U+1FB27 "🬧" Block Sextant-146 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🬧
U+1FB27 "🬧" Block Sextant-146 is a symbol within the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, specifically part of a set of sextant block characters used for creating mosaic or bitmap-style graphics in retro computing environments. This particular character represents a specific combination of filled and empty cells in a six-cell grid, historically used to render graphical patterns on text-based displays such as terminals or early microcomputers. It is encoded for compatibility with legacy systems and character set standards, preserving the ability to reproduce vintage text art and user interface elements in modern digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FB27 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Block Sextant-146 |
| 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 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDF27 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FB27 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udf27 |
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 |