U+1FBB9 "🮹" Left Half Folder Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🮹
U+1FBB9 "🮹" Left Half Folder is a graphic symbol included in the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement, representing the left half of a folder icon as used in early computer interfaces and file system representations. It is typically combined with a corresponding right half character to visually depict a complete folder shape in monospaced or text-based environments, often employed for nostalgic or technical documentation purposes to recreate vintage graphical user interface elements. This character was added to Unicode in 2024 as part of an effort to preserve and replicate the visual conventions of historical computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1FBB9 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Left Half Folder |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDFB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001FBB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\udfb9 |
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 |