Technical information

Symbol
NameUpper one eighth block
Unicode numberU+2594
CategoryBlock elements
DescriptionThe Unicode character ▔, or U+2594, is known as the "Upper One Eighth Block". It belongs to the "Block Elements" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a small horizontal block that occupies the upper one-eighth of the character space. It is typically used in creating various patterns, charts, or diagrams in text mode, often used in console or terminal applications. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity▔
HTML Entity (hex)▔
URL Escape Code%E2%96%94
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x96 0x94
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010110:10010100
UTF-160x2594
UTF-320x00002594

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2594"
CSS Code\2594
JavaScript"\u2594"
Perl\x{2594}
Python 2u"\u2594"
Python 3\u2594
Ruby\u{2594}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ▔ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9620;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2594";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References