Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs

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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
RangeU+1F300..U+1F5FF
(768 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Common
Symbol setsEmoji
Assigned768 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)529 (+529)
6.1 (2012)533 (+4)
7.0 (2014)742 (+209)
8.0 (2015)766 (+24)
9.0 (2016)768 (+2)
Unicode documentation
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Note: [1] [2]

Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs is a Unicode block containing meteorological and astronomical symbols, emoji characters [3] largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' implementations of Shift JIS, and characters originally from the Wingdings and Webdings fonts found in Microsoft Windows.

Contents

Emoji

The block contains 637 emoji [4] [5] and has 312 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for 156 base characters. [6]

Emoji variation sequences
U+1F30D1F30E1F30F1F3151F31C1F3211F3241F3251F3261F3271F3281F329
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojitexttexttexttexttexttexttext
base code point🌍🌎🌏🌕🌜🌡🌤🌥🌦🌧🌨🌩
base+VS15 (text)🌍︎🌎︎🌏︎🌕︎🌜︎🌡︎🌤︎🌥︎🌦︎🌧︎🌨︎🌩︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🌍️🌎️🌏️🌕️🌜️🌡️🌤️🌥️🌦️🌧️🌨️🌩️
U+1F32A1F32B1F32C1F3361F3781F37D1F3931F3961F3971F3991F39A1F39B
default presentationtexttexttexttextemojitextemojitexttexttexttexttext
base code point🌪🌫🌬🌶🍸🍽🎓🎖🎗🎙🎚🎛
base+VS15 (text)🌪︎🌫︎🌬︎🌶︎🍸︎🍽︎🎓︎🎖︎🎗︎🎙︎🎚︎🎛︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🌪️🌫️🌬️🌶️🍸️🍽️🎓️🎖️🎗️🎙️🎚️🎛️
U+1F39E1F39F1F3A71F3AC1F3AD1F3AE1F3C21F3C41F3C61F3CA1F3CB1F3CC
default presentationtexttextemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojitexttext
base code point🎞🎟🎧🎬🎭🎮🏂🏄🏆🏊🏋🏌
base+VS15 (text)🎞︎🎟︎🎧︎🎬︎🎭︎🎮︎🏂︎🏄︎🏆︎🏊︎🏋︎🏌︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🎞️🎟️🎧️🎬️🎭️🎮️🏂️🏄️🏆️🏊️🏋️🏌️
U+1F3CD1F3CE1F3D41F3D51F3D61F3D71F3D81F3D91F3DA1F3DB1F3DC1F3DD
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
base code point🏍🏎🏔🏕🏖🏗🏘🏙🏚🏛🏜🏝
base+VS15 (text)🏍︎🏎︎🏔︎🏕︎🏖︎🏗︎🏘︎🏙︎🏚︎🏛︎🏜︎🏝︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🏍️🏎️🏔️🏕️🏖️🏗️🏘️🏙️🏚️🏛️🏜️🏝️
U+1F3DE1F3DF1F3E01F3ED1F3F31F3F51F3F71F4081F4151F41F1F4261F43F
default presentationtexttextemojiemojitexttexttextemojiemojiemojiemojitext
base code point🏞🏟🏠🏭🏳🏵🏷🐈🐕🐟🐦🐿
base+VS15 (text)🏞︎🏟︎🏠︎🏭︎🏳︎🏵︎🏷︎🐈︎🐕︎🐟︎🐦︎🐿︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🏞️🏟️🏠️🏭️🏳️🏵️🏷️🐈️🐕️🐟️🐦️🐿️
U+1F4411F4421F4461F4471F4481F4491F44D1F44E1F4531F46A1F47D1F4A3
default presentationtextemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemoji
