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Unicode block · U+2580–U+259F

Block Elements

Solid and shaded rectangles in eighths, used to draw bars, gradients and coarse graphics in text. Progress bars in command-line tools are almost always made of these.

The block spans U+2580–U+259F and holds 32 symbols that this site catalogues. Its characters were added across 2 Unicode releases, from 1.1 to 3.2. 4 of them carry an alias or usage note from the Unicode Standard itself.

Characters
32
Range
U+2580–U+259F
Reference pages
6
Unicode
17.0.0

Categories in this block: Other symbol (32)

32 characters in this block

Click any character to copy it. Names are Unicode’s own. 6 of them have a reference page with escape codes, aliases and typing instructions.

CharCodeName
U+2580Upper Half Block
U+2581Lower One Eighth Block
U+2582Lower One Quarter Block
U+2583Lower Three Eighths Block
U+2584Lower Half Block
U+2585Lower Five Eighths Block
U+2586Lower Three Quarters Block
U+2587Lower Seven Eighths Block
U+2588Full Block
U+2589Left Seven Eighths Block
U+258ALeft Three Quarters Block
U+258BLeft Five Eighths Block
U+258CLeft Half Block
U+258DLeft Three Eighths Block
U+258ELeft One Quarter Block
U+258FLeft One Eighth Block
U+2590Right Half Block
U+2591Light Shade
U+2592Medium Shade
U+2593Dark Shade
U+2594Upper One Eighth Block
U+2595Right One Eighth Block
U+2596Quadrant Lower Left
U+2597Quadrant Lower Right
U+2598Quadrant Upper Left
U+2599Quadrant Upper Left And Lower Left And Lower Right
U+259AQuadrant Upper Left And Lower Right
U+259BQuadrant Upper Left And Upper Right And Lower Left
U+259CQuadrant Upper Left And Upper Right And Lower Right
U+259DQuadrant Upper Right
U+259EQuadrant Upper Right And Lower Left
U+259FQuadrant Upper Right And Lower Left And Lower Right