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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <h3>Assigned characters</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Plane</th><th>Allocated code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> version 16.0</th><th>Assigned characters</th></tr><tr><td> 0 BMP</td><td>65,520</td><td>55,656</td></tr><tr><td> 1 SMP</td><td>31,424</td><td>28,444</td></tr><tr><td> 2 SIP</td><td>61,536</td><td>61,495</td></tr><tr><td> 3 TIP</td><td>9,136</td><td>9,131</td></tr><tr><td>14 SSP</td><td>368</td><td>337</td></tr><tr><td>15 SPUA-A</td><td>65,536</td><td>0 (by definition)</td></tr><tr><td>16 SPUA-B</td><td>65,536</td><td>0 (by definition)</td></tr><tr><th>Totals</th><th>299,056</th><th>155,063</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="basic-multilingual-plane">Basic Multilingual Plane </h2> <p>The first plane, plane 0, the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP), contains characters for almost all modern languages, and a large number of <a href="/facts/Unicode_symbols/bkwhACjA">symbols</a>. A primary objective for the BMP is to support the unification of prior character sets as well as characters for <a href="/facts/Writing/ke1HYEU8">writing</a>. Most of the assigned code points in the BMP are used to encode Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (<a href="/facts/CJK_characters/TGz9tR4C">CJK</a>) characters. </p><p>The High Surrogate (U+D800–U+DBFF) and Low Surrogate (U+DC00–U+DFFF) codes are reserved for <a href="/facts/UTF-16/ofSmbCem">encoding non-BMP characters in UTF-16</a> by using a <i>pair</i> of 16-<a href="/facts/Bit/RwfjaYSv">bit</a> codes: one High Surrogate and one Low Surrogate. A single surrogate code point will never be assigned a character. </p><p>65,520 of the 65,536 code points in this plane have been allocated to a Unicode block, leaving just 16 code points in a single unallocated range (2FE0..2FEF). </p> <p>As of Unicode 16.0, the BMP comprises the following 164 blocks: </p> <ul><li>Alphabetic left-to-right scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)/tz7m6ArK">Basic Latin</a> (Lower half of <a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_8859-1/xPNVSEE6">ISO/IEC 8859-1</a>: <a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_646%3a1991-IRV/7CdXUnTs">ISO/IEC 646:1991-IRV</a> aka <a href="/facts/ASCII/vGUI33Qu">ASCII</a>) (0000–007F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin-1_Supplement/5sLK2DB1">Latin-1 Supplement</a> (Upper half of <a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_8859-1/xPNVSEE6">ISO/IEC 8859-1</a>) (0080–00FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-A/rnU2HKSS">Latin Extended-A</a> (0100–017F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-B/KBKCz12L">Latin Extended-B</a> (0180–024F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/IPA_Extensions/TWfsW4xT">IPA Extensions</a> (0250–02AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spacing_Modifier_Letters/9eFyyuME">Spacing Modifier Letters</a> (02B0–02FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Combining_Diacritical_Marks/m6zn6FBv">Combining Diacritical Marks</a> (0300–036F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Greek_and_Coptic/hGcDWYEa">Greek and Coptic</a> (0370–03FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_(Unicode_block)/S2ysCa37">Cyrillic</a> (0400–04FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_Supplement/lqKxL2lJ">Cyrillic Supplement</a> (0500–052F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Armenian_(Unicode_block)/TfY9Xruy">Armenian</a> (0530–058F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Semitic_languages/WCYrz4Qm">Semitic</a> abjads and other right-to-left scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hebrew_(Unicode_block)/R25sBbVb">Hebrew</a> (0590–05FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_(Unicode_block)/j1tmXPRI">Arabic</a> (0600–06FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Syriac_(Unicode_block)/62jmpVIP">Syriac</a> (0700–074F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Supplement/E4bWtWy0">Arabic Supplement</a> (0750–077F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thaana_(Unicode_block)/UPajrtt0">Thaana</a> (0780–07BF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/NKo_(Unicode_block)/5qMbdJGQ">N'Ko</a> (07C0–07FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samaritan_(Unicode_block)/CqdTWGJf">Samaritan</a> (0800–083F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mandaic_(Unicode_block)/cJAUvFVI">Mandaic</a> (0840–085F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Syriac_Supplement/7ALX8sVr">Syriac Supplement</a> (0860–086F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Extended-B/8DdzsdRS">Arabic Extended-B</a> (0870–089F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Extended-A/dfX8gGAa">Arabic