Letterlike Symbols

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Letterlike Symbols
RangeU+2100..U+214F
(80 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsGreek (1 char.)
Latin (4 char.)
Common (75 char.)
Symbol setsMathematics
abbreviations
Assigned80 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)57 (+57)
3.0 (1999)59 (+2)
3.2 (2002)74 (+15)
4.0 (2003)75 (+1)
4.1 (2005)77 (+2)
5.0 (2006)79 (+2)
5.1 (2008)80 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Letterlike Symbols is a Unicode block containing 80 characters which are constructed mainly from the glyphs of one or more letters. In addition to this block, Unicode includes full styled mathematical alphabets, although Unicode does not explicitly categorize these characters as being "letterlike."

Symbols[edit]

Unicode Letterlike Symbols[3]
Char Image Name Unicode
U+
Account of 2100
Addressed to the subject (i.e., care of) 2101
Double-struck capital C 2102
Degree Celsius 2103
Center line symbol 2104
Care of 2105
Cada una[4] 2106
Euler constant[5] 2107
Scruple 2108
Degree Fahrenheit 2109
Script small G 210A
Script capital H 210B
Black-letter capital H 210C
Double-struck capital H 210D
Planck constant 210E
Reduced Planck constant (Planck constant over 2π) 210F
Script capital I 2110
Black-letter capital I 2111
Script capital L 2112
Script small L (LaTeX: \ell) 2113
L B bar symbol 2114
Double-struck capital N 2115
Numero sign 2116
Sound recording copyright symbol 2117
Script capital P
alias: Weierstrass elliptic function
2118
Double-struck capital P 2119
Double-struck capital Q 211A
Script capital R 211B
Black-letter capital R 211C
Double-struck capital R 211D
Prescription take 211E
Response 211F
Service mark 2120
Telephone sign 2121
Trademark sign 2122
Versicle 2123
Double-struck capital Z 2124
Ounce sign 2125
Ω Ohm sign 2126
Inverted ohm sign 2127
Black-letter capital Z 2128
Turned Greek small letter iota 2129
K Kelvin sign 212A
Å Ångström sign 212B
Script capital B 212C
Black-letter capital C 212D
Estimated symbol 212E
Script small E 212F
Script capital E 2130
Script capital F 2131
Turned capital F 2132
Script capital M 2133
Script small O 2134
Alef symbol 2135
Bet symbol 2136
Gimel symbol 2137
Dalet symbol 2138
Information source 2139
Rotated capital Q 213A
Fax sign 213B
Double-struck small pi 213C
Double-struck small gamma 213D
Double-struck capital gamma 213E
Double-struck capital pi 213F
Double-struck n-ary summation 2140
Turned sans-serif capital G 2141
Turned sans-serif capital L 2142
Reversed sans-serif capital L 2143
Turned sans-serif capital Y 2144
Double-struck italic capital D 2145
Double-struck italic small D 2146
Double-struck italic small E 2147
Double-struck italic small I 2148
Double-struck italic small J 2149
Property line 214A
Turned ampersand 214B
Per sign 214C
Aktieselskab 214D
Turned small F 214E
Symbol for Samaritan source 214F

Glyph variants[edit]

Variation selectors may be used to specify chancery (U+FE00) vs roundhand (U+FE01) forms, if the font supports them:

Code point Plain FE00 FE01
U+212C ℬ︀ ℬ︁
U+2130 ℰ︀ ℰ︁
U+2131 ℱ︀ ℱ︁
U+210B ℋ︀ ℋ︁
U+2110 ℐ︀ ℐ︁
U+2112 ℒ︀ ℒ︁
U+2133 ℳ︀ ℳ︁
U+211B ℛ︀ ℛ︁

The remainder of the set is at Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.

Block[edit]

Letterlike Symbols[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+210x
U+211x
U+212x
U+213x
U+214x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

Emoji[edit]

The Letterlike Symbols block contains two emoji: U+2122 and U+2139.[6][7]

The block has four standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the two emoji, both of which default to a text presentation.[8]

Emoji variation sequences
U+ 2122 2139
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ™︎ ℹ︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ™️ ℹ️

History[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Unicode chart (PDF)
  4. ^ Spanish for "each one."
  5. ^ It is unknown which constant this is supposed to be. Xerox standard XCCS 353/046 just says "Euler's."
  6. ^ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  7. ^ "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
  8. ^ "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.