base code point👁👂👆👇👈👉👍👎👓👪👽💣
base+VS15 (text)👁︎👂︎👆︎👇︎👈︎👉︎👍︎👎︎👓︎👪︎👽︎💣︎
base+VS16 (emoji)👁️👂️👆️👇️👈️👉️👍️👎️👓️👪️👽️💣️
U+1F4B01F4B31F4BB1F4BF1F4CB1F4DA1F4DF1F4E41F4E51F4E61F4EA1F4EB
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemoji
base code point💰💳💻💿📋📚📟📤📥📦📪📫
base+VS15 (text)💰︎💳︎💻︎💿︎📋︎📚︎📟︎📤︎📥︎📦︎📪︎📫︎
base+VS16 (emoji)💰️💳️💻️💿️📋️📚️📟️📤️📥️📦️📪️📫️
U+1F4EC1F4ED1F4F71F4F91F4FA1F4FB1F4FD1F5081F50D1F5121F5131F549
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojitextemojiemojiemojiemojitext
base code point📬📭📷📹📺📻📽🔈🔍🔒🔓🕉
base+VS15 (text)📬︎📭︎📷︎📹︎📺︎📻︎📽︎🔈︎🔍︎🔒︎🔓︎🕉︎
base+VS16 (emoji)📬️📭️📷️📹️📺️📻️📽️🔈️🔍️🔒️🔓️🕉️
U+1F54A1F5501F5511F5521F5531F5541F5551F5561F5571F5581F5591F55A
default presentationtextemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemoji
base code point🕊🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚
base+VS15 (text)🕊︎🕐︎🕑︎🕒︎🕓︎🕔︎🕕︎🕖︎🕗︎🕘︎🕙︎🕚︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🕊️🕐️🕑️🕒️🕓️🕔️🕕️🕖️🕗️🕘️🕙️🕚️
U+1F55B1F55C1F55D1F55E1F55F1F5601F5611F5621F5631F5641F5651F566
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemoji
base code point🕛🕜🕝🕞🕟🕠🕡🕢🕣🕤🕥🕦
base+VS15 (text)🕛︎🕜︎🕝︎🕞︎🕟︎🕠︎🕡︎🕢︎🕣︎🕤︎🕥︎🕦︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🕛️🕜️🕝️🕞️🕟️🕠️🕡️🕢️🕣️🕤️🕥️🕦️
U+1F5671F56F1F5701F5731F5741F5751F5761F5771F5781F5791F5871F58A
default presentationemojitexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
base code point🕧🕯🕰🕳🕴🕵🕶🕷🕸🕹🖇🖊
base+VS15 (text)🕧︎🕯︎🕰︎🕳︎🕴︎🕵︎🕶︎🕷︎🕸︎🕹︎🖇︎🖊︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🕧️🕯️🕰️🕳️🕴️🕵️🕶️🕷️🕸️🕹️🖇️🖊️
U+1F58B1F58C1F58D1F5901F5A51F5A81F5B11F5B21F5BC1F5C21F5C31F5C4
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
base code point🖋🖌🖍🖐🖥🖨🖱🖲🖼🗂🗃🗄
base+VS15 (text)🖋︎🖌︎🖍︎🖐︎🖥︎🖨︎🖱︎🖲︎🖼︎🗂︎🗃︎🗄︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🖋️🖌️🖍️🖐️🖥️🖨️🖱️🖲️🖼️🗂️🗃️🗄️
U+1F5D11F5D21F5D31F5DC1F5DD1F5DE1F5E11F5E31F5E81F5EF1F5F31F5FA
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttext
base code point🗑🗒🗓🗜🗝🗞🗡🗣🗨🗯🗳🗺
base+VS15 (text)🗑︎🗒︎🗓︎🗜︎🗝︎🗞︎🗡︎🗣︎🗨︎🗯︎🗳︎🗺︎
base+VS16 (emoji)🗑️🗒️🗓️🗜️🗝️🗞️🗡️🗣️🗨️🗯️🗳️🗺️

Emoji modifiers

The Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs contains a set of "Emoji modifiers" which are modifier characters intended to represent skin colour based on the Fitzpatrick scale (but conflating the two lightest skin types into one category): [5] [7]

U+1F3FB🏻EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-1-2
U+1F3FC🏼EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-3
U+1F3FD🏽EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-4
U+1F3FE🏾EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-5
U+1F3FF🏿EMOJI MODIFIER FITZPATRICK TYPE-6

