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

Code Point U+1CD96
Version Added 16.0
Name Block Octant-468
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 0xB6 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD833 0xDD96
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001CD96
C/C++/Java Escape \ud833\udd96

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