U+1FB2F "🬯" Block Sextant-256 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1FB2F "🬯" Block Sextant-256 is a symbol belonging to the Symbols for Legacy Computing supplement block, specifically part of the Sextant-256 subrange which encodes a set of 256 distinct graphical block patterns used in vintage computing and terminal graphics. This particular glyph represents a specific combination of filled and empty segments within a sextant cell, a square divided into six triangular or rectangular portions akin to a sixths-based mosaic grid. It was included in Unicode to support the faithful digital representation of historical character sets and screen displays from early computer systems, allowing modern text processing to accurately preserve and render these legacy graphical elements.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1FB2F
Name
Block Sextant-256
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
🬯
HTML Hex Encoding
🬯
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9F 0xAC 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD83E 0xDF2F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001FB2F
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud83e\udf2f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common