Miscellaneous_Symbols

Miscellaneous Symbols

Miscellaneous Symbols

Unicode block


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.

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Tables

Compact table

Miscellaneous Symbols[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+260x
U+261x
U+262x
U+263x
U+264x
U+265x
U+266x
U+267x
U+268x
U+269x
U+26Ax
U+26Bx
U+26Cx
U+26Dx
U+26Ex
U+26Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

Definitions

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Emoji

The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains 83 emoji: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CE–U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[6][7]

The block has 166 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following 83 base characters: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CE–U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[8]

Emoji variation sequences
U+26002601260226032604260E2611261426152618261D2620
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttextemojiemojitexttexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+262226232626262A262E262F26382639263A264026422648
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttextemoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+2649264A264B264C264D264E264F2650265126522653265F
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojitext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+26602663266526662668267B267E267F2692269326942695
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttextemojitextemojitexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+269626972699269B269C26A026A126A726AA26AB26B026B1
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttextemojitextemojiemojitexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+26BD26BE26C426C526C826CE26CF26D126D326D426E926EA
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojitextemojitexttexttextemojitextemoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+26F026F126F226F326F426F526F726F826F926FA26FD
default presentationtexttextemojiemojitextemojitexttexttextemojiemoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

Emoji modifiers

The Miscellaneous Symbols block has two emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of human skin color using the Fitzpatrick scale:[7]

Human emoji
U+261D26F9
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 and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs, Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A and Transport and Map Symbols.

History

In Unicode 1.0 (1991) the same block was named Miscellaneous Dingbats (not to be confused with current "Dingbats" block, which was then renamed to "Zapf Dingbats").[9]

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

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See also


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. Ewell, Doug (2002-08-15). "Re: Scripts in Unicode 4.0". Unicode Mail List Archive.
  4. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  5. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
  6. "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.

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