Unicode alias names and abbreviations

In Unicode, characters can have a unique name. A character can also have one or more alias names. An alias name can be an abbreviation, a C0 or C1 control name, a correction, an alternate name or a figment. An alias too is unique over all names and aliases, and therefore identifying.

Background

The formal, primary Unicode name is unique over all names, only uses certain characters & format, and is guaranteed never to change. The formal name consists of characters A–Z (uppercase), 0–9, " " (space), and "-" (hyphen). Next to this name, a character can have one or more formal (normative) alias names. Such an alias name also follows the rules of a name: characters used (A-Z, -, 0-9, <space>) and not used (a-z, %, $, etc.). Alias names are also unique in the full name set (that is, all names and alias names are all unique in their combined set). Alias names are formally described in the Unicode Standard. ^{[1] [2]} In this sense, an abbreviation is also considered a Unicode name.

Reason to add an alias

There are five possible reasons to assign an alias name to a code point. ^[1] A character can have multiple aliases: for example U+0008<control-0008> has control alias BACKSPACE and abbreviation alias BS.

1. Abbreviation

Commonly occurring abbreviations (or acronyms) for control codes, format characters, spaces, and variation selectors.

There are 354 such aliases, including 256 aliases for variant selectors (VS-1 ... VS-256).

For example, U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE has alias NBSP.

Presentation: in the code charts, the abbreviation is shown in a dashed box:

NBSP

.

2. Control

ISO 6429 names for C0 and C1 control functions and similar commonly occurring names, are added as an alias to the character.

There are 84 such aliases.

For example, U+0008<control-0008> has alias BACKSPACE.

Presentation: Control characters do not have a primary name, they are labeled like <control-0008>. Its alias name like BACKSPACE is used in the chart documentation, but never as a primary name. This prevents unintended (automated) replacement by the actual, disrupting control character. For example, using alias name BEL in line would be replaced by U+0007<control-0007>, triggering the bell sound.

3. Correction

This is a correction for a "serious problem" in the primary character name, usually an error.

There are 39 such aliases.

For example, U+2118℘SCRIPT CAPITAL P is actually a lowercase p, and so is given alias name ※ WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION: "actually this has the form of a lowercase calligraphic p, despite its name, and through the alias the correct spelling is added."

Presentation: A corrected name is preceded by symbol ※ (the reference mark).

4. Alternate

For widely used alternate name for a character.

There is 1 such alias.

Example: U+FEFFZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE has alternate BYTE ORDER MARK.

Presentation: listed in character charts description.

5. Figment

Several documented labels for C1 control code points which were never actually approved in any standard ( figment = feigned, in fiction).

There are 3 such aliases.

For example, U+0099<control-0099> has figment alias SINGLE GRAPHIC CHARACTER INTRODUCER. This name is an architectural concept from early drafts of ISO/IEC 10646-1, but it was never approved and standardized.

Presentation: These figment abbreviations are not published in Standard; the chart shows "XXX" for each informally, that is: not a unique or identifying abbreviation.