These emoji modifiers can be used on emojis that represent people or body parts including the 54 human emojis in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictograph block. [5]

In August 2014, Peter Edberg of Apple Inc. and Mark Davis of Google proposed implementing these "emoji modifiers" to provide better representation of "human diversity" in emoji characters. [8] [9] and, in June 2015, the proposal was adopted in Unicode version 8.0. [10] This was the result of lobbying by Katrina Parrott, whose daughter came up with the idea after being unable to send emojis that looked like her. [11]

To modify an emoji representing a human or body part, the emoji modifier must be placed immediately after that emoji. [12] When the emoji modifier is applied to an emoji, the emoji-style variant selectior (U+FE0F) should be omitted because the emoji modifier automatically implies emoji-style presentation. [12]

Table of emojis with modifiers

The following table shows the full combinations of each of the five modifiers with all the "human emoji" characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. Each character should show in each of the five skin tones provided a suitable font is installed on the system and the rendering software is capable of handling modifier characters. Platforms without emoji modifier support may show as boxes.

Human emoji
U+1F3851F3C21F3C31F3C41F3C71F3CA1F3CB1F3CC1F4421F4431F446
emoji🎅🏂🏃🏄️🏇🏊️🏋️🏌️👂️👃👆️
FITZ-1-2🎅🏻🏂🏻🏃🏻🏄🏻🏇🏻🏊🏻🏋🏻🏌🏻👂🏻👃🏻👆🏻
FITZ-3🎅🏼🏂🏼🏃🏼🏄🏼🏇🏼🏊🏼🏋🏼🏌🏼👂🏼👃🏼👆🏼
FITZ-4🎅🏽🏂🏽🏃🏽🏄🏽🏇🏽🏊🏽🏋🏽🏌🏽👂🏽👃🏽👆🏽
FITZ-5🎅🏾🏂🏾🏃🏾🏄🏾🏇🏾🏊🏾🏋🏾🏌🏾👂🏾👃🏾👆🏾
FITZ-6🎅🏿🏂🏿🏃🏿🏄🏿🏇🏿🏊🏿🏋🏿🏌🏿👂🏿👃🏿👆🏿
U+1F4471F4481F4491F44A1F44B1F44C1F44D1F44E1F44F1F4501F466
emoji👇️👈️👉️👊👋👌👍️👎️👏👐👦
FITZ-1-2👇🏻👈🏻👉🏻👊🏻👋🏻👌🏻👍🏻👎🏻👏🏻👐🏻👦🏻
FITZ-3👇🏼👈🏼👉🏼👊🏼👋🏼👌🏼👍🏼👎🏼👏🏼👐🏼👦🏼
FITZ-4👇🏽👈🏽👉🏽👊🏽👋🏽👌🏽👍🏽👎🏽👏🏽👐🏽👦🏽
FITZ-5👇🏾👈🏾👉🏾👊🏾👋🏾👌🏾👍🏾👎🏾👏🏾👐🏾👦🏾
FITZ-6👇🏿👈🏿👉🏿👊🏿👋🏿👌🏿👍🏿👎🏿👏🏿👐🏿👦🏿
U+1F4671F4681F4691F46B1F46C1F46D1F46E1F4701F4711F4721F473
emoji👧👨👩👫👬👭👮👰👱👲👳
FITZ-1-2👧🏻👨🏻👩🏻👫🏻👬🏻👭🏻👮🏻👰🏻👱🏻👲🏻👳🏻
FITZ-3👧🏼👨🏼👩🏼👫🏼👬🏼👭🏼👮🏼👰🏼👱🏼👲🏼👳🏼
FITZ-4👧🏽👨🏽👩🏽👫🏽👬🏽👭🏽👮🏽👰🏽👱🏽👲🏽👳🏽
FITZ-5👧🏾👨🏾👩🏾👫🏾👬🏾👭🏾👮🏾👰🏾👱🏾👲🏾👳🏾
FITZ-6👧🏿👨🏿👩🏿👫🏿👬🏿👭🏿👮🏿👰🏿👱🏿👲🏿👳🏿
U+1F4741F4751F4761F4771F4781F47C1F4811F4821F4831F4851F486
emoji👴👵👶👷👸👼💁💂💃💅💆
FITZ-1-2👴🏻👵🏻👶🏻👷🏻👸🏻👼🏻💁🏻💂🏻💃🏻💅🏻💆🏻
FITZ-3👴🏼👵🏼👶🏼👷🏼👸🏼👼🏼💁🏼💂🏼💃🏼💅🏼💆🏼
FITZ-4👴🏽👵🏽👶🏽👷🏽👸🏽👼🏽💁🏽💂🏽💃🏽💅🏽💆🏽
FITZ-5👴🏾👵🏾👶🏾👷🏾👸🏾👼🏾💁🏾💂🏾💃🏾💅🏾💆🏾
FITZ-6👴🏿👵🏿👶🏿👷🏿👸🏿👼🏿💁🏿💂🏿💃🏿💅🏿💆🏿
U+1F4871F48F1F4911F4AA1F5741F5751F57A1F5901F5951F596
emoji💇💏💑💪🕴️🕵️🕺🖐️🖕🖖
FITZ-1-2💇🏻💏🏻💑🏻💪🏻🕴🏻🕵🏻🕺🏻🖐🏻🖕🏻🖖🏻
FITZ-3💇🏼💏🏼💑🏼💪🏼🕴🏼🕵🏼🕺🏼🖐🏼🖕🏼🖖🏼
FITZ-4💇🏽💏🏽💑🏽💪🏽🕴🏽🕵🏽🕺🏽🖐🏽🖕🏽🖖🏽
FITZ-5💇🏾💏🏾💑🏽💪🏾🕴🏾🕵🏾🕺🏾🖐🏾🖕🏾🖖🏾
FITZ-6💇🏿💏🏿💑🏿💪🏿🕴🏿🕵🏿🕺🏿🖐🏿🖕🏿🖖🏿

Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs, Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A and Transport and Map Symbols.

Chart

Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs [1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1F30x 🌀 🌁 🌂 🌃 🌄 🌅 🌆 🌇 🌈 🌉 🌊 🌋 🌌 🌍 🌎 🌏
U+1F31x 🌐 🌑 🌒 🌓 🌔 🌕 🌖 🌗 🌘 🌙 🌚 🌛 🌜 🌝 🌞 🌟
U+1F32x 🌠 🌡 🌢 🌣 🌤 🌥 🌦 🌧 🌨 🌩 🌪 🌫 🌬 🌭 🌮 🌯
U+1F33x 🌰 🌱 🌲 🌳 🌴 🌵 🌶 🌷 🌸 🌹 🌺 🌻 🌼 🌽 🌾 🌿
U+1F34x 🍀 🍁 🍂 🍃 🍄 🍅 🍆 🍇 🍈 🍉 🍊 🍋 🍌 🍍 🍎 🍏
U+1F35x 🍐 🍑 🍒 🍓 🍔 🍕 🍖 🍗 🍘 🍙 🍚 🍛 🍜 🍝 🍞 🍟
U+1F36x 🍠 🍡 🍢 🍣 🍤 🍥 🍦 🍧 🍨 🍩 🍪 🍫 🍬 🍭 🍮 🍯
U+1F37x 🍰 🍱 🍲 🍳 🍴 🍵 🍶 🍷 🍸 🍹 🍺 🍻 🍼 🍽 🍾 🍿
U+1F38x 🎀 🎁 🎂 🎃 🎄 🎅 🎆 🎇 🎈 🎉 🎊 🎋 🎌 🎍 🎎 🎏
U+1F39x 🎐 🎑 🎒 🎓 🎔 🎕 🎖 🎗 🎘 🎙 🎚 🎛 🎜 🎝 🎞 🎟
U+1F3Ax 🎠 🎡 🎢 🎣 🎤 🎥 🎦 🎧 🎨 🎩 🎪 🎫 🎬 🎭 🎮 🎯
U+1F3Bx 🎰 🎱 🎲 🎳 🎴 🎵 🎶 🎷 🎸 🎹 🎺 🎻 🎼 🎽 🎾 🎿
U+1F3Cx 🏀 🏁 🏂 🏃 🏄 🏅 🏆 🏇 🏈 🏉 🏊 🏋 🏌 🏍 🏎 🏏
U+1F3Dx 🏐 🏑 🏒 🏓 🏔 🏕 🏖 🏗 🏘 🏙 🏚 🏛 🏜 🏝 🏞 🏟
U+1F3Ex 🏠 🏡 🏢 🏣 🏤 🏥 🏦 🏧 🏨 🏩 🏪 🏫 🏬 🏭 🏮 🏯
U+1F3Fx 🏰 🏱 🏲 🏳 🏴 🏵 🏶 🏷 🏸 🏹 🏺 🏻 🏼 🏽 🏾 🏿
U+1F40x 🐀 🐁 🐂 🐃 🐄 🐅 🐆 🐇 🐈 🐉 🐊 🐋 🐌 🐍 🐎 🐏
U+1F41x 🐐 🐑 🐒 🐓 🐔 🐕 🐖 🐗 🐘 🐙 🐚 🐛 🐜 🐝 🐞 🐟
U+1F42x 🐠 🐡 🐢 🐣 🐤 🐥 🐦 🐧 🐨 🐩 🐪 🐫 🐬 🐭 🐮 🐯
U+1F43x 🐰 🐱 🐲 🐳 🐴 🐵 🐶 🐷 🐸 🐹 🐺 🐻 🐼 🐽 🐾 🐿
U+1F44x 👀 👁 👂 👃 👄 👅 👆 👇 👈 👉 👊 👋 👌 👍 👎 👏
U+1F45x 👐 👑 👒 👓 👔 👕 👖 👗 👘 👙 👚 👛 👜 👝 👞 👟