Extended-A</a> (08A0–08FF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Devanagari_(Unicode_block)/hI2G9hL8">Devanagari</a> (0900–097F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bengali_(Unicode_block)/Fh49rNog">Bengali</a> (0980–09FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gurmukhi_(Unicode_block)/tCbCPPem">Gurmukhi</a> (0A00–0A7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gujarati_(Unicode_block)/p2JPvuN0">Gujarati</a> (0A80–0AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Oriya_(Unicode_block)/V9J6SerQ">Oriya</a> (0B00–0B7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tamil_(Unicode_block)/pdsDTWQS">Tamil</a> (0B80–0BFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Telugu_(Unicode_block)/SI0UVlWI">Telugu</a> (0C00–0C7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kannada_(Unicode_block)/oPUxG6uF">Kannada</a> (0C80–0CFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Malayalam_(Unicode_block)/ae1kVPlv">Malayalam</a> (0D00–0D7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sinhala_(Unicode_block)/q30XsU5V">Sinhala</a> (0D80–0DFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thai_(Unicode_block)/hk60zyt0">Thai</a> (0E00–0E7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lao_(Unicode_block)/zV5KwW4l">Lao</a> (0E80–0EFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tibetan_(Unicode_block)/anKCKme1">Tibetan</a> (0F00–0FFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_(Unicode_block)/yHGbr4Vj">Myanmar</a> (1000–109F)</li></ul></li> <li>Other alphabetic or syllabic left-to-right scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Georgian_(Unicode_block)/7JnALJNU">Georgian</a> (10A0–10FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Jamo_(Unicode_block)/DK4ldv2z">Hangul Jamo</a> (1100–11FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ethiopic_(Unicode_block)/eftllu8b">Ethiopic</a> (1200–137F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ethiopic_Supplement/KjG74pku">Ethiopic Supplement</a> (1380–139F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cherokee_(Unicode_block)/nr8uNFkx">Cherokee</a> (13A0–13FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Unified_Canadian_Aboriginal_Syllabics_(Unicode_block)/7yedt487">Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics</a> (1400–167F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ogham_(Unicode_block)/1dhjtmTR">Ogham</a> (1680–169F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Runic_(Unicode_block)/ppIPQL3T">Runic</a> (16A0–16FF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Philippine/ARpmxXQV">Philippine</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tagalog_(Unicode_block)/KraU3BBa">Tagalog</a> (1700–171F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hanunoo_(Unicode_block)/9uGcIUhE">Hanunoo</a> (1720–173F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Buhid_(Unicode_block)/pkv6Wsnu">Buhid</a> (1740–175F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tagbanwa_(Unicode_block)/FKN8ce0p">Tagbanwa</a> (1760–177F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Khmer_(Unicode_block)/fvhjScVQ">Khmer</a> (1780–17FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mongolian_(Unicode_block)/l9RxzofH">Mongolian</a> (1800–18AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Unified_Canadian_Aboriginal_Syllabics_Extended/CFIzu8Xo">Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended</a> (18B0–18FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Limbu_(Unicode_block)/VqSPHarS">Limbu</a> (1900–194F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tai_languages/A8LAhjnd">Tai</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tai_Le_(Unicode_block)/XmjNfqX4">Tai Le</a> (1950–197F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/New_Tai_Lue_(Unicode_block)/njK2clAA">New Tai Lue</a> (1980–19DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Khmer_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/VIpzywVk">Khmer Symbols</a> (19E0–19FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Buginese_(Unicode_block)/lTWh7zoc">Buginese</a> (1A00–1A1F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tai_Tham_(Unicode_block)/uA97zKcE">Tai Tham</a> (1A20–1AAF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Combining_Diacritical_Marks_Extended/4Su24oCP">Combining Diacritical Marks Extended</a> (1AB0–1AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Languages_of_Indonesia/ovMhWzPp">Indonesian</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Balinese_(Unicode_block)/uM0kp8E9">Balinese</a> (1B00–1B7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sundanese_(Unicode_block)/d9KDexSk">Sundanese</a> (1B80–1BBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Batak_(Unicode_block)/kIx8SQAd">Batak</a> (1BC0–1BFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lepcha_(Unicode_block)/EwmUBtLV">Lepcha</a> (1C00–1C4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ol_Chiki_(Unicode_block)/U1ocISNM">Ol Chiki</a> (1C50–1C7F)</li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic or syllabic supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_Extended-C/WyY7HP8m">Cyrillic Extended-C</a> (1C80–1C8F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georgian_Extended/bRvXTF9t">Georgian Extended</a> (1C90–1CBF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sundanese_Supplement/JsjuxjkB">Sundanese