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| rowspan="3" | U+239B..23B3 || rowspan="3" | 25 || {{nobr|[http://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99043.htm L2/99-043]}} || || {{Citation|title=Mathematical brace pieces|date=1999-02-04|first=Murray|last=Sargent}} |
| rowspan="3" | U+239B..23B3 || rowspan="3" | 25 || {{nobr|[http://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99043.htm L2/99-043]}} || || {{Citation|title=Mathematical brace pieces|date=1999-02-04|first=Murray|last=Sargent}} |
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| U+23B7..23BD || 7 || {{nobr|[http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00159-ucsterminal.txt L2/00-159]}} || [http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2265.doc N2265] || {{Citation|title=Supplemental Terminal Graphics for Unicode|date=2000-03-31|first=Frank da|last=Cruz}} |
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Revision as of 20:50, 14 April 2017
Miscellaneous Technical | |
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Range | U+2300..U+23FF (256 code points) |
Plane | BMP |
Scripts | Common |
Symbol sets | Technical APL symbols Dentistry notation |
Assigned | 255 code points |
Unused | 1 reserved code points 2 deprecated |
Source standards | ISO 2047, ISO 9995-7 |
Unicode version history | |
1.0.0 (1991) | 45 (+45) |
1.0.1 (1992) | 43 (-2) |
1.1 (1993) | 122 (+79) |
3.0 (1999) | 154 (+32) |
3.2 (2002) | 207 (+53) |
4.0 (2003) | 209 (+2) |
4.1 (2005) | 220 (+11) |
5.0 (2006) | 232 (+12) |
5.2 (2009) | 233 (+1) |
6.0 (2010) | 244 (+11) |
7.0 (2014) | 251 (+7) |
9.0 (2016) | 255 (+4) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chart ∣ Web page | |
Note: Two characters were removed from the Miscellaneous Technical block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.[1][2][3] |
Miscellaneous Technical is the name of 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.
- Symbol ⌂ (HTML hexadecimal code is ⌂) represents a house or a home.
- Symbol ⌘ (⌘) represents the Command key on Mac keyboard.
- Symbol ⌚ (⌚) is a watch (or clock).
- Symbol ⏏ (⏏) is the "Eject" button symbol found on electronic equipment.
- Symbol ⏚ (⏚) is the "Earth Ground" symbol found on electrical or electronic manual, tag and equipment.
It also includes most of the uncommon symbols used by the APL programming language.
Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF) in Unicode
In Unicode, Miscellaneous Technical symbols placed in the hexadecimal range 0x2300–0x23FF, (decimal 8960–9215), as described below.
(2300–233F)
- 1.^ Unicode code points U+2329 & U+232A are deprecated.
(2340–237F)
(2380–23BF)
(23C0–23FF)
Compact chart
Miscellaneous Technical[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+230x | ⌀ | ⌁ | ⌂ | ⌃ | ⌄ | ⌅ | ⌆ | ⌇ | ⌈ | ⌉ | ⌊ | ⌋ | ⌌ | ⌍ | ⌎ | ⌏ |
U+231x | ⌐ | ⌑ | ⌒ | ⌓ | ⌔ | ⌕ | ⌖ | ⌗ | ⌘ | ⌙ | ⌚ | ⌛ | ⌜ | ⌝ | ⌞ | ⌟ |
U+232x | ⌠ | ⌡ | ⌢ | ⌣ | ⌤ | ⌥ | ⌦ | ⌧ | ⌨ | 〈 | 〉 | ⌫ | ⌬ | ⌭ | ⌮ | ⌯ |
U+233x | ⌰ | ⌱ | ⌲ | ⌳ | ⌴ | ⌵ | ⌶ | ⌷ | ⌸ | ⌹ | ⌺ | ⌻ | ⌼ | ⌽ | ⌾ | ⌿ |
U+234x | ⍀ | ⍁ | ⍂ | ⍃ | ⍄ | ⍅ | ⍆ | ⍇ | ⍈ | ⍉ | ⍊ | ⍋ | ⍌ | ⍍ | ⍎ | ⍏ |
U+235x | ⍐ | ⍑ | ⍒ | ⍓ | ⍔ | ⍕ | ⍖ | ⍗ | ⍘ | ⍙ | ⍚ | ⍛ | ⍜ | ⍝ | ⍞ | ⍟ |
U+236x | ⍠ | ⍡ | ⍢ | ⍣ | ⍤ | ⍥ | ⍦ | ⍧ | ⍨ | ⍩ | ⍪ | ⍫ | ⍬ | ⍭ | ⍮ | ⍯ |
