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separated block sextant-356

Separated Block Sextant-356

In Word for Windows, enter 1CE84 and press Alt+X; in GTK text fields, press Ctrl+Shift+U, enter 1ce84, then Enter. 𜺄 is one teletext mosaic tile, with parts 3, 5, and 6 filled in a 2-by-3 grid.

Text symbol
Search it as
teletext · mosaic · block graphics · separated graphics · alphamosaic · text art
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𜺄 means

In Word, enter 1CE84 and press Alt+X. In GTK text fields, press Ctrl+Shift+U, enter 1ce84, then Enter.

A sextant is a character cell divided into two columns and three rows; its numbers run across each row, and 356 fills the middle-left and two lower blocks. Teletext carried pages of text and simple graphics over TV broadcasts.

The BBC's CEEFAX information service began experimental transmissions on 12 March 1973; early mosaic pages used weather maps. After CEEFAX launched in September 1974, staff used mosaics for headings and logos, and artists made full-page pictures. In 1970s teletext, a control instruction switched between touching and separated cells; this character preserves the gapped form.

Don't confuse it with

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𜹑
Separated Block Sextant-1
shares “block”, “separated”, “sextant”
𜹒
Separated Block Sextant-2
shares “block”, “separated”, “sextant”
𜹓
Separated Block Sextant-12
shares “block”, “separated”, “sextant”
𜹔
Separated Block Sextant-3
shares “block”, “separated”, “sextant”

Combination ideas

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Designed strip: a broken-edge border for a retro teletext graphic.

Questions people ask

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Why 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 1CE84, 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 “separated block sextant-356”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ce84, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜺄
CSS
\1CE84
Word for Windows
Type 1CE84 in Word, then press Alt+X to convert the code to the character.
GTK text fields
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 1ce84, then press Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜺄
HTML hex
𜺄
CSS content
content: "\1CE84";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%BA%84
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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.

Families this belongs to

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Legacy computing935 symbols

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