U+1FB08 "🬈" Block Sextant-14 Unicode Character

U+1FB08 "🬈" Block Sextant-14 is a graphic symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, originally intended for representing the filled upper right half of a six-part segmented block pattern, akin to a sextant or divided square. This character is part of a set of 64 sextant blocks that allow for fine-grained visual subdivisions of a 2x3 grid, enabling the display of crude bitmap-like graphics in terminal or text environments. While rarely used in modern contexts, it serves as a remnant of early computing and teletext systems where non-standard characters were employed to create simple pictorial representations within the constraints of monospaced fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB08
Version Added	13.0
Name	Block Sextant-14
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 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB08
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf08

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