U+1FB31 "🬱" Block Sextant-356 Unicode Character

U+1FB31 "🬱" Block Sextant-356 is a visual symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing block, designed to represent a specific pattern within a sextant grid, which divides a square into six triangular sections. This particular character, numbered 356, fills three of those triangular cells to form a distinct geometric shape, historically used in early computer graphics and terminal displays to create coarse bitmap images or text-based diagrams. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally render these retro computing graphics, ensuring compatibility with older systems and documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB31
Version Added	13.0
Name	Block Sextant-356
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 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF31
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB31
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf31

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