What 🆜 means
ARIB STD-B62, Japan’s digital-broadcasting standard, was adopted in 2014. In 2015, Japan proposed 🆜 with related symbols so UHDTV electronic program guides could exchange picture, sound, and connected-screen labels as standardized text.
Technical broadcast metadata for an electronic program guide.
Outside a TV guide, its intended feature may be unclear.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
2Is squared second screen an emoji?
No. It is a text symbol for broadcast metadata, not emoji artwork.
Why is squared second screen a box?
The font in use may lack a glyph for 🆜; supported fonts can draw the same character in different styles.
How to type 🆜
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1F19C, 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 “squared second screen”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1f19c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
🆜CSS
\1F19CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
🆜
HTML hex
🆜
CSS content
content: "\1F19C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9F%86%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.