Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows

Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
Range U+2B00..U+2BFF
(256 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Common
Symbol sets Arrows
Filled shapes
Assigned 250 code points
Unused 6 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.0 14 (+14)
4.1 20 (+6)
5.0 31 (+11)
5.1 82 (+51)
5.2 87 (+5)
7.0 202 (+115)
8.0 206 (+4)
10.0 207 (+1)
11.0 250 (+43)
Note: [1][2]

Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows is a Unicode block containing arrows and geometric shapes with various fills.

Block

Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+2B0x ⬀ ⬁ ⬂ ⬃ ⬄ ⬅ ⬆ ⬇ ⬈ ⬉ ⬊ ⬋ ⬌ ⬍ ⬎ ⬏
U+2B1x ⬐ ⬑ ⬒ ⬓ ⬔ ⬕ ⬖ ⬗ ⬘ ⬙ ⬚ ⬛ ⬜ ⬝ ⬞ ⬟
U+2B2x ⬠ ⬡ ⬢ ⬣ ⬤ ⬥ ⬦ ⬧ ⬨ ⬩ ⬪ ⬫ ⬬ ⬭ ⬮ ⬯
U+2B3x ⬰ ⬱ ⬲ ⬳ ⬴ ⬵ ⬶ ⬷ ⬸ ⬹ ⬺ ⬻ ⬼ ⬽ ⬾ ⬿
U+2B4x ⭀ ⭁ ⭂ ⭃ ⭄ ⭅ ⭆ ⭇ ⭈ ⭉ ⭊ ⭋ ⭌ ⭍ ⭎ ⭏
U+2B5x ⭐ ⭑ ⭒ ⭓ ⭔ ⭕ ⭖ ⭗ ⭘ ⭙ ⭚ ⭛ ⭜ ⭝ ⭞ ⭟
U+2B6x ⭠ ⭡ ⭢ ⭣ ⭤ ⭥ ⭦ ⭧ ⭨ ⭩ ⭪ ⭫ ⭬ ⭭ ⭮ ⭯
U+2B7x ⭰ ⭱ ⭲ ⭳ ⭶ ⭷ ⭸ ⭹ ⭺ ⭻ ⭼ ⭽ ⭾ ⭿
U+2B8x ⮀ ⮁ ⮂ ⮃ ⮄ ⮅ ⮆ ⮇ ⮈ ⮉ ⮊ ⮋ ⮌ ⮍ ⮎ ⮏
U+2B9x ⮐ ⮑ ⮒ ⮓ ⮔ ⮕ ⮘ ⮙ ⮚ ⮛ ⮜ ⮝ ⮞ ⮟
U+2BAx ⮠ ⮡ ⮢ ⮣ ⮤ ⮥ ⮦ ⮧ ⮨ ⮩ ⮪ ⮫ ⮬ ⮭ ⮮ ⮯
U+2BBx ⮰ ⮱ ⮲ ⮳ ⮴ ⮵ ⮶ ⮷ ⮸ ⮹ ⮺ ⮻ ⮼ ⮽ ⮾ ⮿
U+2BCx ⯀ ⯁ ⯂ ⯃ ⯄ ⯅ ⯆ ⯇ ⯈ ⯊ ⯋ ⯌ ⯍ ⯎ ⯏
U+2BDx ⯐ ⯑ ⯒ ⯓ ⯔ ⯕ ⯖ ⯗ ⯘ ⯙ ⯚ ⯛ ⯜ ⯝ ⯞ ⯟
U+2BEx ⯠ ⯡ ⯢ ⯣ ⯤ ⯥ ⯦ ⯧ ⯨ ⯩ ⯪ ⯫ ⯬ ⯭ ⯮ ⯯
U+2BFx ⯰ ⯱ ⯲ ⯳ ⯴ ⯵ ⯶ ⯷ ⯸ ⯹ ⯺ ⯻ ⯼ ⯽ ⯾
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Emoji

The Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block contains seven emoji: U+2B05–U+2B07, U+2B1B–U+2B1C, U+2B50 and U+2B55.[3][4]

The block has fourteen standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the seven emoji.[5]

