What means
Place it beside other block tiles to extend a pixel pattern. The Unicode proposal in 2021 uses “octant” for this eight-part layout, by analogy with “quadrant” (four parts) and “sextant” (six).
Don't confuse it with
4Combination ideas
1Designed repeat: extends the stepped tile across a row of terminal art.
Questions people ask
1Why does this symbol show as a blank box?
Your app’s font may lack this character. Cascadia Code release 2404.03 supports all octants; Microsoft announced that support in April 2024.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CD16, 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-2345”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cd16, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜴖CSS
\1CD16Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜴖
HTML hex
𜴖
CSS content
content: "\1CD16";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B4%96
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.