U+1FB05 "🬅" Block Sextant-23 Unicode Character

U+1FB05 "🬅" Block Sextant-23 is a symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement block, representing a graphic character used in historical computer and terminal systems to create visual interfaces, such as block-based diagrams or raster-style displays. It features a filled, six-component grid pattern, where three of the six possible sectors are dark, allowing it to function as a partial block element for constructing pixelated or character-based graphics. This character is part of a set of 64 sextant characters that enable detailed, low-resolution graphical output in plain text, maintaining compatibility with older computing standards and documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB05
Version Added	13.0
Name	Block Sextant-23
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 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF05
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB05
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf05

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