Emoji variation sequences
U+2B052B062B072B1B2B1C2B502B55
default presentationtexttexttextemojiemojiemojiemoji
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 Symbols and Arrows block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.0U+2B00..2B0D14L2/99-353N2056"3", Amendment of the part concerning the Korean characters in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1998 amendment 5, 1999-07-29
L2/99-380Proposal for a New Work item (NP) to amend the Korean part in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, 1999-12-07
L2/99-380.1"3", Cover page and Outline of the proposal, 1999-12-07
L2/99-380.3Annex B, Special characters compatible with KPS 9566-97 (To be extended), 1999-12-07
L2/00-084N2182"3", Amendment of the part concerning the Korean characters in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1998 amendment 5, 1999-12-07
L2/99-382Whistler, Ken (1999-12-09), "2.3", Comments to accompany a U.S. NO vote on JTC1 N5999, SC2 N3393, New Work item proposal (NP) for an amendment of the Korean part of ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993
L2/00-066N2170"3", The technical justification of the proposal to amend the Korean character part of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (proposed addition of 79 symbolic characters), 2000-02-10
L2/00-073N2167Karlsson, Kent (2000-03-02), Comments on DPRK New Work Item proposal on Korean characters
L2/00-285N2244Proposal for the Addition of 82 Symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000, 2000-08-10
L2/00-291Everson, Michael (2000-08-30), Comments to Korean proposals (L2/00-284 - 289)
N2282Report of the meeting of the Korean script ad hoc group, 2000-09-21
L2/01-349N2374Proposal to add of 70 symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000, 2001-09-03
L2/01-387N2390Kim, Kyongsok (2001-10-13), ROK's Comments about DPRK's proposal, WG2 N 2374, to add 70 symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000
L2/01-388N2392Kim, Kyongsok (2001-10-16), A Report of Korean Script ad hoc group meeting on Oct. 15, 2001
L2/01-458N2407Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-11-16), Request to Korean ad hoc group to generate mapping tables between ROK and DPRK national standards
L2/02-372N2453Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-10-30), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 42
L2/11-438[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]N4182Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
4.1U+2B0E..2B114L2/03-119R2N2629Shaneyfelt, Ted (2003-03-17), Horizontal arrows with tips vertical
U+2B12..2B132L2/03-354N2655Freytag, Asmus (2003-10-10), Proposal -- Symbols used in Dictionaries
L2/03-356R2Moore, Lisa (2003-10-22), "97-C15", UTC #97 Minutes
5.0U+2B14..2B19, 2B20..2B2310L2/04-406Freytag, Asmus; Sargent, Murray; Beeton, Barbara; Carlisle, David (2004-11-15), Progress report on Mathematical Symbols
L2/04-410Freytag, Asmus (2004-11-18), Twenty six mathematical characters
U+2B1A1L2/05-140Sargent, Murray (2005-05-11), Dotted Square
L2/05-108RMoore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "C.18", UTC #103 Minutes
5.1U+2B1B..2B1F, 2B24..2B2F, 2B45..2B46, 2B50..2B5424L2/07-011RN3198RFreytag, Asmus; Beeton, Barbara; Ion, Patrick; Sargent, Murray; Carlisle, David; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-01-15), 29 Additional Mathematical and Symbol Characters
L2/11-438[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]N4182Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
U+2B30..2B4421L2/05-318Lazrek, Azzeddine (2005-10-24), Proposals for Unicode Consortium [Arabic mathematical symbols]
L2/05-320Lazrek, Azzeddine (2005-07-10), Arabic Mathematical Diverse Symbols, Additional characters proposed to Unicode
L2/06-125N3086, N3086-1Lazrek, Azzeddine (2006-03-30), Diverse Arabic Mathematical Symbols
U+2B47..2B4C6L2/07-170N3259Freytag, Asmus; et al. (2007-04-18), Mathematical Arrows in FPDAM3
L2/07-118R2Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
5.2U+2B55..2B595L2/07-259Suignard, Michel (2007-08-02), Japanese TV Symbols
L2/07-391N3341Suignard, Michel (2007-09-18), Japanese TV Symbols
L2/08-077R2N3397Suignard, Michel (2008-03-11), Japanese TV symbols
L2/08-128Iancu, Laurențiu (2008-03-22), Names and allocation of some Japanese TV symbols from N3397
L2/08-158Pentzlin, Karl (2008-04-16), Comments on L2/08-077R2 "Japanese TV Symbols"
L2/08-188N3468Sekiguchi, Masahiro (2008-04-22), Collected comments on Japanese TV Symbols (WG2 N3397)
L2/08-077R3N3469Suignard, Michel (2008-04-23), Japanese TV symbols
L2/08-215Pentzlin, Karl (2008-05-07), Comments on L2/08-077R2 "Japanese TV Symbols"
L2/08-289Pentzlin, Karl (2008-08-05), Proposal to rename and reassign some Japanese TV Symbols from L2/08-077R3
L2/08-292Stötzner, Andreas (2008-08-06), Improvement suggestions for n3469
L2/08-307Scherer, Markus (2008-08-08), Feedback on the Japanese TV Symbols Proposal (L2/08-077R3)