Supplement</a> (1CC0–1CCF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vedic_Extensions/IV6GP6Qu">Vedic Extensions</a> (1CD0–1CFF)</li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Phonetic_Extensions/UhFv69mT">Phonetic Extensions</a> (1D00–1D7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phonetic_Extensions_Supplement/XsLhIfjw">Phonetic Extensions Supplement</a> (1D80–1DBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Combining_Diacritical_Marks_Supplement/k2Hfaexl">Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement</a> (1DC0–1DFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended_Additional/1aNffsbU">Latin Extended Additional</a> (1E00–1EFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Greek_Extended/lHKAu8sl">Greek Extended</a> (1F00–1FFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Unicode_symbols/bkwhACjA">Symbols</a>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/General_Punctuation/YsE7u4W6">General Punctuation</a> (2000–206F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Superscripts_and_Subscripts/CgEwcoey">Superscripts and Subscripts</a> (2070–209F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Currency_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/dMRa79vj">Currency Symbols</a> (20A0–20CF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Combining_Diacritical_Marks_for_Symbols/qpGucRrp">Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols</a> (20D0–20FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Letterlike_Symbols/ra8zVAD9">Letterlike Symbols</a> (2100–214F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Number_Forms/4IBlnJjo">Number Forms</a> (2150–218F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arrows_(Unicode_block)/jxC5A7FP">Arrows</a> (2190–21FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematical_Operators_(Unicode_block)/l61MMldu">Mathematical Operators</a> (2200–22FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Technical/z9mEDRmf">Miscellaneous Technical</a> (2300–23FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Control_Pictures/9wgeNMaT">Control Pictures</a> (2400–243F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Optical_Character_Recognition_(Unicode_block)/K3ukFlCv">Optical Character Recognition</a> (2440–245F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Alphanumerics/UpfRvKRr">Enclosed Alphanumerics</a> (2460–24FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Box_Drawing/emI9gK0G">Box Drawing</a> (2500–257F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Block_Elements/yJ5E6Nyg">Block Elements</a> (2580–259F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)/PYP24njv">Geometric Shapes</a> (25A0–25FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols/kyHkYWUE">Miscellaneous Symbols</a> (2600–26FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dingbats_(Unicode_block)/3cP2LIPh">Dingbats</a> (2700–27BF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols-A/FIaFQlm5">Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A</a> (27C0–27EF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Arrows-A/Wy06lClE">Supplemental Arrows-A</a> (27F0–27FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Braille_Patterns/qu7hAGNQ">Braille Patterns</a> (2800–28FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Arrows-B/H015Rwu4">Supplemental Arrows-B</a> (2900–297F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols-B/Fz5UTx1X">Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B</a> (2980–29FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Mathematical_Operators/8QMKckWf">Supplemental Mathematical Operators</a> (2A00–2AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Arrows/yamFmpyr">Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows</a> (2B00–2BFF)</li></ul></li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic scripts or supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Glagolitic_(Unicode_block)/LuTzTRJR">Glagolitic</a> (2C00–2C5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-C/45Rk67IW">Latin Extended-C</a> (2C60–2C7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Coptic_(Unicode_block)/MGJ6AWGY">Coptic</a> (2C80–2CFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georgian_Supplement/S5XDfYcV">Georgian Supplement</a> (2D00–2D2F)</li></ul></li> <li>African scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tifinagh_(Unicode_block)/gJd6Mgrn">Tifinagh</a> (2D30–2D7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ethiopic_Extended/eWoly9Uh">Ethiopic Extended</a> (2D80–2DDF)</li></ul></li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_Extended-A/pu8hn89B">Cyrillic Extended-A</a> (2DE0–2DFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Punctuation/c9tKbIho">Supplemental Punctuation</a> (2E00–2E7F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_characters/TGz9tR4C">CJK</a> scripts and symbols: <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Radicals_Supplement/eeAsQSGU">CJK Radicals Supplement</a> (2E80–2EFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kangxi_Radicals_(Unicode_block)/HhjtPthQ">Kangxi Radicals</a> (2F00–2FDF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ideographic_Description_Characters/dlTj4n1z">Ideographic