U+237x | ⍰ | ⍱ | ⍲ | ⍳ | ⍴ | ⍵ | ⍶ | ⍷ | ⍸ | ⍹ | ⍺ | ⍻ | ⍼ | ⍽ | ⍾ | ⍿ |
U+238x | ⎀ | ⎁ | ⎂ | ⎃ | ⎄ | ⎅ | ⎆ | ⎇ | ⎈ | ⎉ | ⎊ | ⎋ | ⎌ | ⎍ | ⎎ | ⎏ |
U+239x | ⎐ | ⎑ | ⎒ | ⎓ | ⎔ | ⎕ | ⎖ | ⎗ | ⎘ | ⎙ | ⎚ | ⎛ | ⎜ | ⎝ | ⎞ | ⎟ |
U+23Ax | ⎠ | ⎡ | ⎢ | ⎣ | ⎤ | ⎥ | ⎦ | ⎧ | ⎨ | ⎩ | ⎪ | ⎫ | ⎬ | ⎭ | ⎮ | ⎯ |
U+23Bx | ⎰ | ⎱ | ⎲ | ⎳ | ⎴ | ⎵ | ⎶ | ⎷ | ⎸ | ⎹ | ⎺ | ⎻ | ⎼ | ⎽ | ⎾ | ⎿ |
U+23Cx | ⏀ | ⏁ | ⏂ | ⏃ | ⏄ | ⏅ | ⏆ | ⏇ | ⏈ | ⏉ | ⏊ | ⏋ | ⏌ | ⏍ | ⏎ | ⏏ |
U+23Dx | ⏐ | ⏑ | ⏒ | ⏓ | ⏔ | ⏕ | ⏖ | ⏗ | ⏘ | ⏙ | ⏚ | ⏛ | ⏜ | ⏝ | ⏞ | ⏟ |
U+23Ex | ⏠ | ⏡ | ⏢ | ⏣ | ⏤ | ⏥ | ⏦ | ⏧ | ⏨ | ⏩ | ⏪ | ⏫ | ⏬ | ⏭ | ⏮ | ⏯ |
U+23Fx | ⏰ | ⏱ | ⏲ | ⏳ | ⏴ | ⏵ | ⏶ | ⏷ | ⏸ | ⏹ | ⏺ | ⏻ | ⏼ | ⏽ | ⏾ | ⏿ |
Notes |
Emoji
The Miscellaneous Technical block contains eighteen emoji: U+231A–U+231B, U+2328, U+23CF, U+23E9–U+23F3 and U+23F8–U+23FA.[4][5]
The block has 24 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following twelve base characters: U+231A–U+231B, U+2328, U+23CF, U+23ED–U+23EF, U+23F1–U+23F2 and U+23F8–U+23FA.[6]
U+ | 231A | 231B | 2328 | 23CF | 23ED | 23EE | 23EF | 23F1 | 23F2 | 23F8 | 23F9 | 23FA |
default presentation | emoji | emoji | text | text | text | text | text | text | text | text | text | text |
base code point | ⌚ | ⌛ | ⌨ | ⏏ | ⏭ | ⏮ | ⏯ | ⏱ | ⏲ | ⏸ | ⏹ | ⏺ |
base+VS15 (text) | ⌚︎ | ⌛︎ | ⌨︎ | ⏏︎ | ⏭︎ | ⏮︎ | ⏯︎ | ⏱︎ | ⏲︎ | ⏸︎ | ⏹︎ | ⏺︎ |
base+VS16 (emoji) | ⌚️ | ⌛️ | ⌨️ | ⏏️ | ⏭️ | ⏮️ | ⏯️ | ⏱️ | ⏲️ | ⏸️ | ⏹️ | ⏺️ |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Technical block:
Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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1.0.0 | U+2302..232C | 43 | (to be determined) | ||
L2/11-438[b][c] | N4182 | Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429) | |||
L2/15-050R[d][c] | Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji | ||||
L2/15-301[e][c] | Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-11-01), A proposal for 278 standardized variation sequences for emoji | ||||
1.1 | U+2300, 232D..237A | 79 | (to be determined) | ||
3.0 | U+2301, 237B, 237D..239A | 32 | (to be determined) | ||
L2/15-050R[d][c] | Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji | ||||
3.2 | U+237C, 23B4..23B6 | 4 | L2/00-119[f] | N2191R | Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode |
U+239B..23B3 | 25 | L2/99-043 | Sargent, Murray (1999-02-04), Mathematical brace pieces | ||
L2/99-346R | Sargent, Murray (1999-10-27), Mathematical brace pieces | ||||
L2/00-119[f] | N2191R | Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode | |||
U+23B7..23BD | 7 | L2/00-159 | N2265 | Cruz, Frank da (2000-03-31), Supplemental Terminal Graphics for Unicode | |
U+23BE..23CC, 23CE | 16 | L2/99-238 | Consolidated document containing 6 Japanese proposals, 1999-07-15 | ||
N2092 | Addition of forty eight characters, 1999-09-13 | ||||
N2093 | Addition of medical symbols and enclosed numbers, 1999-09-13 | ||||
L2/99-365 | Moore, Lisa (1999-11-23), Comments on JCS Proposals | ||||
L2/00-024 | Shibano, Kohji (2000-01-31), JCS proposal revised | ||||
L2/99-260R | Moore, Lisa (2000-02-07), "JCS Proposals", Minutes of the UTC/L2 meeting in Mission Viejo, October 26-28, 1999 | ||||
L2/00-098 | N2195 | Rationale for non-Kanji characters proposed by JCS committee, 2000-03-15 | |||
