What means
One small lit tile for graphics inside a text cell.
Kaypro computers used this character in a two-column, four-row grid inside each text cell. By 1983, the Kaypro 10 manual describes how the eight blocks drew pictures and lines on text screens that could not address individual pixels. The idea parallels earlier Unicode 2×2 quadrant tiles and the 2×3 sextants of Teletext, a television information service. Unicode encoded Kaypro octants for compatibility in 2024.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does this show as a box?
Your font or terminal lacks a glyph for this character. As of 2026-09-28, support for the supplement varies across tracked terminals; the character itself is unchanged.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CD03, 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-4”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cd03, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜴃CSS
\1CD03Microsoft Word for Windows
To enter 1CD03 in Word for Windows as of 2026, type the code and press `Alt+X`; choose a font that includes the glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜴃
HTML hex
𜴃
CSS content
content: "\1CD03";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B4%83
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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.