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◻️ White medium square
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◻️ Emoji meaning
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◻️ Meaning
The square stands for symmetry and order. The color white stands for purity, cleanliness and perfection. While in western cultures brides are dressed in white, the color stands for mourning and death in eastern cultures.
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Commonly confused with
Color Variant
White large square vs white medium square; users rarely distinguish size variants.
White medium square vs white medium small square; both outlines for checkboxes or UI elements.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “White medium square” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ medium + white
Keywords removed
- white medium square
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ white medium square
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
Keywords changed
Keywords added
+ geometric + square