L2/00-108 | Whistler, Ken (2000-03-30), Report on the WG2 meeting #38 in Beijing, March 21-24, 2000 | ||||
L2/00-298 | N2258 | Sato, T. K. (2000-09-04), JIS X 9213 symbols part-2 | |||
L2/00-342 | N2278 | Sato, T. K.; Everson, Michael; Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-09-20), Ad hoc Report on Japan feedback N2257 and N2258 | |||
L2/01-114 | N2328 | Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 3503, ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000/PDAM 1, 2001-03-09 | |||
U+23CD | 1 | L2/98-374 | N1887R | Freytag, Asmus (1998-09-24), Three symbols | |
L2/00-091 | N2184 | Freytag, Asmus (2000-03-14), Additional information on the proposal to add three symbols | |||
4.0 | U+23CF | 1 | L2/01-414 | Jenkins, John (2001-11-02), Proposal to Add the Eject Key Symbol to Unicode | |
L2/01-452 | Freytag, Asmus; Everson, Michael (2001-11-07), Response to the EJECT SYMBOL proposal | ||||
L2/02-072 | Goldsmith, Deborah (2002-02-10), Eject Symbol | ||||
L2/15-050R[d][c] | Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji | ||||
L2/15-301[e][c] | Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-11-01), A proposal for 278 standardized variation sequences for emoji | ||||
U+23D0 | 1 | L2/02-278 | Muller, Eric (2002-07-30), Proposal to add a VERTICAL LINE EXTENSION character | ||
L2/02-371 | N2508 | Muller, Eric (2002-10-30), Proposal to add a Vertical Line Extension character to 10646 | |||
4.1 | U+23D1..23D9 | 9 | L2/02-030 | Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), Metrical Signs Proposal for Unicode | |
L2/02-033 | Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), TLG Unicode Proposal (draft) | ||||
L2/02-053 | Anderson, Deborah (2002-02-04), Description of TLG Documents | ||||
L2/02-273 | Pantelia, Maria (2002-07-31), TLG Unicode Proposal | ||||
L2/02-287 | Pantelia, Maria (2002-08-09), Proposal Summary Form accompanying TLG Unicode Proposal (L2/02-273) | ||||
L2/02-315R2 | N2546 | Pantelia, Maria (2002-11-07), Proposal for encoding Greek Metrical Symbols in the UCS | |||
L2/04-196 | N2653 | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2004-06-04), "M44.5 aa", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 44 | |||
U+23DA..23DB | 2 | L2/02-423 | N2513 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region submission to WG2 for ISO 10646, 2002-10-25 | |
L2/03-356R2 | Moore, Lisa (2003-10-22), "B.14.2", UTC #97 Minutes | ||||
L2/03-411 | Goldsmith, Deborah; Muller, Eric (2003-10-31), Unencoded chars in GB 18030 & HK-SCS | ||||
L2/04-161R | N2807 | Suignard, Michel; Muller, Eric; Jenkins, John (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, background document | |||
L2/04-240 | N2791 | Muller, Eric (2004-06-10), Evidence for the Earth and Fuse proposed characters | |||
L2/04-263 | N2808 | Suignard, Michel (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, request for additional characters and related information | |||
L2/05-038 | N2926 | Suignard, Michel (2005-01-27), "China Comment 1", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 3760 (FPDAM text for Amendment 1 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003) | |||
5.0 | U+23DC..23E1 | 6 | L2/04-329 | N2842 | Sargent, Murray (2004-08-03), Mathematical Horizontal Bracket Characters |