List of aliases

Code point	HTML decimal	Name or <label>	Alias		Reason	Chart	Note
			Abbr	Name
U+0000	&#0;	<control-0000>	NUL	NULL	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0001	&#1;	<control-0001>	SOH	START OF HEADING	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0002	&#2;	<control-0002>	STX	START OF TEXT	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0003	&#3;	<control-0003>	ETX	END OF TEXT	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0004	&#4;	<control-0004>	EOT	END OF TRANSMISSION	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0005	&#5;	<control-0005>	ENQ	ENQUIRY	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0006	&#6;	<control-0006>	ACK	ACKNOWLEDGE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0007	&#7;	<control-0007>	BEL	ALERT	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0008	&#8;	<control-0008>	BS	BACKSPACE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0009	&Tab; &#9;	<control-0009>	TAB	CHARACTER TABULATION	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			HT	HORIZONTAL TABULATION	Control
U+000A	&#10;	<control-000A>	LF	LINE FEED	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			NL	NEW LINE	Control
			EOL	END OF LINE	Control
U+000B	&#11;	<control-000B>		LINE TABULATION	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			VT	VERTICAL TABULATION	Control
U+000C	&#12;	<control-000C>	FF	FORM FEED	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+000D	&#13;	<control-000D>	CR	CARRIAGE RETURN	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+000E	&#14;	<control-000E>	SO	SHIFT OUT	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
				LOCKING-SHIFT ONE	Control
U+000F	&#15;	<control-000F>	SI	SHIFT IN	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
				LOCKING-SHIFT ZERO	Control
U+0010	&#16;	<control-0010>	DLE	DATA LINK ESCAPE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0011	&#17;	<control-0011>	DC1	DEVICE CONTROL ONE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0012	&#18;	<control-0012>	DC2	DEVICE CONTROL TWO	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0013	&#19;	<control-0013>	DC3	DEVICE CONTROL THREE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0014	&#20;	<control-0014>	DC4	DEVICE CONTROL FOUR	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0015	&#21;	<control-0015>	NAK	NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0016	&#22;	<control-0016>	SYN	SYNCHRONOUS IDLE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0017	&#23;	<control-0017>	ETB	END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0018	&#24;	<control-0018>	CAN	CANCEL	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0019	&#25;	<control-0019>	EOM	END OF MEDIUM	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			EM		Abbreviation		added in version 15.0
U+001A	&#26;	<control-001A>	SUB	SUBSTITUTE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+001B	&#27;	<control-001B>	ESC	ESCAPE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+001C	&#28;	<control-001C>		INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			FS	FILE SEPARATOR	Control
U+001D	&#29;	<control-001D>		INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			GS	GROUP SEPARATOR	Control
U+001E	&#30;	<control-001E>		INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			RS	RECORD SEPARATOR	Control
U+001F	&#31;	<control-001F>		INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
			US	UNIT SEPARATOR	Control
U+0020	&#32;	SPACE	SP		Abbreviation	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+007F	&#127;	<control-007F>	DEL	DELETE	Control	C0 Controls and Basic Latin  (pdf)
U+0080	&#128;	<control-0080>	PAD	PADDING CHARACTER	Figment	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)	Aliases are not widely published by Unicode; chart shows non-unique XXX
U+0081	&#129;	<control-0081>	HOP	HIGH OCTET PRESET	Figment	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)	Aliases are not widely published by Unicode; chart shows non-unique XXX
