U+1CC8E "𜲎" Left and Upper One Eighth Block Containing Black Small Square Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𜲎
U+1CC8E "𜲎" Left and Upper One Eighth Block Containing Black Small Square is a graphical element belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement block, designed to represent a specific pixel-like pattern for retro computing and terminal graphics. It depicts a black small square positioned within the left and upper eighth of a single character cell, effectively filling only that portion of the block. This character, like others in its set, is intended for use in recreating historical screen displays or encoding bitmap-style images using text, where precise control over on and off pixels is needed. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve the visual fidelity of vintage computer and game interfaces.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CC8E |
| Version Added | 16.0 |
| Name | Left and Upper One Eighth Block Containing Black Small Square |
| Block | Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𜲎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𜲎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9C 0xB2 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD833 0xDC8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001CC8E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud833\udc8e |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |