What means
It fills selected cells in a text-grid picture. In Kaypro CP/M graphics, the numbers 2, 4 and 8 mark this tile’s filled cells.
A Unicode proposal from 2021 documents these 24 tiles in Kaypro’s text files. Octants extend the older quadrant and sextant block-grid idea.
Why might this show up blank?
Some terminals still lack support for octant blocks. As of 2026, Ghostty and Kitty render them; xterm.js does not.
Each tile can still contribute to a larger terminal picture.
Part of the collection
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box on some devices?
It is recent: Unicode added it in version 16.0 (2024), and phones and computers whose fonts are older than that have nothing to draw it with. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- octant · 2x4 mosaic · terminal graphics · text mode graphics · Kaypro graphics · block mosaic · terminal pixel art
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜵺CSS
\1CD7AGNOME on Linux
Press CtrlShiftU, enter 1CD7A, then press Enter or Space.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜵺
HTML hex
𜵺
CSS content
content: "\1CD7A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B5%BA
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On screen
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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.