What means
It shows a triangle pointed down, with stripes across its fill.
The 2022 Unicode proposal included it in a collection of graphics for home computers and Teletext, a TV service for text and simple pictures. The collection aimed to let older character data convert to Unicode and back.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why can some software count it as two characters?
UTF-16 is a way to store text that uses two 16-bit units for this character. Software that counts units can report two positions even though this is one Unicode character.
How to type
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1CC83, 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 “striped down-pointing triangle”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1cc83, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜲃CSS
\1CC83Word for Windows
As of 2026, type `1CC83` and press `Alt+X` in Word for Windows to insert this character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜲃
HTML hex
𜲃
CSS content
content: "\1CC83";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%B2%83
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.