U+1FB79 "🭹" Horizontal One Eighth Block-5 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

🭹

U+1FB79 "🭹" 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