U+258A "▊" Left Three Quarters Block Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+258A "▊" Left Three Quarters Block is a block element graphic symbol that fills the left three quarters of its character cell, leaving the rightmost quarter empty, and is part of the Block Elements range in the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in terminal interfaces, text-based user interfaces, and data visualization to create horizontal progress bars, shading effects, or textual charts by representing a 75% portion of a filled area. This character provides a precise visual cue for proportion and contrast, often combined with other block elements for smoother gradients in monospaced environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+258A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left Three Quarters Block |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Left Three Quarter Block |
| Block | Block Elements |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ▊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ▊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x96 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x258A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000258A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u258a |