Unicode Character "▉" (U+2589)

The character ▉ (Left Seven Eighths Block) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2589. It is encoded in the Block Elements block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ▉.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Left Seven Eighths Block
Unicode Codepoint U+2589
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Block Elements
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2589 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ▉
HTML (hex) ▉
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%96%89
CSS \002589
JavaScript, JSON \u2589
C, C++, Java \u2589
Python \u2589
Rust \u{2589}
Ruby \u2589

How to type "▉"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 8 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 8 9. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ▉
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ▉
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ▉
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x96 0x89
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2589
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002589

References