U+1FB5C "🭜" Upper Left Block Diagonal Lower Middle Left to Upper Middle Right Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1FB5C “🭜” Upper Left Block Diagonal Lower Middle Left to Upper Middle Right is a symbolic graphic within the Symbols for Legacy Computing block, specifically designed to represent a segmented or block‑based diagonal line that begins at the upper left corner of a character cell, then runs from a lower middle left position upward to an upper middle right position. This character is part of a comprehensive set of mosaics and checkerboard‑style patterns originally used in early computer graphics and terminal interfaces, allowing for the precise construction of shaded shapes and pseudo‑graphic imagery. Its diagonal configuration mimics a slanted stroke that fills only a portion of the cell, making it useful for creating angled borders, progress indicators, or retro pixel art in contexts requiring block‑oriented rendering.

General Properties

Code Point U+1FB5C
Version Added 13.0
Name Upper Left Block Diagonal Lower Middle Left to Upper Middle Right
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 0xAD 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83E 0xDF5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001FB5C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83e\udf5c

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