U+1F5AC "🖬" Soft Shell Floppy Disk Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F5AC "🖬" Soft Shell Floppy Disk is a pictographic representation of a type of removable magnetic storage medium that was encased in a flexible, often cardboard or thin plastic sleeve, distinguishing it from the later, more rigid 3.5-inch floppy disks. Introduced as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block, this character serves as a digital artifact symbolizing early computer data storage from the 1970s and 1980s, commonly used in contexts referencing vintage technology, retro computing, or the iconic save icon in software interfaces. Its design typically features a square shape with a central hub and a visible sliding metal shutter or notch, evoking the physical design of 5.25-inch or 8-inch disks that became obsolete with the rise of more durable storage formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F5AC
Version Added 7.0
Name Soft Shell Floppy Disk
Block Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🖬
HTML Hex Encoding 🖬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x96 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83D 0xDDAC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F5AC
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83d\uddac

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 Ideographic
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other