U+1F5AD "🖭" Tape Cartridge Unicode Character

U+1F5AD "🖭" Tape Cartridge is a pictographic representation of a magnetic tape data storage medium, most commonly associated with the compact cassette or the larger 8-track cartridge, which was used for audio and early computer data storage from the 1960s through the 1990s. Its design typically depicts a rectangular cartridge with two visible spools inside, symbolizing the reel to reel mechanism that held the magnetic tape. This symbol combines nostalgia for analog technology with the digital Unicode standard, serving as a visual shorthand for legacy storage systems, obsolete media formats, or retro computing in modern text and digital communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F5AD
Version Added	7.0
Name	Tape Cartridge
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 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDDAD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F5AD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\uddad

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