U+1CD9E "𜶞" Block Octant-2568 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𜶞

U+1CD9E "𜶞" Block Octant-2568 is a rare and specialized code point belonging to the Unicode 16.0 standard, specifically part of a proposed block designed to encode geometric octant and quadrant symbols for mapping and grid systems. This character represents a single cell or region within a 256 x 256 grid, often used in technical contexts such as digital cartography, spatial indexing, or data visualization where fine-grained subdivision of a larger area is needed. Its design is a small square block, and it serves as a tool for representing a precise coordinate or segment in a systematic, machine-readable format. Although not widely supported in common fonts or everyday digital text, it demonstrates Unicode's capacity to accommodate obscure but functional symbols for specialized scientific and computational applications.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CD9E
Version Added 16.0
Name Block Octant-2568
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 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD833 0xDD9E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001CD9E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud833\udd9e

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