Description Characters</a> (2FF0–2FFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Symbols_and_Punctuation_(Unicode_block)/evgXCvhD">CJK Symbols and Punctuation</a> (3000–303F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hiragana_(Unicode_block)/95ADjFvu">Hiragana</a> (3040–309F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Katakana_(Unicode_block)/dxA32ljW">Katakana</a> (30A0–30FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bopomofo_(Unicode_block)/qvjEJ0Nl">Bopomofo</a> (3100–312F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Compatibility_Jamo/26cAKF0B">Hangul Compatibility Jamo</a> (3130–318F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kanbun_(Unicode_block)/mxPpYbXm">Kanbun</a> (3190–319F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bopomofo_Extended/l4uehjpy">Bopomofo Extended</a> (31A0–31BF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Strokes_(Unicode_block)/L9wW3y4G">CJK Strokes</a> (31C0–31EF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Katakana_Phonetic_Extensions/ggQlCuYt">Katakana Phonetic Extensions</a> (31F0–31FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_CJK_Letters_and_Months/HmWYfXsz">Enclosed CJK Letters and Months</a> (3200–32FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Compatibility/BG0KzM8U">CJK Compatibility</a> (3300–33FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_A/jq6JJuX0">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A</a> (3400–4DBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yijing_Hexagram_Symbols/fsmPhEEU">Yijing Hexagram Symbols</a> (4DC0–4DFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_(Unicode_block)/56WdpqX6">CJK Unified Ideographs</a> (4E00–9FFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Yi_Syllables_(Unicode_block)/aahxNgsH">Yi Syllables</a> (A000–A48F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yi_Radicals_(Unicode_block)/gxjtKk6W">Yi Radicals</a> (A490–A4CF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lisu_(Unicode_block)/n1IydGax">Lisu</a> (A4D0–A4FF)</li> <li>African scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Vai_(Unicode_block)/BuyULcIF">Vai</a> (A500–A63F)</li></ul></li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_Extended-B/zvvEMgp4">Cyrillic Extended-B</a> (A640–A69F)</li></ul></li> <li>African scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bamum_(Unicode_block)/VvkRIXfE">Bamum</a> (A6A0–A6FF)</li></ul></li> <li>Other left-to-right alphabetic supplements: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Modifier_Tone_Letters/hJHzS58e">Modifier Tone Letters</a> (A700–A71F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-D/fW6vlsyM">Latin Extended-D</a> (A720–A7FF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Syloti_Nagri_(Unicode_block)/YtpLtSWj">Syloti Nagri</a> (A800–A82F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Common_Indic_Number_Forms/3uIf7TxV">Common Indic Number Forms</a> (A830–A83F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phags-pa_(Unicode_block)/hjoVwxdJ">Phags-pa</a> (A840–A87F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Saurashtra_(Unicode_block)/mX1lQUv4">Saurashtra</a> (A880–A8DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Devanagari_Extended/47YEDhYu">Devanagari Extended</a> (A8E0–A8FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kayah_Li_(Unicode_block)/2hJVk3jx">Kayah Li</a> (A900–A92F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rejang_(Unicode_block)/q3QmkXNj">Rejang</a> (A930–A95F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Jamo_Extended-A/foAD90pg">Hangul Jamo Extended-A</a> (A960–A97F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Javanese_(Unicode_block)/Drnj7xtR">Javanese</a> (A980–A9DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_Extended-B/pfPzkWKH">Myanmar Extended-B</a> (A9E0–A9FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cham_(Unicode_block)/xfSyAghX">Cham</a> (AA00–AA5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_Extended-A/LyEYCnPx">Myanmar Extended-A</a> (AA60–AA7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tai_Viet_(Unicode_block)/28L0chht">Tai Viet</a> (AA80–AADF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meetei_Mayek_Extensions/RTutQc4r">Meetei Mayek Extensions</a> (AAE0–AAFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ethiopic_Extended-A/U66pX7mF">Ethiopic Extended-A</a> (AB00–AB2F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-E/3zGbJpXo">Latin Extended-E</a> (AB30–AB6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cherokee_Supplement/5c95fC5r">Cherokee Supplement</a> (AB70–ABBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meetei_Mayek_(Unicode_block)/pGwno8gI">Meetei Mayek</a> (ABC0–ABFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Syllables_(Unicode_block)/UKWdSCLD">Hangul Syllables</a> (AC00–D7AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Jamo_Extended-B/klJG2jCc">Hangul Jamo Extended-B</a> (D7B0–D7FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Universal_Character_Set_characters/yCoMRHqx">Surrogates</a>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/High_Surrogates_(Unicode_block)/yCoMRHqx">High