What means
It filled one patch inside a screen cell. A character cell is one box on a text screen. Kaypro's 1983 guide describes graphics cells as a 2-by-4 pixel grid; filling different patches let the computer draw larger images. The same tile appears in Kaypro's Normal character set and the Robotron Z9001 graphics set.
Don't confuse it with
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
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CEA8, 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 “left half upper one quarter block”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cea8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜺨CSS
\1CEA8How to type 1CEA8 in Microsoft Word
In 2026, type `1CEA8` and press `Alt+X` in Word to convert it. Select just the code if it follows other text.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜺨
HTML hex
𜺨
CSS content
content: "\1CEA8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%BA%A8
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.