▏ is the Unicode character LEFT ONE EIGHTH BLOCK, code point U+258F (decimal 9615) in the Block Elements block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ▏, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 96 8F.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+258F |
| Decimal | 9615 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 96 8F |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 258F |
| UTF-32 | 0000258F |
| HTML decimal | ▏ |
| HTML hex | ▏ |
| CSS | \258F |
| JavaScript | \u258F |
| JSON | \u258F |
| Python | \u258F |
| Python by name | \N{LEFT ONE EIGHTH BLOCK} |
| Java, C# | \u258F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{258F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u258F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%96%8F |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LEFT ONE EIGHTH BLOCK |
| Code point | U+258F (decimal 9615) |
| Block | Block Elements (U+2580–U+259F) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Block Elements
- ▇ U+2587 Lower Seven Eighths Block
- █ U+2588 Full Block
- ▉ U+2589 Left Seven Eighths Block
- ▊ U+258A Left Three Quarters Block
- ▋ U+258B Left Five Eighths Block
- ▌ U+258C Left Half Block
- ▍ U+258D Left Three Eighths Block
- ▎ U+258E Left One Quarter Block
- ▐ U+2590 Right Half Block
- ░ U+2591 Light Shade
- ▒ U+2592 Medium Shade
- ▓ U+2593 Dark Shade
- ▔ U+2594 Upper One Eighth Block
- ▕ U+2595 Right One Eighth Block
- ▖ U+2596 Quadrant Lower Left
- ▗ U+2597 Quadrant Lower Right
All 32 characters: Block Elements.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ▏?
- Use ▏ (decimal) or ▏ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+258F?
- E2 96 8F (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%96%8F.
- How do I write U+258F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u258F. Python: \u258F.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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