What means
It built pictures from tiny blocks in text cells. An octant divides a character cell into two columns and four rows. Kaypro CP/M computers joined these tiles as chunky pixels. By the mid-1980s, Kaypro drawing software used them. Kaypro’s normal graphics byte was 0x92; Unicode text uses the mapped character, not the old byte. Unicode carries these patterns into text exchange and emulators.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does this symbol appear as a box?
It is likely a font or terminal coverage gap. Ratatui’s 2026 terminal docs describe octant support as less widespread than Braille; other apps and fonts can differ.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · octant 16 · kaypro graphics · kaypro character · mosaic graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜴙CSS
\1CD19Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜴙
HTML hex
𜴙
CSS content
content: "\1CD19";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B4%99
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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.