Surrogates</a> (D800–DB7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/High_Private_Use_Surrogates_(Unicode_block)/yCoMRHqx">High Private Use Surrogates</a> (DB80–DBFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Low_Surrogates_(Unicode_block)/yCoMRHqx">Low Surrogates</a> (DC00–DFFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Private_Use_Areas/PyDqUQnJ">Private Use Area</a> (E000–F8FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Compatibility_Ideographs/smCWGX0T">CJK Compatibility Ideographs</a> (F900–FAFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alphabetic_Presentation_Forms/bkHVlo36">Alphabetic Presentation Forms</a> (FB00–FB4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Presentation_Forms-A/tX19UXeo">Arabic Presentation Forms-A</a> (FB50–FDFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Variation_Selectors_(Unicode_block)/Nd0epH4R">Variation Selectors</a> (FE00–FE0F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vertical_Forms/tkEBeJU6">Vertical Forms</a> (FE10–FE1F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Combining_Half_Marks/LDw365wu">Combining Half Marks</a> (FE20–FE2F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Compatibility_Forms/fe1y89ej">CJK Compatibility Forms</a> (FE30–FE4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Small_Form_Variants/0rLUEy2w">Small Form Variants</a> (FE50–FE6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Presentation_Forms-B/oLHJj0qJ">Arabic Presentation Forms-B</a> (FE70–FEFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms_(Unicode_block)/njCFAMqh">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a> (FF00–FFEF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Specials_(Unicode_block)/FaU4XUT2">Specials</a> (FFF0–FFFF)</li></ul> <h2 id="supplementary-multilingual-plane">Supplementary Multilingual Plane</h2> <p>Plane 1, the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP), contains historic scripts (except CJK ideographic), and symbols and notation used within certain fields. Scripts include <a href="/facts/Linear_B/caBvXdPb">Linear B</a>, <a href="/facts/Egyptian_hieroglyphs/qXRpprLe">Egyptian hieroglyphs</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cuneiform/MgIQoGu8">cuneiform</a> scripts. It also includes English reform orthographies like <a href="/facts/Shavian/GrraE6ug">Shavian</a> and <a href="/facts/Deseret_alphabet/bnEYE4g1">Deseret</a>, and some modern scripts like <a href="/facts/Osage_script/eyARB6YM">Osage</a>, <a href="/facts/Warang_Citi/hTqBaFSw">Warang Citi</a>, <a href="/facts/Adlam_script/5ybS0tBM">Adlam</a>, <a href="/facts/Wancho_language/2HgHj5wT">Wancho</a> and <a href="/facts/Toto_language/2DIQq39m">Toto</a>. Symbols and notations include historic and modern <a href="/facts/Musical_notation/eubaB0AK">musical notation</a>; <a href="/facts/Mathematical_alphanumeric_symbols/e4IqlNvC">mathematical alphanumerics</a>; shorthands; <a href="/facts/Emoji/Qkp7gwBH">Emoji</a> and other pictographic sets; and game symbols for <a href="/facts/Playing_card/mXgPYCvX">playing cards</a>, <a href="/facts/Mahjong/LaQUxpTe">mahjong</a>, and <a href="/facts/Dominoes/31R2CTdB">dominoes</a>. </p> <p>As of Unicode 16.0, the SMP comprises the following 161 blocks: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Archaic_Greek/pWyHxf6H">Archaic Greek</a> and other left-to-right scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Linear_B_Syllabary_(Unicode_block)/rL4APbzM">Linear B Syllabary</a> (10000–1007F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Linear_B_Ideograms_(Unicode_block)/FFEXTFaI">Linear B Ideograms</a> (10080–100FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aegean_Numbers_(Unicode_block)/gp3HtBLw">Aegean Numbers</a> (10100–1013F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_Numbers_(Unicode_block)/6vopEptj">Ancient Greek Numbers</a> (10140–1018F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ancient_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/J0J8X9EN">Ancient Symbols</a> (10190–101CF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phaistos_Disc_(Unicode_block)/aQvpvz3J">Phaistos Disc</a> (101D0–101FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lycian_(Unicode_block)/GPzdCfWU">Lycian</a> (10280–1029F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Carian_(Unicode_block)/DJ1uDV6L">Carian</a> (102A0–102DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Coptic_Epact_Numbers_(Unicode_block)/RzSIj91t">Coptic Epact Numbers</a> (102E0–102FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Italic_(Unicode_block)/oXD3NTbb">Old Italic</a> (10300–1032F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gothic_(Unicode_block)/7VFj5Ng5">Gothic</a> (10330–1034F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Permic_(Unicode_block)/skyWbj9C">Old Permic</a> (10350–1037F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ugaritic_(Unicode_block)/wEFVpqkd">Ugaritic</a> (10380–1039F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Persian_(Unicode_block)/2yVdz8bt">Old