U+0082	&#130;	<control-0082>	BPH	BREAK PERMITTED HERE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0083	&#131;	<control-0083>	NBH	NO BREAK HERE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0084	&#132;	<control-0084>	IND	INDEX	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0085	&#133;	<control-0085>	NEL	NEXT LINE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0086	&#134;	<control-0086>	SSA	START OF SELECTED AREA	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0087	&#135;	<control-0087>	ESA	END OF SELECTED AREA	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0088	&#136;	<control-0088>		CHARACTER TABULATION SET	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			HTS	HORIZONTAL TABULATION SET	Control
U+0089	&#137;	<control-0089>		CHARACTER TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			HTJ	HORIZONTAL TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION	Control
U+008A	&#138;	<control-008A>		LINE TABULATION SET	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			VTS	VERTICAL TABULATION SET	Control
U+008B	&#139;	<control-008B>		PARTIAL LINE FORWARD	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			PLD	PARTIAL LINE DOWN	Control
U+008C	&#140;	<control-008C>		PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			PLU	PARTIAL LINE UP	Control
U+008D	&#141;	<control-008D>		REVERSE LINE FEED	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			RI	REVERSE INDEX	Control
U+008E	&#142;	<control-008E>		SINGLE SHIFT TWO	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			SS2	SINGLE-SHIFT-2	Control
U+008F	&#143;	<control-008F>		SINGLE SHIFT THREE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			SS3	SINGLE-SHIFT-3	Control
U+0090	&#144;	<control-0090>	DCS	DEVICE CONTROL STRING	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0091	&#145;	<control-0091>		PRIVATE USE ONE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			PU1	PRIVATE USE-1	Control
U+0092	&#146;	<control-0092>		PRIVATE USE TWO	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			PU2	PRIVATE USE-2	Control
U+0093	&#147;	<control-0093>	STS	SET TRANSMIT STATE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0094	&#148;	<control-0094>	CCH	CANCEL CHARACTER	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0095	&#149;	<control-0095>	MW	MESSAGE WAITING	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0096	&#150;	<control-0096>		START OF GUARDED AREA	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			SPA	START OF PROTECTED AREA	Control
U+0097	&#151;	<control-0097>		END OF GUARDED AREA	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
			EPA	END OF PROTECTED AREA	Control
U+0098	&#152;	<control-0098>	SOS	START OF STRING	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+0099	&#153;	<control-0099>	SGC	SINGLE GRAPHIC CHARACTER INTRODUCER	Figment	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)	Aliases are not widely published by Unicode; chart shows non-unique XXX
U+009A	&#154;	<control-009A>	SCI	SINGLE CHARACTER INTRODUCER	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+009B	&#155;	<control-009B>	CSI	CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+009C	&#156;	<control-009C>	ST	STRING TERMINATOR	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+009D	&#157;	<control-009D>	OSC	OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+009E	&#158;	<control-009E>	PM	PRIVACY MESSAGE	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+009F	&#159;	<control-009F>	APC	APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND	Control	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+00A0	&nbsp;&NonBreakingSpace; &#160;	NO-BREAK SPACE	NBSP		Abbreviation	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+00AD	&shy; &#173;	SOFT HYPHEN	SHY		Abbreviation	C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement  (pdf)
U+01A2	&#418;	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OI		LATIN CAPITAL LETTER GHA	※ Correction	Latin Extended-B  (pdf)
U+01A3	&#419;	LATIN SMALL LETTER OI		LATIN SMALL LETTER GHA	※ Correction	Latin Extended-B  (pdf)
U+034F	&#847;	COMBINING GRAPHEME JOINER	CGJ		Abbreviation	Combining Diacritical Marks  (pdf)	The name of this character is misleading; it does not actually join graphemes
U+0616	&#1558;	ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE ALEF WITH LAM WITH YEH		ARABIC SMALL HIGH LIGATURE ALEF WITH YEH BARREE	※ Correction	Arabic	added in version 15.0
U+061C	&#1564;	ARABIC LETTER MARK	ALM		Abbreviation	Arabic  (pdf)	See RLM
U+0709	&#1801;	SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON SKEWED RIGHT		SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT	※ Correction	Syriac  (pdf)