L2/11-438[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]N4182Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
7.0U+2B4D, 2B60..2B73, 2B76..2B95, 2B98..2BB9, 2BBD..2BC8, 2BCA..2BD1107L2/11-052RSuignard, Michel (2011-02-15), Wingdings and Webdings symbols - Preliminary study
N4239Suignard, Michel (2011-02-16), Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4201 (PDAM text for Amendment 1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 3rd edition)
L2/11-149Suignard, Michel (2011-05-09), Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings symbols
L2/11-196N4022Suignard, Michel (2011-05-21), Revised Wingdings proposal
L2/11-247N4115Suignard, Michel (2011-06-08), Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/11-344N4143Suignard, Michel (2011-09-28), Updated proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
N4363Suignard, Michel (2012-10-13), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/12-368N4384Suignard, Michel (2012-11-06), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/12-086Requests regarding the Wingdings/Webdings characters in ISO/IEC 10646 PDAM 1.2, 2012-12-27
U+2B4E..2B4F, 2B5A..2B5F8L2/10-357N3914Proposal to add characters used in Lithuanian dialectology to the UCS, 2010-10-29
L2/11-135Tumasonis, Vladas; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-05-02), Revised proposal to add characters used in Lithuanian dialectology
L2/11-189Whistler, Ken; Constable, Peter (2011-05-11), Review of Characters for Lithuanian Dialectology
L2/11-191Comments on N3914 - Characters for Lithuanian Dialectology, 2011-05-13
L2/11-223N4070Tumasonis, Vladas; Pentzlin, Karl (2011-05-24), Second revised proposal to add characters used in Lithuanian dialectology to the UCS
L2/11-248N4116Pentzlin, Karl (2011-06-09), Report on the ad hoc re "Lithuanian dialectology" (SC2/WG2 N4070) held during the SC2/WG2 meeting at Helsinki
L2/12-130N4239Suignard, Michel (2012-05-08), "Germany T1", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4201 (PDAM text for Amendment 1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 3rd edition)
8.0U+2BEC..2BEF4L2/12-303N4318Pentzlin, Karl (2012-09-10), Proposal to add four arrows to get a consistent mapping from ISO/IEC 9995-7 symbols to Unicode
10.0U+2BD21L2/15-083Shirriff, Ken (2015-02-14), Proposal for addition of Group Mark symbol
L2/15-107Moore, Lisa (2015-05-12), "E.2", UTC #143 Minutes
11.0U+2BBA..2BBC, 2BF9..2BFE9L2/17-033R2N4783R2Everson, Michael; Wallace, Garth (2017-01-26), Proposal to encode symbols for chess notation
L2/17-353Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "B. Chess Notation", WG2 Consent Docket
U+2BD3..2BD64L2/16-156Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "13. Astrology", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-067RFaulks, David (2016-08-12), Astrological Plutos
U+2BD7..2BDF9L2/16-156Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "13.c", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-080Faulks, David (2016-05-28), Additional Symbols for Astrology
U+2BE0..2BE78L2/16-064Faulks, David (2016-03-06), Extra Symbols from Uranian Astrology
L2/16-156Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "13.b", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-121Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "E.3", UTC #147 Minutes
U+2BE8..2BEB4L2/16-186West, Andrew (2016-07-11), Proposal to encode four half star symbols
L2/16-216Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "14. Half star symbols", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-230Shirriff, Ken (2016-08-04), Proposal for addition of half stars
L2/16-203Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "E.6.1", UTC #148 Minutes
L2/16-254N4747Shirriff, Ken; West, Andrew (2016-09-12), Final proposal to encode four half star symbols
U+2BF0..2BF23L2/16-216Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "16.b", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-173RN4801Faulks, David (2016-11-11), Eris and Sedna Symbols
U+2BF3..2BF86L2/16-174RFaulks, David (2016-06-09), Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology
L2/17-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Hai, Liang; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "18. Astrological symbols", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-016Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "E.4 Feedback on Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology", UTC #150 Minutes
L2/17-020R2N4811Suignard, Michel (2017-01-24), Feedback on Extra Aspect Symbols for Astrology
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. 1 2 3 See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429
  3. 1 2 3 Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ↑ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2018-05-21.
  4. ↑ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2018-05-22.
  5. ↑ "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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