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Unicode, Chinese Cultural Symbols
- Unicode emoji for Chinese prosperity symbols.
- still no font for it.
- it was added to unicode 10, year 2017.
- ๐ โ U+1F260: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR FU
- ๐ก โ U+1F261: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR LU
- ๐ข โ U+1F262: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR SHOU
- ๐ฃ โ U+1F263: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR XI
- ๐ค โ U+1F264: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR SHUANGXI
- ๐ฅ โ U+1F265: ROUNDED SYMBOL FOR CAI
- every emoji or special characters have a font about a year or two after when the character is added to unicode.
- also there is no font for Chinese Chess (xiangqi) characters. They are added in Unicode 11 (2018)
- ๐ฉ โ U+1FA60: XIANGQI RED GENERAL
- ๐ฉก โ U+1FA61: XIANGQI RED MANDARIN
- ๐ฉข โ U+1FA62: XIANGQI RED ELEPHANT
- ๐ฉฃ โ U+1FA63: XIANGQI RED HORSE
- ๐ฉค โ U+1FA64: XIANGQI RED CHARIOT
- ๐ฉฅ โ U+1FA65: XIANGQI RED CANNON
- ๐ฉฆ โ U+1FA66: XIANGQI RED SOLDIER
- ๐ฉง โ U+1FA67: XIANGQI BLACK GENERAL
- ๐ฉจ โ U+1FA68: XIANGQI BLACK MANDARIN
- ๐ฉฉ โ U+1FA69: XIANGQI BLACK ELEPHANT
- ๐ฉช โ U+1FA6A: XIANGQI BLACK HORSE
- ๐ฉซ โ U+1FA6B: XIANGQI BLACK CHARIOT
- ๐ฉฌ โ U+1FA6C: XIANGQI BLACK CANNON
- ๐ฉญ โ U+1FA6D: XIANGQI BLACK SOLDIER
updated.
updates
some interesting chars
โ โน โน
โธ โธก ยฆ |
lots flags in euro r just 3 strips of colors. Do they not have any imagination. Interesting, Chad and Romania have the same flag.
Romania and Armenia and Colombia all are 3 strips of the same colors yellow blue red.
finally, there is power button symbol in unicode
- โป
- โผ
- โฝ
- โพ
more update
x โฆ ฦ(x)
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐
- Unicode: Math Font โค
- added finite field
unicode stars. just adopted an asterisk for reference mark. Unicode: Stars ๐
china english in unicode
- โ U+2313: SEGMENT
๐ณ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ ๐ฑ โ โ
Unicode Search ๐ now support minus sign to filter words.
also database updated to unicode 2022.
- Fonts for Unicode 6 Emoticons (2010)
- Unicode 7 New Characters (2014)
- Unicode 8 New Characters (2015)
- Unicode 9 New Characters (2016)
- Unicode 10 New Characters (2017)
- Unicode 11 New Characters (2018)
- Unicode 12 New Characters (2019)
- Unicode 13 New Characters (2020)
- Unicode 14 New Characters (2021)
- Unicode 15 New Characters (2022)
how is this emoji face pensive?
- ๐ U+1F614: PENSIVE FACE
โจ โ โฃ โข unicode functions
- โจ U+2A10: CIRCULATION FUNCTION
- โ U+235F: APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE STAR
- โฃ U+2363: APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL STAR DIAERESIS
- โข U+2362: APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DEL DIAERESIS
- ๐ Unicode: Misc Index
Xah guide on how to emote unicode
๐๐๐
๐๐คฉ๐ค
๐โญ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐คกโ๐๐
๐จ
โฅโค are problematic
unicode dagger
โ โก โธถ โธท โธธ โน ๐ก
loop โฒ โณ โฅ โฅ ๐ โฎ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ โฐ โฟ
โฎ โฎ โฎ โฎ
๐ช ๐ซ
Combinatorial Unicode Chars
another combinatorial unicode char set is the trigram. Note that, in these MONOGRAM, TRIGRAM, TETRAGRAM, HEXAGRAM, some allows the bar to break into 3 pieces, while other only 2.
ways to order combinatorial patterns
one interesting thing is how do you sort braille? here's 3 possible ways.
Unicode: Upside-Down Text ษ q ษ p ว ษ แตทChinese Prosperity Symbols
๐ ๐ก ๐ข ๐ฃ ๐ค ๐ฅ
added to Unicode: Yinyang, Trigrams โฏ โฒ
Christian Feast Symbols
there is these: ๐ ๐ , meaning Orthodox typicon symbol for lower rank feast.
also ๐ ๐ ๐. Apparently, there's Orthodox Church, and has ranking of feasts.
and there is ๐ , meaning Orthodox typicon symbol for difficult sections. Apparently used for bible reading or something.
