U+1FBB6 "🮶" Rightwards Arrow and Upper and Lower One Eighth Block Unicode Character

U+1FBB6 "🮶" Rightwards Arrow and Upper and Lower One Eighth Block is a specialized symbol within the Symbols for Legacy Computing Unicode block, designed primarily for representing graphical elements from older computer systems and terminal interfaces. It combines a rightwards pointing arrow with a vertical arrangement of two one eighth height blocks, one at the top and one at the bottom of the character cell, which together create a visual indicator likely used for directional cues or data representation in legacy text based user interfaces. This character allows for precise alignment and spacing in monospaced environments, serving a niche but important role in faithfully reproducing historical computing graphics without relying on modern pixel based imagery.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1FBB6
Version Added	13.0
Name	Rightwards Arrow and Upper and Lower One Eighth Block
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 0xAE 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83E 0xDFB6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001FBB6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83e\udfb6

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