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𜺔

upper middle left one sixteenth block

Upper middle-left sixteenth block

This small tile is from the Robotron Z9001 graphics set; its machine character code was D4. Text-mode programs arranged such tiles in grid cells to build coarse screen pictures. Read it as a fragment of old computer graphics, not a complete picture.

Text symbol
Search it as
robotron · z9001 · d4 · block graphics · semigraphics
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𜺔 means

It marks a one-sixteenth patch in the upper-middle-left of a larger block. The Robotron Z9001, an East German home computer introduced in 1984, displayed graphic characters in text cells so programs could sketch pictures without addressing each pixel separately.

Unicode preserves the old graphics

Unicode began encoding box-drawing and block characters for computer compatibility in 1991, then expanded that preservation work. A 2021 proposal included the Robotron set so exchanged text could preserve its graphics and emulators—programs that imitate older computers—could display them.

Don't confuse it with

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𜺕
Upper Middle Centre Left One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “middle”, “one”, “sixteenth”, “upper”
𜺖
Upper Middle Centre Right One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “middle”, “one”, “sixteenth”, “upper”
𜺗
Upper Middle Right One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “middle”, “one”, “sixteenth”, “upper”
𜺐
Upper Left One Sixteenth Block
shares “block”, “one”, “sixteenth”, “upper”

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 1CE94, 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 “upper middle left one sixteenth block”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ce94, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𜺔
CSS
\1CE94
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𜺔
HTML hex
𜺔
CSS content
content: "\1CE94";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9C%BA%94
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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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