Om Symbol, in Hinduism and Buddhism
๐ OM SYMBOL. Meaning Almighty God in Hinduism. See also: Unicode: Devanagari เค
and here's a ๐ Om chant song ๅ ญๅญ็่จ้ six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra โOm mani padme humโ
here's om in tamil: เฏ Unicode: Tamil เฎ
Unicode BISMILLAH
๏ทฝ
added to Unicode: Arabic ุด
note the word bismillah is in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody ๐ต
the story of ร ร ร ร ร ล ล ล ฦ ฦ ว ศ ศ ศช ศฌ ศฎ ศฐ วช วฌ ร วพ แน แน แน แน แป แป แป แป แป แป แป แป แป แป แป แปข
fake unicode font
lol, this thread.
but am thinking, perhaps it's the other way round. ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ด๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข ๐ช๐๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฑ. and it's a matter of time.
things evolve. once the ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข ๐ช๐๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ is out of the door, people use it however they like, just like ๐คท. Even mathematicians, few would know the difference of โ ฮ โ ฮด โ ฮฃ ยต ฮผ.
perl6 unicode operators
See also: Programing Language: Unicode Math Symbols in Function Name and Operator
in APL, A โ B means Logarithm of B to base A. I think APL's symbolic operators rather idiotic.
unicode missing emoji version of plain red heart
you have
- โก U+2661: WHITE HEART SUIT
- โฅ U+2665: BLACK HEART SUIT
That's why only some website make them emoji, cuz if in poker context, rendering it as emoji would be wrong. So you have this abominational situation where you need to insert a modifier char to make it emoji.
๐ค U+1F5A4: BLACK HEART โค U+2764: HEAVY BLACK HEART โก U+2661: WHITE HEART SUIT โฅ U+2665: BLACK HEART SUIT so, completely, comprehensively, confounding! the abomination of unicode.
unicode โงด rule delayed
โงด (U+29F4: RULE-DELAYED)
this unicode symbol came from Mathematica
- me = sleep(๐ ๐ช ๐ด ๐ค ๐);
- you = goto_work(๐ช+๐+๐ต โ ๐ช ๐จ ๐ ๐ญ ๐ฉ ๐ช ๐ซ ๐ฌ ๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ ๐คฌ ๐ฉ);
unicode code bug
- ๐ (U+1F41B: BUG)
this unicode , named bug, but seems to be displayed as caterpillar all across. i don't think most people picture โbugโ as a caterpillar or worm.
Unicode symbol for X-men โฎฟ
Unicode: Arrows โ โต โ โฒ โค
major update. Added some 100 arrows i missed before.
on iphone and android phone, the arrows don't show. strange, because these are from unicode 7, year 2014.
ribbon arrows
โฎฐ โฎฑ โฎฒ โฎณ โฎด โฎต โฎถ โฎท
added to Unicode: Arrows โ โต โ โฒ โค
2018-07-02 thanks to https://twitter.com/vladresende/status/1013890682933710848
this utter stupid unicode page
http://unicode.org/emoji/charts/text-style.html
there r 1214 emoji there, and each picture is base64 encoded in the html. the file is 3 mega bytes. removing them, the file is 153k
unicode 11 is out
Spaceship CUNEIFORM
เผ เผ แฑ แฒ
Chinese Chess Pieces in Unicode 11
๐ฉ ๐ฉก ๐ฉข ๐ฉฃ ๐ฉค ๐ฉฅ ๐ฉฆ
๐ฉง ๐ฉจ ๐ฉฉ ๐ฉช ๐ฉซ ๐ฉฌ ๐ฉญ
Father Christmas, not Santa Claus?
instead of Santa Claus, the unicode calls it Father Christmas.
๐ ๐ ๐คถ โฟ ๐ ๐ฆ
see Unicode Search
so why Unicode call Santa Claus as Father Christmas? Wikipedia has history
but be warned it probably contains biased writing.
this Wikipedia from 2005 gives a easier to follow picture of history of Father Christmas
quote:
Father Christmas is a name used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and several other Commonwealth Countries, as well as Ireland, for the gift bringing figure of Christmas or yuletide. Although Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus (the latter deriving from the Dutch for Saint Nicholas: Sinterklaas), are now used interchangeably, the origins of Father Christmas are quite different.
Dating back to Norse mythology, Father Christmas has his roots in Paganism. Before Christianity came to British shores it was customary for an elder man from the community to dress in furs and visit each dwelling[citation needed]. At each house, in the guise of "Old Winter" he would be plied with food and drink before moving on to the next. It was thought he carried the spirit of the winter with him, and that the winter would be kind to anyone hospitable to Old Winter. The custom was still kept in Medieval England, and after a decline during the Commonwealth, became widespread again during the Restoration period. A book dating from the time of the Commonwealth, The Vindication of CHRISTMAS or, His Twelve Yeares' Observations upon the Times involved Father Christmas advocating a merry, alcoholic Christmas and casting aspersions on the charitable motives of the ruling Puritans.
He was neither a gift bringer nor was he associated with children. During the Victorian era when Santa Claus arrived from America he was merged with โOld Winterโ, โOld Christmasโ or โOld Father Christmasโ to create Father Christmas, the British Santa which survives today.
Unicode Navigational Pointers
โ โบ โ โป
โ โ โ โ โ โ
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
These are new in Unicode 6 i think. If it doesn't display, get the font, see: Unicode 6 Emoticons and Supporting Fonts. For many other arrows, see: Unicode: Arrows โ โต โ โฒ โค
Unicode wave
- U+223F: SINE WAVE โฟ
- U+301C: WAVE DASH ใ
- U+3030: WAVY DASH ใฐ
- U+2307: WAVY LINE โ
- U+FE4B: WAVY OVERLINE ๏น
- U+FE4C: DOUBLE WAVY OVERLINE ๏น
learned a few Unicode symbols related to functional programing.
- U+2394: SOFTWARE-FUNCTION SYMBOLโ
thanks to [Franรงois-Renรฉ Rideau https://plus.google.com/108564127390615114635/posts]