What means
It filled one cell in the Z 9001’s text-mode drawing set.
Unicode’s mapping table traces this glyph to graphics code C2 in the Robotron Z 9001, an East German home computer sold from late 1984. The basic model lacked full-resolution graphics, so fixed symbols could be arranged in text cells to make “quasi-graphics”—simple pictures assembled from character tiles. C2 was the machine’s character-set byte, not a Unicode address.
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Related characters
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Questions 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.
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How to type or find
- Search it as
- robotron · z9001 · robotron c2 · quasigrafik · pseudographics · block graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𜲎CSS
\1CC8EMicrosoft Word
In Microsoft Word (2016, 2019, 2021, 2024, or Microsoft 365), type 1CC8E, then press AltX. Select only the code first if other hexadecimal digits precede it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜲎
HTML hex
𜲎
CSS content
content: "\1CC8E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B2%8E
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On screen
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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.