U+1FB21 "🬡" Block Sextant-126 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🬡
U+1FB21 "🬡" Block Sextant-126 is a graphical symbol belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplementary block, designed to represent a specific fill pattern for use in text-based or retro computing interfaces. This particular sextant character depicts a hexagonal segment with one triangular portion filled, typically used in conjunction with other sextant characters to create detailed, blocky graphical arrangements in monospaced environments. Its purpose is to enable precise pixel-level control in displays that rely on character grids, preserving the aesthetic and functional behavior of early computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FB21 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Block Sextant-126 |
| 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDF21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FB21 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udf21 |
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 |