U+1FB35 "🬵" Block Sextant-456 Unicode Character

U+1FB35 "🬵" Block Sextant-456 is a graphic symbol from the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, specifically designed to represent a sextant pattern where four of the six possible triangular segments within a rectangular bounding box are filled, leaving two segments empty. This particular code point encodes the configuration known as "456," indicating which of the six positions are darkened according to a traditional numbering scheme for block sextants used in early computer graphics and terminal displays. Its purpose is to allow precise rendering of pixelated or coarse bitmap shapes by combining multiple sextant characters, enabling the creation of detailed visual elements within the constraints of text-based environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FB35
Version Added	13.0
Name	Block Sextant-456
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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDF35
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FB35
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udf35

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