Unicode symbols

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In computing, in addition to encoding characters for the various writing systems used throughout the World, Unicode also devotes several blocks of characters to symbols that have a well-defined place in plain text. Many of the symbols are drawn from existing character sets or ISO or other national and international standards. As stated in the Unicode Standard 5.0^[1], “The universe of symbols is rich and open-ended.” This makes the issue of what symbols to encode and how symbols should be encoded more complicated that the issues surrounding alphabets, syllabaries, logographies, and other writing systems. Typically Unicode has sought to encode symbols that have clear roots in national and international standards. Similarly, it focuses on symbols that make sense in a one-dimensional plain text context. For example, Unicode cites the typical two-dimensional arrangement of electronic diagram symbols as the reason for not including those in the characters set ^[2]. Of course for adequate treatment in plain text, symbols must also be largely monochromatic. Even with these limitation — monochromatic, one-dimensional and standards based — the domain of symbols is potentially limitless. Unicode has primarily focussed on writing systems, Unihan ideographs and numerals. Two recent symbol genre additions are the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (Unicode 3.1) and Yijing Hexagram Symbols (Unicode 4.0).

Contents 1 Symbol block list 2 Miscellaneous Symbols 3 Unicode Dingbats 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes 7 References

[edit] Symbol block list

The following Unicode ranges encode Symbols

• alphanumeric variants (see also Latin characters in Unicode, Unicode Phonetic Symbols)
  • Superscripts and Subscripts (2070–209F)
  • Letterlike Symbols (2100–214F)
  • Currency Symbols (20A0–20CF)
  • Number Forms (2150–218F)
  • Enclosed Alphanumerics (2460–24FF)

• arrows
  • Arrows (2190–21FF)
  • Supplemental Arrows-A (27F0–27FF)
  • Supplemental Arrows-B (2900–297F)
  • Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (2B00–2BFF)
  • Dingbat arrows (2794–27BF)

• mathematical
  • Mathematical Operators (2200–22FF)
  • Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A (27C0–27EF)
  • Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B (2980–29FF)
  • Supplemental Mathematical Operators (2A00–2AFF)
  • Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols (1D400–1D7FF)

• technical
  • Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF)
  • Control Pictures (2400–243F)
  • Optical Character Recognition (2440–245F)

• miscellaneous
  • Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (20D0–20FF)
  • Box Drawing (2500–257F)
  • Block Elements (2580–259F)
  • Geometric Shapes (25A0–25FF)
  • Miscellaneous Symbols (2600–26FF)
  • Dingbats (2700–27BF)
  • Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows (2B00–2BFF)

[edit] Miscellaneous Symbols

Main article: Miscellaneous Symbols

Unicode Plane (2600 - 26FF)

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
2600	☀	☁	☂	☃	☄	★	☆	☇	☈	☉	☊	☋	☌	☍	☎	☏
2610	☐	☑	☒	☓	☔	☕	☖	☗	☘	☙	☚	☛	☜	☝	☞	☟
2620	☠	☡	☢	☣	☤	☥	☦	☧	☨	☩	☪	☫	☬	☭	☮	☯
2630	☰	☱	☲	☳	☴	☵	☶	☷	☸	☹	☺	☻	☼	☽	☾	☿
2640	♀	♁	♂	♃	♄	♅	♆	♇	♈	♉	♊	♋	♌	♍	♎	♏
2650	♐	♑	♒	♓	♔	♕	♖	♗	♘	♙	♚	♛	♜	♝	♞	♟
2660	♠	♡	♢	♣	♤	♥	♦	♧	♨	♩	♪	♫	♬	♭	♮	♯
2670	♰	♱	♲	♳	♴	♵	♶	♷	♸	♹	♺	♻	♼	♽	♾	♿
2680	⚀	⚁	⚂	⚃	⚄	⚅	⚆	⚇	⚈	⚉	⚊	⚋	⚌	⚍	⚎	⚏
2690	⚐	⚑	⚒	⚓	⚔	⚕	⚖	⚗	⚘	⚙	⚚	⚛	⚜
26A0	⚠	⚡	⚢	⚣	⚤	⚥	⚦	⚧	⚨	⚩	⚪	⚫	⚬	⚭	⚮	⚯
26B0	⚰	⚱	⚲
26C0
26D0
26E0
26F0

[edit] Unicode Dingbats

Main article: Dingbat

Dingbats Unicode.org chart (PDF)
U+	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C	D	E	F
2700		✁	✂	✃	✄		✆	✇	✈	✉			✌	✍	✎	✏
2710	✐	✑	✒	✓	✔	✕	✖	✗	✘	✙	✚	✛	✜	✝	✞	✟
2720	✠	✡	✢	✣	✤	✥	✦	✧		✩	✪	✫	✬	✭	✮	✯
2730	✰	✱	✲	✳	✴	✵	✶	✷	✸	✹	✺	✻	✼	✽	✾	✿
2740	❀	❁	❂	❃	❄	❅	❆	❇	❈	❉	❊	❋		❍		❏
2750	❐	❑	❒				❖		❘	❙	❚	❛	❜	❝	❞
2760		❡	❢	❣	❤	❥	❦	❧	❨	❩	❪	❫	❬	❭	❮	❯
2770	❰	❱	❲	❳	❴	❵	❶	❷	❸	❹	❺	❻	❼	❽	❾	❿
2780	➀	➁	➂	➃	➄	➅	➆	➇	➈	➉	➊	➋	➌	➍	➎	➏
2790	➐	➑	➒	➓	➔				➘	➙	➚	➛	➜	➝	➞	➟
27A0	➠	➡	➢	➣	➤	➥	➦	➧	➨	➩	➪	➫	➬	➭	➮	➯
27B0		➱	➲	➳	➴	➵	➶	➷	➸	➹	➺	➻	➼	➽	➾

[edit] See also

• Mapping of Unicode characters
• Unicode Mathematical Operators
• Unicode Phonetic Symbols

Unicode mapping tables
BMP		SMP	SIP		SSP
0000–0FFF	8000–8FFF	[]	20000–20FFF	28000–28FFF	E0000–E0FFF
1000–1FFF	9000–9FFF		21000–21FFF	29000–29FFF
2000–2FFF	A000–AFFF		22000–22FFF	2A000–2AFFF
3000–3FFF	B000–BFFF		23000–23FFF
4000–4FFF	C000–CFFF	1D000–1DFFF	24000–24FFF	2F000–2FFFF
5000–5FFF	D000–DFFF		25000–25FFF
6000–6FFF	E000–EFFF		26000–26FFF
7000-7FFF	F000–FFFF		27000–27FFF

[edit] External links

• http://unicode.org/charts/symbols.html
• Draft Unicode Technical Report #25: Unicode Support for Mathematics
• decodeunicode.org Unicode-Wiki with all 98,884 graphical Unicode 5.0 characters as GIF images in three sizes. Including full text search. English/German

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Chapter 12 (p295)
2. ^ Unicode Standard 5.0; Chapter 12 (p302)

[edit] References

• The Unicode Standard 5.0