Persian</a> (103A0–103DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deseret_(Unicode_block)/67gwKREW">Deseret</a> (10400–1044F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shavian_(Unicode_block)/Ex9CMYpR">Shavian</a> (10450–1047F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Osmanya_(Unicode_block)/dBs4T8jk">Osmanya</a> (10480–104AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Osage_(Unicode_block)/FHV4PHkF">Osage</a> (104B0–104FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elbasan_(Unicode_block)/fFcNs6pA">Elbasan</a> (10500–1052F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Caucasian_Albanian_(Unicode_block)/w3nGryzN">Caucasian Albanian</a> (10530–1056F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vithkuqi_(Unicode_block)/seMVFzDV">Vithkuqi</a> (10570–105BF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Todhri_(Unicode_block)/BFn4wlN8">Todhri</a> (105C0–105FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Linear_A_(Unicode_block)/HNoJ0VyN">Linear A</a> (10600–1077F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-F/jNgsk3Kp">Latin Extended-F</a> (10780–107BF)</li></ul></li> <li>Right-to-left scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cypriot_Syllabary_(Unicode_block)/dow0AWxR">Cypriot Syllabary</a> (10800–1083F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Imperial_Aramaic_(Unicode_block)/UPeeYb76">Imperial Aramaic</a> (10840–1085F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palmyrene_(Unicode_block)/I0IEa1S2">Palmyrene</a> (10860–1087F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nabataean_(Unicode_block)/CEpIFV3n">Nabataean</a> (10880–108AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hatran_(Unicode_block)/yXxdxD60">Hatran</a> (108E0–108FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Phoenician_(Unicode_block)/Vr4smuYg">Phoenician</a> (10900–1091F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lydian_(Unicode_block)/J7986mSl">Lydian</a> (10920–1093F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meroitic_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)/83xYmRkg">Meroitic Hieroglyphs</a> (10980–1099F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Meroitic_Cursive_(Unicode_block)/Rf6HdQoW">Meroitic Cursive</a> (109A0–109FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kharoshthi_(Unicode_block)/kT2gdBaj">Kharoshthi</a> (10A00–10A5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_South_Arabian_(Unicode_block)/evEgp46q">Old South Arabian</a> (10A60–10A7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_North_Arabian_(Unicode_block)/7FwBoYeM">Old North Arabian</a> (10A80–10A9F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Manichaean_(Unicode_block)/6K88F6dA">Manichaean</a> (10AC0–10AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Avestan_(Unicode_block)/VVo0vl2Q">Avestan</a> (10B00–10B3F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inscriptional_Parthian_(Unicode_block)/5uFUGvd7">Inscriptional Parthian</a> (10B40–10B5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inscriptional_Pahlavi_(Unicode_block)/Cuxl5lwP">Inscriptional Pahlavi</a> (10B60–10B7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Psalter_Pahlavi_(Unicode_block)/ynJ5553D">Psalter Pahlavi</a> (10B80–10BAF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Turkic_(Unicode_block)/Ay86G4DC">Old Turkic</a> (10C00–10C4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Hungarian_(Unicode_block)/BCTplEkg">Old Hungarian</a> (10C80–10CFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hanifi_Rohingya_(Unicode_block)/muFFw3dk">Hanifi Rohingya</a> (10D00–10D3F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Garay_(Unicode_block)/sJraTnx6">Garay</a> (10D40–10D8F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Rumi_Numeral_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/LDhcpxy1">Rumi Numeral Symbols</a> (10E60–10E7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Yezidi_(Unicode_block)/lqJxxK1T">Yezidi</a> (10E80–10EBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Extended-C/xn83Nc4L">Arabic Extended-C</a> (10EC0–10EFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Sogdian_(Unicode_block)/pAMaF30A">Old Sogdian</a> (10F00–10F2F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sogdian_(Unicode_block)/4YmW3qxD">Sogdian</a> (10F30–10F6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_Uyghur_(Unicode_block)/T0C09LzT">Old Uyghur</a> (10F70–10FAF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chorasmian_(Unicode_block)/4JsP9cz6">Chorasmian</a> (10FB0–10FDF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Elymaic_(Unicode_block)/PGnHaDxr">Elymaic</a> (10FE0–10FFF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic</a> scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Brahmi_(Unicode_block)/dCJDC7XT">Brahmi</a> (11000–1107F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kaithi_(Unicode_block)/DPMIhxWU">Kaithi</a> (11080–110CF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sora_Sompeng_(Unicode_block)/w6qCoCTg">Sora