U+1FB73 "ðŸ³" Vertical One Eighth Block-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ðŸ³
U+1FB73 "ðŸ³" Vertical One Eighth Block-5 is a graphical symbol belonging to the Supplemental Symbols and Legacy Computing block, which was added to the standard in 2020. It represents a vertical column of five contiguous eighths of a full block, forming a partial height bar that can be used in text-based interfaces, terminal emulators, or pixel art to create shaded or segmented vertical progress indicators or display elements. As a legacy computing character, it draws from the visual conventions of early graphics systems that utilized block filling to simulate grayscale or partial cell coverage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FB73 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Vertical One Eighth Block-5 |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDF73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FB73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udf73 |
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 |