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Green Square 🟩

Added in Emoji 12 · Symbols Shapes & Colors

Codepoint U+1F7E9
Shortcode :green_square:
Version Emoji 12

Meaning

A vibrant green square evoking nature, growth, and approval. The color is typically rendered as a bright, medium green—neither too pale nor too dark—with a clean, flat design that works seamlessly on any background. It's one of the most universally positive colors in the geometric emoji lineup.

The green square is heavily used to signal "go," "approved," or "complete" in digital communication. Task managers and note-taking apps display it as a checkmark alternative, and it's become the emoji equivalent of a thumbs-up in visual organization systems. People use it in conversations to indicate acceptance, permission, or that something is ready to proceed. It's also popular for marking environmental themes, eco-friendly choices, or anything nature-related.

Beyond practical organization, the green square carries psychological weight—it feels safe, positive, and forward-moving. In gaming and sports contexts, it can signal success or victory. The emoji works beautifully in sequences with other colored squares, building rainbow or traffic-light visual systems. Approved in Unicode Emoji 12 in 2019, the green square has become essential for anyone managing tasks, notes, or creative projects digitally.

Common Uses

  • Marking approved or completed tasks
  • Indicating 'go' or permission
  • Representing nature and eco-friendly choices
  • Building positive visual organization systems

Popular Combos

🟩✅ 🟩🌱 🟩⭐

Did You Know?

The green square emoji became unexpectedly popular in productivity circles because it perfectly mirrors the satisfaction people feel when they mark a task as complete.

Keywords

green square

Related Emoji

Technical Reference

Platform Shortcodes

GitHub :green_square:
Slack :large_green_square:
Discord :green_square:

Developer Codes

HTML (decimal)
🟩
HTML (hex)
🟩
CSS
\1F7E9
JavaScript
\uD83D\uDFE9
Python
\U0001F7E9
Java
\uD83D\uDFE9
Perl
\x{1F7E9}
PHP / Ruby
\x{1F7E9}
Punycode
xn--2rjd
URL Encoded
%F0%9F%9F%A9
UTF-8 Bytes
0xF0 0x9F 0x9F 0xA9

🟩 in 28 languages

Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.

Language Name
Bengali সবুজ বর্গক্ষেত্র
Chinese (Simplified) 绿色方块
Chinese (Traditional) 綠色方形
Danish grønt kvadrat
Dutch groen vierkant
English green square
English (UK) green square
Estonian roheline ruut
Finnish vihreä neliö
French carré vert
German grünes Quadrat
Hindi हरा वर्ग
Hungarian zöld négyzet
Italian quadrato verde
Japanese 緑の四角
Korean 녹색 사각형
Lithuanian žalias kvadratas
Malay persegi hijau
Norwegian grønt kvadrat
Polish zielony kwadrat
Portuguese quadrado verde
Russian зеленый квадрат
Spanish cuadrado verde
Spanish (Mexico) cuadrado verde
Swedish grön kvadrat
Thai สี่เหลี่ยมสีเขียว
Ukrainian зелений квадрат
Vietnamese hình vuông màu xanh lá cây