U+0CDE	&#3294;	KANNADA LETTER FA		KANNADA LETTER LLLA	※ Correction	Kannada  (pdf)
U+0E9D	&#3741;	LAO LETTER FO TAM		LAO LETTER FO FON	※ Correction	Lao  (pdf)
U+0E9F	&#3743;	LAO LETTER FO SUNG		LAO LETTER FO FAY	※ Correction	Lao  (pdf)
U+0EA3	&#3747;	LAO LETTER LO LING		LAO LETTER RO	※ Correction	Lao  (pdf)
U+0EA5	&#3749;	LAO LETTER LO LOOT		LAO LETTER LO	※ Correction	Lao  (pdf)
U+0FD0	&#4048;	TIBETAN MARK BSKA- SHOG GI MGO RGYAN		TIBETAN MARK BKA- SHOG GI MGO RGYAN	※ Correction	Tibetan  (pdf)
U+11EC	&#4588;	HANGUL JONGSEONG IEUNG-KIYEOK		HANGUL JONGSEONG YESIEUNG-KIYEOK	※ Correction	Hangul Jamo  (pdf)
U+11ED	&#4589;	HANGUL JONGSEONG IEUNG-SSANGKIYEOK		HANGUL JONGSEONG YESIEUNG-SSANGKIYEOK	※ Correction	Hangul Jamo  (pdf)
U+11EE	&#4590;	HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGIEUNG		HANGUL JONGSEONG SSANGYESIEUNG	※ Correction	Hangul Jamo  (pdf)
U+11EF	&#4591;	HANGUL JONGSEONG IEUNG-KHIEUKH		HANGUL JONGSEONG YESIEUNG-KHIEUKH	※ Correction	Hangul Jamo  (pdf)
U+180B	&#6155;	MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR ONE	FVS1		Abbreviation	Mongolian  (pdf)
U+180C	&#6156;	MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR TWO	FVS2		Abbreviation	Mongolian  (pdf)
U+180D	&#6157;	MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR THREE	FVS3		Abbreviation	Mongolian  (pdf)
U+180E	&#6158;	MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR	MVS		Abbreviation	Mongolian  (pdf)
U+180F	&#6159;	MONGOLIAN FREE VARIATION SELECTOR FOUR	FVS4		Abbreviation	Mongolian  (pdf)
U+1BBD	&#7101;	SUNDANESE LETTER BHA		SUNDANESE LETTER ARCHAIC I	※ Correction	Sudanese  (pdf)	added in version 15.0
U+200B	&NegativeMediumSpace;&NegativeThickSpace;&NegativeThinSpace;&NegativeVeryThinSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace; &#8203;	ZERO WIDTH SPACE	ZWSP		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+200C	&zwnj; &#8204;	ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER	ZWNJ		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+200D	&zwj; &#8205;	ZERO WIDTH JOINER	ZWJ		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+200E	&lrm; &#8206;	LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK	LRM		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+200F	&rlm; &#8207;	RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK	RLM		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202A	&#8234;	LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING	LRE		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202B	&#8235;	RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING	RLE		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202C	&#8236;	POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING	PDF		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202D	&#8237;	LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE	LRO		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202E	&#8238;	RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE	RLO		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+202F	&#8239;	NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE	NNBSP		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+205F	&MediumSpace; &#8287;	MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE	MMSP		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2060	&NoBreak; &#8288;	WORD JOINER	WJ		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2066	&#8294;	LEFT-TO-RIGHT ISOLATE	LRI		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2067	&#8295;	RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE	RLI		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2068	&#8296;	FIRST STRONG ISOLATE	FSI		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2069	&#8297;	POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE	PDI		Abbreviation	General Punctuation  (pdf)
U+2118	&weierp;&wp; &#8472;	SCRIPT CAPITAL P		WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION	※ Correction	Letterlike Symbols  (pdf)
U+2448	&#9288;	OCR DASH		MICR ON US SYMBOL	※ Correction	Optical Character Recognition  (pdf)
U+2449	&#9289;	OCR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT NUMBER		MICR DASH SYMBOL	※ Correction	Optical Character Recognition  (pdf)
