What means
It supplied one tile for building small graphics in text.
The old Sharp X1 chart lists it at byte DC; the Japanese home computer debuted in 1982. Its 4×4 tiles let text cells form small mosaics.
Don't confuse it with
4
Lower Middle Left One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “lower”, “one”, “sixteenth”
Lower Middle Centre Left One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “lower”, “one”, “sixteenth”
Lower Middle Centre Right One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “lower”, “one”, “sixteenth”
Lower Middle Right One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “lower”, “one”, “sixteenth”
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.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CE9C, 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 “lower left one sixteenth block”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ce9c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜺜CSS
\1CE9CLinux (GTK)
As documented on 2026-09-28, press Ctrl+Shift+U, type `1CE9C`, then Enter or Space.
macOS hex input
As documented on 2026-09-28, Unicode Hex Input accepts only four digits, so it cannot enter this character. Use Character Viewer.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜺜
HTML hex
𜺜
CSS content
content: "\1CE9C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%BA%9C
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.