U+1FB79 "ðŸ¹" Horizontal One Eighth Block-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ðŸ¹
U+1FB79 "ðŸ¹" Horizontal One Eighth Block-5 is a symbol belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing block, specifically designed as a graphical block element that represents a horizontal bar occupying five eighths of a full character cell's width. This character is part of a set of fine-grained block shading and segmentation symbols used in retro computing and terminal graphics, where it allows for precise horizontal segmentation of a square space. Its primary function is to facilitate the creation of smoother, more detailed text based graphics or pseudo graphical interfaces in environments with limited rendering capabilities, such as old video displays or character cell terminals.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FB79 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Horizontal 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDF79 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FB79 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udf79 |
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 |