U+2B7A	&#11130;	LEFTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE HORIZONTAL STROKE		LEFTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE	※ Correction	Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows  (pdf)
U+2B7C	&#11132;	RIGHTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE HORIZONTAL STROKE		RIGHTWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE	※ Correction	Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows  (pdf)
U+A015	&#40981;	YI SYLLABLE WU		YI SYLLABLE ITERATION MARK	※ Correction	Yi Syllables  (pdf)
U+AA6E	&#43630;	MYANMAR LETTER KHAMTI HHA		MYANMAR LETTER KHAMTI LLA	※ Correction	Myanmar Extended-A  (pdf)
U+FE00 ... U+FE0F	&#65024; ... &#65039;	VARIATION SELECTOR-1 ... VARIATION SELECTOR-16	VS1 ... VS16		Abbreviation	Variation Selectors  (pdf)
					(16 code points)
					Abbreviation
U+FE18	&#65048;	PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET		PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET	※ Correction	Vertical Forms  (pdf)
U+FEFF	&#65279;	ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE	BOM	BYTE ORDER MARK	Alternate	Arabic Presentation Forms-B  (pdf)
			ZWNBSP		Abbreviation
U+122D4	&#74452;	CUNEIFORM SIGN SHIR TENU		CUNEIFORM SIGN NU11 TENU	※ Correction	Cuneiform  (pdf)
U+122D5	&#74453;	CUNEIFORM SIGN SHIR OVER SHIR BUR OVER BUR		CUNEIFORM SIGN NU11 OVER NU11 BUR OVER BUR	※ Correction	Cuneiform  (pdf)
U+12327	&#74535;	CUNEIFORM SIGN UN GUNU		CUNEIFORM SIGN KALAM	※ Correction	Cuneiform  (pdf)
U+1680B	&#92171;	BAMUM LETTER PHASE-A MAEMBGBIEE		BAMUM LETTER PHASE-A MAEMGBIEE	※ Correction	Bamum Supplement  (pdf)
U+16881	&#92289;	BAMUM LETTER PHASE-B PUNGAAM		BAMUM LETTER PHASE-B PUNGGAAM	※ Correction	Bamum Supplement  (pdf)
U+1688E	&#92302;	BAMUM LETTER PHASE-B NGOM		BAMUM LETTER PHASE-B NGGOM	※ Correction	Bamum Supplement  (pdf)
U+168DC	&#92380;	BAMUM LETTER PHASE-C SETFON		BAMUM LETTER PHASE-C SHETFON	※ Correction	Bamum Supplement  (pdf)
U+1697D	&#92541;	BAMUM LETTER PHASE-E NGOP		BAMUM LETTER PHASE-E NGGOP	※ Correction	Bamum Supplement  (pdf)
U+16E56	&#93782;	MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER HP		MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER H	※ Correction	Medefaidrin  (pdf)
U+16E57	&#93783;	MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER NY		MEDEFAIDRIN CAPITAL LETTER NG	※ Correction	Medefaidrin  (pdf)
U+16E76	&#93814;	MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER HP		MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER H	※ Correction	Medefaidrin  (pdf)
U+16E77	&#93815;	MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER NY		MEDEFAIDRIN SMALL LETTER NG	※ Correction	Medefaidrin  (pdf)
U+1B001	&#110593;	HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC YE		HENTAIGANA LETTER E-1	※ Correction	Kana Supplement  (pdf)
U+1D0C5	&#118981;	BYZANTINE MUSICAL SYMBOL FHTORA SKLIRON CHROMA VASIS		BYZANTINE MUSICAL SYMBOL FTHORA SKLIRON CHROMA VASIS	※ Correction	Byzantine Musical Symbols  (pdf)
U+1E899	&#125081;	MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M172 MBOO		MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M172 MBO	※ Correction	Mende Kikakui  (pdf)
U+1E89A	&#125082;	MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M174 MBO		MENDE KIKAKUI SYLLABLE M174 MBOO	※ Correction	Mende Kikakui  (pdf)
U+E0100 ... U+E01EF	&#917760; ... &#917999;	VARIATION SELECTOR-17 ... VARIATION SELECTOR-256	VS17 ... VS256		Abbreviation	Variation Selectors Supplement  (pdf)
					(240 code points)
					Abbreviation

Informal alternative names

The Unicode standard also uses and publishes alternative names that are not formal, and are not listed as normative alias names. These labels may not be unique and may use irregular characters in their name. They are used in Unicode code charts, for example U+070F  SYRIAC ABBREVIATION MARK : SAM. ^[3]

See also

• Control Pictures Separate characters (glyphs) to represent a control character. For example, U+2407␇SYMBOL FOR BELL (U+0007).
• U+FFFD� REPLACEMENT CHARACTER
• Regional Indicator Symbols in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (Unicode block)
• Tags (Unicode block)

References

1. "NameAliases.txt". The Unicode Consortium. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
2. "The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Consortium.
3. "Unicode 14.0 Character Code Charts: Syriac" (PDF).