What 🭹 means
Five of eight rows are filled; in Word, enter 1FB79 then Alt+X.
PETSCII was the built-in character set on the Commodore 64 and 128, where block shapes let programs draw low-resolution pictures in text mode. A 2018 Unicode proposal maps 🭹 to PETSCII position 0x40, carrying that drawing tile into modern text.
Don't confuse it with
4🭶🭷🭸🭺
Horizontal One Eighth Block-2
shares “block”, “eighth”, “horizontal”, “one”
Horizontal One Eighth Block-3
shares “block”, “eighth”, “horizontal”, “one”
Horizontal One Eighth Block-4
shares “block”, “eighth”, “horizontal”, “one”
Horizontal One Eighth Block-6
shares “block”, “eighth”, “horizontal”, “one”
Combination ideas
1Three adjacent tiles make a wider band at the same height.
Questions people ask
2Can macOS type 🭹 with Unicode Hex Input?
As of 2026, macOS's Unicode Hex Input accepts only four hexadecimal digits, so it cannot enter this five-digit character. Use Character Viewer instead.
Why does 🭹 show as a box?
As of 2026, a box or blank can mean the selected font lacks this glyph. Try a font that supports it; the text itself may still be intact.
How to type 🭹
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1FB79, 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 “horizontal one eighth block-5”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1fb79, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🭹CSS
\1FB79Word on Windows
Type 1FB79 and press Alt+X. If it follows a hexadecimal digit, select only 1FB79 first.
GNOME/GTK on Linux
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1FB79, then press Space or Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🭹
HTML hex
🭹
CSS content
content: "\1FB79";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%AD%B9
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.