U+1FB13 "🬓" Block Sextant-35 Unicode Character

U+1FB13 "🬓" Block Sextant-35 is a symbol within the Symbols for Legacy Computing block, specifically designed for digital representation of text mode graphics from historical computer systems. This character depicts a filled rectangular block that occupies the lower three quarters of the em square, forming a sextant style division of the space into sixths. It was included in Unicode to support the accurate rendering of old terminal and display hardware graphics, where such block elements were often used for rudimentary pixel based images and character cell diagrams.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB13
Version Added	13.0
Name	Block Sextant-35
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 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF13
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB13
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf13

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