F. Every assigned character is below with its official name, code point and HTML code.

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Block Elements are solid and shaded squares and half-blocks: █ ▓ ▒ ░ ▀ ▄ ▌ ▐. They date back to the IBM PC character set, where Alt codes 176–178 and 219–223 still type them, and they are used for text art, progress bars and retro graphics.

All 32 characters in the Block Elements block

Range U+2580 to U+259F. Click a character to copy it.

Block Elements code chart

CharCode pointNameHTML
U+2580Upper Half Block▀
U+2581Lower One Eighth Block▁
U+2582Lower One Quarter Block▂
U+2583Lower Three Eighths Block▃
U+2584Lower Half Block▄
U+2585Lower Five Eighths Block▅
U+2586Lower Three Quarters Block▆
U+2587Lower Seven Eighths Block▇
U+2588Full Block█
U+2589Left Seven Eighths Block▉
U+258ALeft Three Quarters Block▊
U+258BLeft Five Eighths Block▋
U+258CLeft Half Block▌
U+258DLeft Three Eighths Block▍
U+258ELeft One Quarter Block▎
U+258FLeft One Eighth Block▏
U+2590Right Half Block▐
U+2591Light Shade░
U+2592Medium Shade▒
U+2593Dark Shade▓
U+2594Upper One Eighth Block▔
U+2595Right One Eighth Block▕
U+2596Quadrant Lower Left▖
U+2597Quadrant Lower Right▗
U+2598Quadrant Upper Left▘
U+2599Quadrant Upper Left and Lower Left and Lower Right▙
U+259AQuadrant Upper Left and Lower Right▚
U+259BQuadrant Upper Left and Upper Right and Lower Left▛
U+259CQuadrant Upper Left and Upper Right and Lower Right▜
U+259DQuadrant Upper Right▝
U+259EQuadrant Upper Right and Lower Left▞
U+259FQuadrant Upper Right and Lower Left and Lower Right▟