U+1F46x 👠 👡 👢 👣 👤 👥 👦 👧 👨 👩 👪 👫 👬 👭 👮 👯
U+1F47x 👰 👱 👲 👳 👴 👵 👶 👷 👸 👹 👺 👻 👼 👽 👾 👿
U+1F48x 💀 💁 💂 💃 💄 💅 💆 💇 💈 💉 💊 💋 💌 💍 💎 💏
U+1F49x 💐 💑 💒 💓 💔 💕 💖 💗 💘 💙 💚 💛 💜 💝 💞 💟
U+1F4Ax 💠 💡 💢 💣 💤 💥 💦 💧 💨 💩 💪 💫 💬 💭 💮 💯
U+1F4Bx 💰 💱 💲 💳 💴 💵 💶 💷 💸 💹 💺 💻 💼 💽 💾 💿
U+1F4Cx 📀 📁 📂 📃 📄 📅 📆 📇 📈 📉 📊 📋 📌 📍 📎 📏
U+1F4Dx 📐 📑 📒 📓 📔 📕 📖 📗 📘 📙 📚 📛 📜 📝 📞 📟
U+1F4Ex 📠 📡 📢 📣 📤 📥 📦 📧 📨 📩 📪 📫 📬 📭 📮 📯
U+1F4Fx 📰 📱 📲 📳 📴 📵 📶 📷 📸 📹 📺 📻 📼 📽 📾 📿
U+1F50x 🔀 🔁 🔂 🔃 🔄 🔅 🔆 🔇 🔈 🔉 🔊 🔋 🔌 🔍 🔎 🔏
U+1F51x 🔐 🔑 🔒 🔓 🔔 🔕 🔖 🔗 🔘 🔙 🔚 🔛 🔜 🔝 🔞 🔟
U+1F52x 🔠 🔡 🔢 🔣 🔤 🔥 🔦 🔧 🔨 🔩 🔪 🔫 🔬 🔭 🔮 🔯
U+1F53x 🔰 🔱 🔲 🔳 🔴 🔵 🔶 🔷 🔸 🔹 🔺 🔻 🔼 🔽 🔾 🔿
U+1F54x 🕀 🕁 🕂 🕃 🕄 🕅 🕆 🕇 🕈 🕉 🕊 🕋 🕌 🕍 🕎 🕏
U+1F55x 🕐 🕑 🕒 🕓 🕔 🕕 🕖 🕗 🕘 🕙 🕚 🕛 🕜 🕝 🕞 🕟
U+1F56x 🕠 🕡 🕢 🕣 🕤 🕥 🕦 🕧 🕨 🕩 🕪 🕫 🕬 🕭 🕮 🕯
U+1F57x 🕰 🕱 🕲 🕳 🕴 🕵 🕶 🕷 🕸 🕹 🕺 🕻 🕼 🕽 🕾 🕿
U+1F58x 🖀 🖁 🖂 🖃 🖄 🖅 🖆 🖇 🖈 🖉 🖊 🖋 🖌 🖍 🖎 🖏
U+1F59x 🖐 🖑 🖒 🖓 🖔 🖕 🖖 🖗 🖘 🖙 🖚 🖛 🖜 🖝 🖞 🖟
U+1F5Ax 🖠 🖡 🖢 🖣 🖤 🖥 🖦 🖧 🖨 🖩 🖪 🖫 🖬 🖭 🖮 🖯
U+1F5Bx 🖰 🖱 🖲 🖳 🖴 🖵 🖶 🖷 🖸 🖹 🖺 🖻 🖼 🖽 🖾 🖿
U+1F5Cx 🗀 🗁 🗂 🗃 🗄 🗅 🗆 🗇 🗈 🗉 🗊 🗋 🗌 🗍 🗎 🗏
U+1F5Dx 🗐 🗑 🗒 🗓 🗔 🗕 🗖 🗗 🗘 🗙 🗚 🗛 🗜 🗝 🗞 🗟
U+1F5Ex 🗠 🗡 🗢 🗣 🗤 🗥 🗦 🗧 🗨 🗩 🗪 🗫 🗬 🗭 🗮 🗯
U+1F5Fx 🗰 🗱 🗲 🗳 🗴 🗵 🗶 🗷 🗸 🗹 🗺 🗻 🗼 🗽 🗾 🗿
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block:

