What means
It is a character preserved from an early programming system.
Smalltalk is an early programming language. A 2021 Unicode proposal reproduces this glyph from a Smalltalk-78 system-font chart recovered from a prototype Macintosh disk. A system font is the set of letter and symbol designs a computer uses to display text.
The proposal sought compatibility with older Smalltalk material, carrying this character beyond its original system.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does this symbol show as a box?
Your font may not include a drawing for this character. A font that supports it shows the zigzag; a box or blank is a display fallback, not a different symbol.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CEB0, 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 zigzag line”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ceb0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜺰CSS
\1CEB0Smalltalk-78 browser VM
As of 2026, its keyboard guide assigns Ctrl-X to the “wiggly line” key.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜺰
HTML hex
𜺰
CSS content
content: "\1CEB0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%BA%B0
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.