What 🭻 means
A thin tile for text-based pictures.
Early-1970s teletext (TV information pages) and home computers from mid-1970s to mid-1980s used block graphics. Source tables map 🭻 to Ohio Scientific and Sharp MZ’s Japanese-primary display set. A 2019 Unicode proposal grouped these forms for compatibility with old character data.
Why does 🭻 end in 7?
It marks which eighth of the cell holds the strip.
The strip sits in the cell’s last band. Repeated side by side, it makes a longer line.
Is 🭻 the same as ▁?
They share a shape, but are distinct characters.
Unicode links ▁ as the general lower block. As of 2026, terminal support varies; some draw glyphs missing from fonts.
Don't confuse it with
4Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Why does 🭻 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 🭻
🭻\1FB7BCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.