What means
It fills a horizontal strip in a screen graphic.
The 2021 source table maps it to Robotron Z9001 and Sharp MZ's European alternate display set, a separate bank of on-screen shapes rather than keyboard characters.
Added to Unicode in 2024, it may appear as an empty box in fonts that lack its glyph.
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
- semigraphics · pseudographics · fill · graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜱅CSS
\1CC45Microsoft Word
As of 2026, in Word enter 1CC45 and press AltX.
macOS
As of 2026, Unicode Hex Input accepts only four hex digits, so it cannot enter this five-digit character.
HTML
In HTML source, write as a hexadecimal character reference.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜱅
HTML hex
𜱅
CSS content
content: "\1CC45";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B1%85
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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.