What means
Type 1CC6A, then press Alt+X. In Microsoft Word, select just the code first if it touches other hexadecimal digits.
On Linux with GNOME, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1CC6A, then press Enter.
On the European MZ-700, this character belonged to an alternate display table that could not be entered from the keyboard. The manual shows BASIC POKE—a command that writes a value to a memory address—placing its display code into screen memory.
What does mean?
It is a flare-like burst with rays pointing outward.
Sharp's MZ-80K, released in Japan in 1978, started a home-computer line. Its character-based screen could make simple pictures by arranging ready-drawn marks in text-sized cells. A European MZ-700 alternate display table lists this exact burst at local display code A0, that machine's label for the character rather than a Unicode value.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does show as a box?
A box means the selected font has no drawing for this character. Choose a font that supports it; the text still contains the same Unicode character.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- starburst · burst · spark · asterisk · sharp mz · retro computer
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𜱪\1CC6ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.