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𜵆

block octant-257

Block Octant-257

𜵆 is a tiny tile for text-mode pictures, filling three of a character cell’s eight parts. Kaypro CP/M machines used octants as pixels. If it looks missing, the text value may still be present.

Text symbol
Search it as
kaypro · cp/m · octant · semigraphics · text graphics
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𜵆 means

It fills cells 2, 5, and 7 in a two-column, four-row grid. By 1984, Kaypro CP/M computers used 2-by-4 octants as text-screen pixels; this pattern maps to reverse-video code DE. Unicode keeps these legacy tiles usable for data conversion and emulators. Quadrants and sextants share the mosaic idea, dividing a cell into four or six parts.

Why is it blank on my screen?

Your font may not include this rare glyph. Cascadia Code added all 256 octants in its 2404.03 release in April 2024, making these tiles usable for terminal artwork.

Don't confuse it with

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𜴀
Block Octant-3
shares “block”, “octant”
𜴁
Block Octant-23
shares “block”, “octant”
𜴂
Block Octant-123
shares “block”, “octant”
𜴃
Block Octant-4
shares “block”, “octant”

Questions people ask

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Why does 𜵆 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type 𜵆

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CD46, 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-257”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cd46, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜵆
CSS
\1CD46
Microsoft Word
As of 2026, type 1CD46 in Word for Windows and press Alt+X; select only those digits if they follow other text.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜵆
HTML hex
𜵆
CSS content
content: "\1CD46";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B5%86
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Legacy computing935 symbols

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