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<h2 id="blocks-with-standardized-variation-sequences">Blocks with standardized variation sequences</h2> <p>As of Unicode version 16.0, standardized variation sequences specifically for emoji/text presentation are defined for base characters in twenty blocks:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Arrows_(Unicode_block)/jxC5A7FP">Arrows</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)/tz7m6ArK">Basic Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Symbols_and_Punctuation/evgXCvhD">CJK Symbols and Punctuation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dingbats_(Unicode_block)/3cP2LIPh">Dingbats</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Emoticons_(Unicode_block)/VPbHgt2r">Emoticons</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Alphanumeric_Supplement/8q3D8SYQ">Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Alphanumerics/UpfRvKRr">Enclosed Alphanumerics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_CJK_Letters_and_Months/HmWYfXsz">Enclosed CJK Letters and Months</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Ideographic_Supplement/yRh9URTL">Enclosed Ideographic Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/General_Punctuation/V0Xoo6oI">General Punctuation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)/PYP24njv">Geometric Shapes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin-1_Supplement/5sLK2DB1">Latin-1 Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Letterlike_Symbols/ra8zVAD9">Letterlike Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mahjong_Tiles_(Unicode_block)/LAY7hf3h">Mahjong Tiles</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols/kyHkYWUE">Miscellaneous Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Arrows/yamFmpyr">Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs/Tk2BJsnn">Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Technical/z9mEDRmf">Miscellaneous Technical</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Arrows-B/H015Rwu4">Supplemental Arrows-B</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Transport_and_Map_Symbols/M6l3CAYs">Transport and Map Symbols</a></li></ul> <p>Other standardized variation sequences are formed with base characters in the following fourteen blocks:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_(Unicode_block)/56WdpqX6">CJK Unified Ideographs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_A/jq6JJuX0">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_B/laANPJJV">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Hieroglyph_Format_Controls/0AdywsSU">Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)/vPjEBEFT">Egyptian Hieroglyphs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms_(Unicode_block)/njCFAMqh">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Manichaean_(Unicode_block)/6K88F6dA">Manichaean</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematical_Alphanumeric_Symbols/e4IqlNvC">Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematical_Operators_(Unicode_block)/l61MMldu">Mathematical Operators</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mongolian_(Unicode_block)/l9RxzofH">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_(Unicode_block)/yHGbr4Vj">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_Extended-A/LyEYCnPx">Myanmar Extended-A</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Phags-pa_(Unicode_block)/hjoVwxdJ">Phags-pa</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Mathematical_Operators/8QMKckWf">Supplemental Mathematical Operators</a></li></ul> <h2 id="blocks-with-ideographic-variation-sequences">Blocks with ideographic variation sequences</h2> <p>As of 13 September 2022<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Variant_form_(Unicode)&action=edit">[update]</a>, ideographic variation sequences are defined for base characters in nine blocks:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Compatibility_Ideographs/smCWGX0T">CJK Compatibility Ideographs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs/780Y4fvJ">CJK Unified Ideographs</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_A/jq6JJuX0">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_B/laANPJJV">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_C/UYQFzMkd">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_D/EDVpP4Ns">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_E/Cjao5RqK">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_F/WWMf17jl">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_H/VzbXhAVX">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H</a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Unicode_control_characters/P9jP237w">Unicode control characters</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Variant_Chinese_characters/uPAYDJES">Variant Chinese characters</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_typographic_features/Vxsw2uDX">List of typographic features</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"UCD: Standardized Variation Sequences". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/ivd/" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/ivd/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"UTS #37, Unicode Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr37/" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr37/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Language system tags". Microsoft. 30 September 2022. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/languagetags.htm" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/languagetags.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"UCD: Standardized Variation Sequences". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"UCD: Standardized Variation Sequences". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/ivd/" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/ivd/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"UTS #37, Unicode Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr37/" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr37/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>