What means
Five of its eight cells in a 2 4 tile are filled.
An octant is a rectangle of eight solid-or-empty cells arranged in two columns and four rows; the digits 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 mark this character's filled positions.
By 1984, Kaypro graphics on computers running CP/M used 2 4 character cells as pixels. The historical mapping pairs this pattern with Kaypro's reverse-video code B4; reverse video swaps the screen's foreground and background.
Adjacent octants can join like pixels into a larger terminal image.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does this octant show as a box or blank?
It may be a font or terminal-support issue. As of 2026, some terminals draw octant shapes themselves, while others rely on a font that includes them; if neither supports the character, the app may show a box or blank.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · octant block · 2x4 graphics · terminal mosaic · pixel block · kaypro cp/m
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𜶲\1CDB2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.