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An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages. The primary function of modern emoji is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation as well as to replace words as part of a logographic system. Emoji exist in various genres, including facial expressions, expressions, activity, food and drinks, celebrations, flags, objects, symbols, places, types of weather, animals and nature.

Miscellaneous Symbols is a Unicode block (U+2600–U+26FF) containing glyphs representing concepts from a variety of categories: astrological, astronomical, chess, dice, musical notation, political symbols, recycling, religious symbols, trigrams, warning signs, and weather, among others.

Geometric Shapes is a Unicode block of 96 symbols at code point range U+25A0–25FF.

Letterlike Symbols is a Unicode block containing 80 characters which are constructed mainly from the glyphs of one or more letters. In addition to this block, Unicode includes full styled mathematical alphabets, although Unicode does not explicitly categorize these characters as being "letterlike."

Miscellaneous Technical is a Unicode block ranging from U+2300 to U+23FF, which contains various common symbols which are related to and used in the various technical, programming language, and academic professions. For example:

Supplemental Arrows-B is a Unicode block containing miscellaneous arrows, arrow tails, crossing arrows used in knot descriptions, curved arrows, and harpoons.

Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows is a Unicode block containing arrows and geometric shapes with various fills, astrological symbols, technical symbols, intonation marks, and others.

The Basic Latin Unicode block, sometimes informally called C0 Controls and Basic Latin, is the first block of the Unicode standard, and the only block which is encoded in one byte in UTF-8. The block contains all the letters and control codes of the ASCII encoding. It ranges from U+0000 to U+007F, contains 128 characters and includes the C0 controls, ASCII punctuation and symbols, ASCII digits, both the uppercase and lowercase of the English alphabet and a control character.

Unicode contains a number of characters that represent various cultural, political, and religious symbols. Most, but not all, of these symbols are in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.

Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement is a Unicode block consisting of Latin alphabet characters and Arabic numerals enclosed in circles, ovals or boxes, used for a variety of purposes. It is encoded in the range U+1F100–U+1F1FF in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane.

