Unicode: Character Name

Character Name

A unique name is given to each unicode Code Point .

Note: a unicode codepoint may have 1 or more old names, due to character's name change in the early days, in Unicode version 2 in 1996. However, a name still uniquely refer to 1 codepoint.

Examples:

• A U+41: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
• α U+3B1: GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
• Ж U+416: CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER ZHE
• → U+2192: RIGHTWARDS ARROW
• ♥ U+2665: BLACK HEART SUIT
• ¥ U+A5: YEN SIGN
• ✂ U+2702: BLACK SCISSORS
• 😂 U+1F602: FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY