What means
It shows an alien spider with its legs spread.
The Sharp MZ-700, released in 1982, stored it in a second picture set for its European version. This game sprite later became a standalone text character, still showing the same pose.
Could you type it on the MZ-700?
No; BASIC was the MZ-700’s programming language.
A program could display this alternate-set character with POKE, a command that writes a value into video memory; the set could not be typed or printed from BASIC.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does appear as a blank box?
The active font or app may lack its drawing, so it substitutes a blank box or placeholder. The character itself remains unchanged.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CC53, then Alt+X to get .
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “alien spider spread”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cc53, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜱓CSS
\1CC53Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\1CC53";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B1%93
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.