Sompeng</a> (110D0–110FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chakma_(Unicode_block)/enPeDz40">Chakma</a> (11100–1114F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mahajani_(Unicode_block)/dRfuXfPR">Mahajani</a> (11150–1117F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sharada_(Unicode_block)/oIG9Qzyt">Sharada</a> (11180–111DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sinhala_Archaic_Numbers_(Unicode_block)/jQnbLcbY">Sinhala Archaic Numbers</a> (111E0–111FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Khojki_(Unicode_block)/r43j7X2w">Khojki</a> (11200–1124F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Multani_(Unicode_block)/KLJ6btru">Multani</a> (11280–112AF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Khudawadi_(Unicode_block)/atwPSPSF">Khudawadi</a> (112B0–112FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grantha_(Unicode_block)/KRaIWGTN">Grantha</a> (11300–1137F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tulu-Tigalari_(Unicode_block)/6zfl3ch1">Tulu-Tigalari</a> (11380–113FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Newa_(Unicode_block)/ch7sCecw">Newa</a> (11400–1147F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tirhuta_(Unicode_block)/QeoKwdcI">Tirhuta</a> (11480–114DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Siddham_(Unicode_block)/QmRb1MUx">Siddham</a> (11580–115FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Modi_(Unicode_block)/h0LLdyNt">Modi</a> (11600–1165F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mongolian_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/a4wo5Jws">Mongolian Supplement</a> (11660–1167F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Takri_(Unicode_block)/h8DlbXcc">Takri</a> (11680–116CF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Myanmar_Extended-C/mDyWCHYK">Myanmar Extended-C</a> (116D0–116FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ahom_(Unicode_block)/1Yv4wYq7">Ahom</a> (11700–1174F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dogra_(Unicode_block)/HNmqPKQY">Dogra</a> (11800–1184F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Warang_Citi_(Unicode_block)/tsK2pX53">Warang Citi</a> (118A0–118FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dives_Akuru_(Unicode_block)/hCL5UX3D">Dives Akuru</a> (11900–1195F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nandinagari_(Unicode_block)/G704UhJT">Nandinagari</a> (119A0–119FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Zanabazar_Square_(Unicode_block)/hrKhWLk6">Zanabazar Square</a> (11A00–11A4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Soyombo_(Unicode_block)/Q0a3EHhl">Soyombo</a> (11A50–11AAF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Unified_Canadian_Aboriginal_Syllabics_Extended-A/UII2fQMj">Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended-A</a> (11AB0–11ABF)</li> <li>Brahmic scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Pau_Cin_Hau_(Unicode_block)/t6cppsPp">Pau Cin Hau</a> (11AC0–11AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Devanagari_Extended-A/pPXDGaVh">Devanagari Extended-A</a> (11B00–11B5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sunuwar_(Unicode_block)/2NQ3UcFc">Sunuwar</a> (11BC0–11BFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bhaiksuki_(Unicode_block)/4tK5k7JV">Bhaiksuki</a> (11C00–11C6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marchen_(Unicode_block)/v1YD5DC6">Marchen</a> (11C70–11CBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Masaram_Gondi_(Unicode_block)/8TpNsfQI">Masaram Gondi</a> (11D00–11D5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gunjala_Gondi_(Unicode_block)/eCrHyoJS">Gunjala Gondi</a> (11D60–11DAF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Makasar_(Unicode_block)/caQyAKMf">Makasar</a> (11EE0–11EFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kawi_(Unicode_block)/n1Ymg3mr">Kawi</a> (11F00–11F5F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lisu_Supplement/drBTb8Ug">Lisu Supplement</a> (11FB0–11FBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tamil_Supplement/uQI7WfFy">Tamil Supplement</a> (11FC0–11FFF)</li> <li>Cuneiform scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cuneiform_(Unicode_block)/pHx5eU80">Cuneiform</a> (12000–123FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuation_(Unicode_block)/e4IjBe9v">Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation</a> (12400–1247F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Early_Dynastic_Cuneiform/YFep8aeJ">Early Dynastic Cuneiform</a> (12480–1254F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cypro-Minoan_(Unicode_block)/pNqRAktN">Cypro-Minoan</a> (12F90–12FFF)</li> <li>Hieroglyphic scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)/vPjEBEFT">Egyptian Hieroglyphs</a> (13000–1342F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Hieroglyph_Format_Controls/0AdywsSU">Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls</a> (13430–1345F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Hieroglyphs_Extended-A/3ajG4lBo">Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A</a> (13460–143FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anatolian_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)/dAVpBTyl">Anatolian Hieroglyphs</a> (14400–1467F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Gurung_Khema_(Unicode_block)/nyC9wT6d">Gurung