Small Orange Diamond 🔸
🔸 (U+1F538) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Small Orange Diamond is part of the Symbols family (block: Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts SMALL ORANGE DIAMOND. It can appear in messages to signal a small highlight or decoration, adding a friendly or festive mood in casual chats. It may serve as a subtle marker or icon in user interfaces to draw attention without words. In content, it helps emphasize a point or decorate a list item where color and shape matter. Use in UI or text should be deliberate to avoid ambiguity in formal content.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F538
in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F538
- General Category:
So
- Age:
6.0
- Bidi Class:
ON
- Block:
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
- Script:
Common
- UTF-8:
F0 9F 94 B8
- UTF-16:
D83D DD38
- UTF-32:
0001F538
- HTML dec:
🔸
- HTML hex:
🔸
- JS escape:
\u{1F538}
- Python \N{}:
\N{SMALL ORANGE DIAMOND}
- Python \U:
\U0001F538
- URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%94%B8
- CSS escape:
\1F538
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F538
or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity 🔸
(hex) or 🔸
(decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.