What means
The pattern fills cells 6, 7 and 8 of the eight-cell tile.
A 1983 Kaypro 10 manual documents semigraphics, a way to use character cells as a mosaic: software could switch individual cells on or off to draw small pictures on a text screen. A 2021 Unicode proposal sought to preserve these octant graphics from older computers; related sextant tiles use a 23 grid.
Part of the collection
Related characters
1
Questions people ask
1Can every terminal display ?
No. As of September 2026, compatibility testing found octant mosaics in some terminal emulators and none in others; without a font or terminal that draws this glyph, it may appear as a missing-character box.
More like this
8
How to type or find
- Search it as
- semigraphics · mosaic · terminal · pixel · kaypro · 2x4
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜷋CSS
\1CDCBCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜷋
HTML hex
𜷋
CSS content
content: "\1CDCB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B7%8B
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.