U+258F "▏" Left One Eighth Block Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+258F "▏" Left One Eighth Block is a graphic symbol belonging to the block elements range, specifically representing a vertical bar that occupies one eighth of the width of a full character cell from its left edge. It is a subset of the full block character, allowing for the display of fine horizontal progress or partial shading in text based interfaces such as terminal emulators or monospace text renderings. This character is part of a series of eight progressively wider block elements, making it useful for creating smooth visual gradients, simple bar charts, or simulating analog gauges without requiring graphical images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+258F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Left One Eighth 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 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x258F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000258F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u258f |