What means
It was part of a computer's character set. Unicode's mapping table traces it to the Robotron Z9001 set. The proposal aimed to let old text move into Unicode and back without losing such special characters.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does this symbol show as a box?
Your font may not include its drawing. Unicode can identify the character without every font having a shape for it, so your device may show an empty box or a missing-character mark.
More like this
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Collections with
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- z9001 diamond · robotron symbol · terminal diamond
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𜲍CSS
\1CC8DCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜲍
HTML hex
𜲍
CSS content
content: "\1CC8D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B2%8D
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On screen
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Code points
2
JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.