Unicode is a computing industry standard for the handling of fonts and symbols. Within it is a set of images depicting playing cards, and another depicting the French card suits.

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months is a Unicode block containing circled and parenthesized Katakana, Hangul, and CJK ideographs. Also included in the block are miscellaneous glyphs that would more likely fit in CJK Compatibility or Enclosed Alphanumerics: a few unit abbreviations, circled numbers from 21 to 50, and circled multiples of 10 from 10 to 80 enclosed in black squares.

Dingbats is a Unicode block containing dingbats. Most of its characters were taken from Zapf Dingbats; it was the Unicode block to have imported characters from a specific typeface; Unicode later adopted a policy that excluded symbols with "no demonstrated need or strong desire to exchange in plain text", and thus no further dingbat typefaces were encoded until Webdings and Wingdings were encoded in Version 7.0. Some ornaments are also an emoji, having optional presentation variants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enclosed Ideographic Supplement</span> Unicode character block

Enclosed Ideographic Supplement is a Unicode block containing forms of characters and words from Chinese, Japanese and Korean enclosed within or stylised as squares, brackets, or circles. It contains three such characters containing one or more kana, and many containing CJK ideographs. Many of its characters were added for compatibility with the Japanese ARIB STD-B24 standard. Six symbols from Chinese folk religion were added in Unicode version 10.

Emoticons is a Unicode block containing emoticons or emoji. Most of them are intended as representations of faces, although some of them include hand gestures or non-human characters.

Transport and Map Symbols is a Unicode block containing transportation and map icons, largely for compatibility with Japanese telephone carriers' emoji implementations of Shift JIS, and to encode characters in the Wingdings and Wingdings 2 character sets.

Variation Selectors is a Unicode block containing 16 variation selectors used to specify a glyph variant for a preceding character. They are currently used to specify standardized variation sequences for mathematical symbols, emoji symbols, 'Phags-pa letters, and CJK unified ideographs corresponding to CJK compatibility ideographs. At present only standardized variation sequences with VS1, VS2, VS3, VS15 and VS16 have been defined; VS15 and VS16 are reserved to request that a character should be displayed as text or as an emoji respectively.

Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs is a Unicode block containing emoji characters. It extends the set of symbols included in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block. It also includes Typikon symbols.

Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A is a Unicode block containing emoji characters. It extends the set of symbols included in the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs Range 1F300-1F5FF (Unicode 15.0)" (PDF). Unicode.org. Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  5. 1 2 3 "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
  6. ↑ "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
  7. ↑ "Full Emoji Modifier Sequences: skin-tone". Unicode.org. Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Peter Edberg; Mark Davis (3 August 2014). "L214/172 Proposed enhancements for emoji characters: background" (PDF). Unicode.org. p. 1. This proposal attempts to address several issues related to emoji-like characters in Unicode: • Concerns about the lack of diversity in the representation of the people and body part emoji. • Concerns about apparent bias in the selection of encoded characters, and/or notable gaps in the current set. • Popular requests for emoji additions.
  9. ↑ Peter Edberg; Mark Davis (27 August 2014). "L2/14-173r Variation selectors for Emoji skin tone" (PDF). Unicode.org. p. 1. We propose 5 characters [...] The tones are based on the Fitzpatrick scale [...] The default representation of these alone is as a color swatch. However, if one of these characters follows a character for one or more persons (WOMAN, KISS) or a character for a hand position or a body part (VICTORY HAND, NOSE), then the desired representation is to show the sequence as a single glyph corresponding to the image for the person(s) or body part with the specified skin tone [...]
  10. ↑ "Unicode® 8.0.0". Unicode.org. Unicode Consortium. 17 June 2015. Notable character additions include [...] Emoji symbols and symbol modifiers for implementing skin tone diversity...
  11. ↑ "What Does It Mean To Have An Emoji Acquired By A Museum?". NPR.org. 22 Dec 2020.
  12. 1 2 "UTR #51-23: Unicode Emoji - 2.4 Diversity". unicode.org. Unicode Consortium. 31 August 2022.
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