Xah Unicode blog archive 2019

unicode linear b garment 2019-06-26 qsk5g
Unicode linear b garment

๐‚ช ๐‚ซ

Unicode: Linear B ๐‚‚

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.

unicode trigram hexagram 2019-09-10 zgxs2
unicode trigram hexagram 2019-09-10

Unicode: Culture, Religion ๐Ÿ’€ โš• โ˜ฅ โ˜ญ

ways to order combinatorial patterns

one interesting thing is how do you sort braille? here's 3 possible ways.

sorting braille 2019-09-10 zwtdy
sorting braille 2019-09-10

Unicode: Braille โ ฎ

Chinese Prosperity Symbols

๐Ÿ‰  ๐Ÿ‰ก ๐Ÿ‰ข ๐Ÿ‰ฃ ๐Ÿ‰ค ๐Ÿ‰ฅ

added to Unicode: Yinyang, Trigrams โ˜ฏ โ˜ท

Christian Feast Symbols

there is these: ๐Ÿ•ƒ ๐Ÿ•„ , meaning Orthodox typicon symbol for lower rank feast.

also ๐Ÿ•€ ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ•‚. Apparently, there's Orthodox Church, and has ranking of feasts.

and there is ๐Ÿ•…, meaning Orthodox typicon symbol for difficult sections. Apparently used for bible reading or something.

added to Unicode: Culture, Religion ๐Ÿ’€ โš• โ˜ฅ โ˜ญ

Om Symbol, in Hinduism and Buddhism

๐Ÿ•‰ OM SYMBOL. Meaning Almighty God in Hinduism. See also: Unicode: Devanagari เค…

and here's a ๐Ÿ•‰ Om chant song ๅ…ญๅญ—็œŸ่จ€้ Œ six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra โ€œOm 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 ๐ŸŽต

the story of ร’ ร“ ร” ร• ร– ลŒ ลŽ ล ฦŸ ฦ  ว‘ ศŒ ศŽ ศช ศฌ ศฎ ศฐ วช วฌ ร˜ วพ แนŒ แนŽ แน แน’ แปŒ แปŽ แป แป’ แป” แป– แป˜ แปš แปœ แปž แป  แปข

Unicode: Latin รฉ รถ รฑ รฆ รŸ รฐ

math font unicode 2021-12-12
Unicode: Math Font โ„ค

fake unicode font

lol, this thread.

fake unicode font style 2022-07-22 FvVFJ
fake unicode font style 2019-08-14 https://x.com/FakeUnicode/status/1029861801507213312

but am thinking, perhaps it's the other way round. ๐”ฐ๐”ฌ๐”ฃ๐”ฑ๐”ด๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ข ๐”ฐ๐”ฅ๐”ฌ๐”ฒ๐”ฉ๐”ก ๐”ฐ๐”ฒ๐”ญ๐”ญ๐”ฌ๐”ฏ๐”ฑ ๐”ฒ๐”ซ๐”ฆ๐” ๐”ฌ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”ช๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฅ ๐”ฃ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฑ. and it's a matter of time.

things evolve. once the ๐”ฒ๐”ซ๐”ฆ๐” ๐”ฌ๐”ก๐”ข ๐”ช๐”ž๐”ฑ๐”ฅ ๐”ฃ๐”ฌ๐”ซ๐”ฑ ๐” ๐”ฅ๐”ž๐”ฏ๐”ฐ is out of the door, people use it however they like, just like ๐Ÿคท. Even mathematicians, few would know the difference of โˆ† ฮ” โˆ‚ ฮด โˆ‘ ฮฃ ยต ฮผ.

perl6 unicode operators

perl6 unicode 2019-08-09 79fkn
perl6 unicode [source docs.perl6.org ]

See also: Programing Language: Emoji and Math Symbols in Function Name, Variable, Operator

in APL, A โŸ B means Logarithm of B to base A. I think APL's symbolic operators rather idiotic.

APL Symbols Meaning and Code Example

Egyptian Hieroglyph 2019-07-05 b4rp3
Egyptian Hieroglyph. pregnant woman, child birth, breast feeding.
symbol vs emoji problem 2016
symbol vs emoji problem 2016

Unicode: Emoji vs Text

unicode missing emoji version of plain red heart

you have

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.

๐Ÿ–ค U+1F5A4: BLACK HEART โค U+2764: HEAVY BLACK HEART โ™ก U+2661: WHITE HEART SUIT โ™ฅ U+2665: BLACK HEART SUIT so, completely, comprehensively, confounding! the abomination of unicode.

See Unicode: Emoji vs Text

unicode โงด rule delayed

โงด (U+29F4: RULE-DELAYED)

this unicode symbol came from Mathematica

unicode code bug

unicode 1f41b bug

this unicode , named bug, but seems to be displayed as caterpillar all across. i don't think most people picture โ€œbugโ€ as a caterpillar or worm.

latin to rune 2019-05-24
Unicode: Rune แš 
unicode devanagari 2019-02-25 rr58n
Unicode: Devanagari เค…
unicode arabic 2019-02-25 dkxcs
Unicode: Arabic ุด
unicode tibetan wc66q
Unicode: Tibetan เฟ“