What means
It marks a pattern in a tiny screen mosaic.
An octant is one of eight squares in the 2-by-4 cell. Its digits mark the filled squares; adjacent cells form pixel art.
Kaypro's guide dated March 20, 1984 describes 2-by-4 graphics. A 2021 Unicode proposal maps this tile to Kaypro's reverse-video code D4, which flips light and dark.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does this show as a box?
The app's font may lack the glyph. On April 30, 2024, Microsoft announced that Cascadia Code included all 256 octants for terminal graphics.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CD4A, 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 “block octant-12357”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cd4a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜵊CSS
\1CD4AWindows Word
As of September 2026, type `1CD4A`, then press `Alt`+`X` in Microsoft Word.
GNOME on Linux
As of September 2026, press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, enter `1CD4A`, then `Space` or `Enter` in a text field.
macOS Unicode Hex Input
As of September 2026, Unicode Hex Input accepts only four digits; use Character Viewer for this code.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜵊
HTML hex
𜵊
CSS content
content: "\1CD4A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B5%8A
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.