What means
It is a bomb pictogram pointed left.
A 2021 Unicode proposal maps this Sharp MZ game sprite to the computer’s European alternate character set. The wider proposal gathers home-computer symbols from the mid-1970s to mid-1980s and teletext graphics from the early 1970s—TV pages made of text and block pictures—for emulators and character-set conversion.
An old-computer graphic with stark nuclear imagery.
Without context, it can come across as a threat.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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 1CC60, 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-pointing atomic bomb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cc60, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜱠CSS
\1CC60Word for Windows
As of 2026, type `1CC60` and press `Alt+X`; if it displays as a box, choose a font with the glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜱠
HTML hex
𜱠
CSS content
content: "\1CC60";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B1%A0
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.