U+1CD96 "𜶖" Block Octant-468 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1CD96 "𜶖" Block Octant-468 is a recently encoded symbol in the Unicode Standard, belonging to the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and specifically to the block of characters known as the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls? Actually, I need to correct that: U+1CD96 is not an Egyptian hieroglyph; it is part of a little known block called the Octant-468 block, which is a unique grouping of abstract geometric symbols designed to represent the eight octants of three dimensional space through a combination of filled and unfilled cube faces or quadrants. This particular character, "𜶖", depicts a specific configuration of filled and empty octants, making it a tool for mathematicians, crystallographers, or computer scientists who need to denote spatial partitions in a compact textual format. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise digital representation of three dimensional coordinate system divisions without relying on images or complex markup.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𜶖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𜶖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x9C 0xB6 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD833 0xDD96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001CD96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud833\udd96 |
Unicode Properties