Square With Contoured Outline

Part of Math Symbols

Square With Contoured Outline has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
⧠
Unicode
U+29E0

About this symbol

⧠ is the d’Alembertian, the operator of the wave equation, named after Jean le Rond d’Alembert, who wrote down the equation for a vibrating string in 1747. It is often drawn as a plain square □.

Unicode facts

Official name
SQUARE WITH CONTOURED OUTLINE
Also called
D’Alembertian
Type
Maths symbol
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Unicode group
Miscellaneous mathematical symbols
Added in
Unicode 3.2 (2002)
Related
❏ Lower Right Drop-shadowed White Square U+274F

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