U+1FB04 "🬄" Block Sextant-13 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1FB04 "🬄" Block Sextant-13 is a symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplementary block, specifically designed for representing a partial or segmented block in terminal and early computer graphics. It corresponds to one of the 64 possible sextant patterns, where a sextant divides a character cell into three rows and two columns, and the number 13 indicates a specific arrangement of filled and empty cells within that grid. This character was included to support the accurate reproduction of vintage computing displays, such as those from the Teletext or PLATO systems, which used such block elements to create low resolution graphical images or text effects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FB04 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Block Sextant-13 |
| Block | Symbols for Legacy Computing |
| 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 0xAC 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDF04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FB04 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udf04 |
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 |