What means
It contributes one patterned cell to a larger picture.
An octant divides a character cell into eight blocks. The digits 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 mark the filled positions here; adjoining tiles could form larger text drawings.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does this block octant show as a box?
Your font or terminal may lack support. Support is still uneven as of 2026: some terminals draw octants themselves; others need a font that includes the glyph. That produces the empty-box display.
More like this
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · block mosaic · text graphics · pixel art · terminal graphics · kaypro graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷕CSS
\1CDD5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜷕
HTML hex
𜷕
CSS content
content: "\1CDD5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%95
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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.