What means
It filled one patch in a picture built from text. A character cell is one box in a text grid. “Semigraphics” divides cells into filled patches that text-only screens combine into pictures.
Unicode’s block graphics began as compatibility characters for computer sets, then expanded to cover home computers and teletext. The collection also helps emulators and text-mode interfaces preserve those graphics.
Why does this show as a missing box?
The font or terminal may lack support for this supplemental block. As of 2026, terminal emulators vary: some draw legacy graphics themselves; others rely on fonts that may lack the glyph.
Part of the collection
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
- block mosaic · semigraphics · text graphics
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𜺠\1CEA0Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.