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𜰈

antenna

Antenna

𜰈 marks an antenna connection in an electronics schematic, a simplified drawing of a circuit. Its particular form comes from a Sharp MZ-700 character set made for displaying text and symbols on an early home computer.

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What 𜰈 means

It marks the point where the circuit connects to an antenna.

A schematic is a simplified drawing of electrical components and their connections; the antenna sends or receives radio signals at that connection.

Where did this antenna character come from?

Its documented computer form is from the Sharp MZ-700's European display set.

The 2021 Unicode proposal traces it to slot B5 in the MZ-700's European alternate character table; the computer launched in 1982. The mark belonged to a set of schematic symbols designed to sit beside line-drawing characters, letting text make simple circuit diagrams. Unicode carried that on-screen glyph forward as a separate text character.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𜰈 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 𜰈

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CC08, 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 “antenna”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cc08, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜰈
CSS
\1CC08
HTML
The HTML numeric reference for 𜰈 is `𜰈`; a browser turns it into the character in page text.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜰈
HTML hex
𜰈
CSS content
content: "\1CC08";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B0%88
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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.

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Legacy computing935 symbols

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