L2/05-270 | Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "B", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis) | ||||
U+23E2..23E7 | 6 | L2/04-406 | Freytag, Asmus; Sargent, Murray; Beeton, Barbara; Carlisle, David (2004-11-15), Progress report on Mathematical Symbols | ||
L2/04-410 | Freytag, Asmus (2004-11-18), Twenty six mathematical characters | ||||
5.2 | U+23E8 | 1 | L2/08-030R | Broukhis, Leonid (2008-01-22), Revised proposal to encode the decimal exponent symbol | |
6.0 | U+23E9..23F3[c] | 11 | L2/01-452 | Freytag, Asmus; Everson, Michael (2001-11-07), Response to the EJECT SYMBOL proposal | |
L2/02-085 | N2415 | Freytag, Asmus; Everson, Michael; Goldsmith, Deborah (2002-02-12), Playback Symbols | |||
L2/09-007 | Lommel, Arle (2008-12-26), Comparison of Emoticons from Major Vendors | ||||
L2/09-025R2 | N3582[g] | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-03-05), Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols | |||
L2/09-026R | N3583 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-02-06), Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding | |||
L2/09-027R2 | N3681 | Scherer, Markus (2009-09-17), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | |||
L2/09-114 | N3607 | Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji, 2009-04-06 | |||
L2/09-139 | N3614[h] | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-04-09), Response to Concerns Raised in N3607 About Encoding Emoji Characters | |||
L2/09-412 | N3722 | Suignard, Michel (2009-11-02), "Ireland E1", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4078 (PDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003) | |||
L2/10-132 | Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2010-04-27), Emoji Symbols: Background Data | ||||
L2/12-368 | N4384 | Suignard, Michel (2012-11-06), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols | |||
L2/15-050R[d][c] | Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji | ||||
L2/15-301[e][c] | Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-11-01), A proposal for 278 standardized variation sequences for emoji | ||||
7.0 | U+23F4..23FA | 7 | L2/01-452 | Freytag, Asmus; Everson, Michael (2001-11-07), Response to the EJECT SYMBOL proposal | |
L2/02-085 | N2415 | Freytag, Asmus; Everson, Michael; Goldsmith, Deborah (2002-02-12), Playback Symbols | |||
L2/12-368 | N4384 | Suignard, Michel (2012-11-06), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols | |||
L2/15-050R[d][c] | Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji | ||||
L2/15-301[e][c] | Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-11-01), A proposal for 278 standardized variation sequences for emoji | ||||
9.0 | U+23FB..23FE | 4 | L2/14-059 | N4535 | Everson, Michael (2014-02-04), Towards a proposal to encode power symbols in the UCS |
L2/14-009R | N4567 | Eden, Terence; Loughry, Joe; Nordman, Bruce (2014-02-14), Proposal to Include IEC Power Symbols | |||
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See also
References
- ^ "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2016-11-22.
- ^ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2016-11-14.
- ^ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.