Khema</a> (16100–1613F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bamum_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/dqtBBKNj">Bamum Supplement</a> (16800–16A3F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mro_(Unicode_block)/6chsXnWe">Mro</a> (16A40–16A6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tangsa_(Unicode_block)/n9l9l6fp">Tangsa</a> (16A70–16ACF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bassa_Vah_(Unicode_block)/LtA2ngDd">Bassa Vah</a> (16AD0–16AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pahawh_Hmong_(Unicode_block)/fvx6AV8b">Pahawh Hmong</a> (16B00–16B8F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kirat_Rai_(Unicode_block)/UTjwutjz">Kirat Rai</a> (16D40–16D7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Medefaidrin_(Unicode_block)/Mmp7RtCC">Medefaidrin</a> (16E40–16E9F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miao_(Unicode_block)/zlt6Vyll">Miao</a> (16F00–16F9F)</li> <li>East Asian scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ideographic_Symbols_and_Punctuation_(Unicode_block)/LhjuNMvW">Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation</a> (16FE0–16FFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tangut_(Unicode_block)/BJzJ39gz">Tangut</a> (17000–187FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tangut_Components_(Unicode_block)/F51zlgcq">Tangut Components</a> (18800–18AFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Khitan_Small_Script_(Unicode_block)/ARa1p6Jy">Khitan Small Script</a> (18B00–18CFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tangut_Supplement/7xogadTx">Tangut Supplement</a> (18D00–18D7F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kana_Extended-B/Qv8VTN7z">Kana Extended-B</a> (1AFF0–1AFFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kana_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/wMARN3ae">Kana Supplement</a> (1B000–1B0FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kana_Extended-A_(Unicode_block)/Quh681bK">Kana Extended-A</a> (1B100–1B12F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Small_Kana_Extension/UnATj21L">Small Kana Extension</a> (1B130–1B16F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nushu_(Unicode_block)/0fQXSThm">Nushu</a> (1B170–1B2FF)</li></ul></li> <li>Notational writing systems: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Duployan_(Unicode_block)/WLCqESv2">Duployan</a> (1BC00–1BC9F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shorthand_Format_Controls_(Unicode_block)/N17WzI0m">Shorthand Format Controls</a> (1BCA0–1BCAF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing_Supplement/Fo2lDgw8">Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement</a> (1CC00–1CEBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Unicode_symbols/bkwhACjA">Symbols</a> and numerals: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Musical_notation/eubaB0AK">Musical notation</a>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Znamenny_Musical_Notation/TWUMshvl">Znamenny Musical Notation</a> (1CF00–1CFCF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Byzantine_Musical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/WqUFUM3w">Byzantine Musical Symbols</a> (1D000–1D0FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Musical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/H6ULwzdA">Musical Symbols</a> (1D100–1D1FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_Musical_Notation_(Unicode_block)/WFXHaHsy">Ancient Greek Musical Notation</a> (1D200–1D24F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kaktovik_Numerals_(Unicode_block)/GwHaqbzV">Kaktovik Numerals</a> (1D2C0–1D2DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mayan_Numerals_(Unicode_block)/GxAA7Met">Mayan Numerals</a> (1D2E0–1D2FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematical_symbols/rQkbGGna">Mathematical symbols</a>: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tai_Xuan_Jing_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/LnDqjr7T">Tai Xuan Jing Symbols</a> (1D300–1D35F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Counting_Rod_Numerals/lg4P6zoG">Counting Rod Numerals</a> (1D360–1D37F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathematical_Alphanumeric_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/e4IqlNvC">Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols</a> (1D400–1D7FF)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Notational writing systems: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sutton_SignWriting_(Unicode_block)/ovXGlQFs">Sutton SignWriting</a> (1D800–1DAAF)</li></ul></li> <li>Other left-to-right scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Latin_Extended-G/UKu08qCc">Latin Extended-G</a> (1DF00–1DFFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Glagolitic_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/0rdH2tot">Glagolitic Supplement</a> (1E000–1E02F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cyrillic_Extended-D/rURzuexA">Cyrillic Extended-D</a> (1E030–1E08F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Nyiakeng_Puachue_Hmong_(Unicode_block)/r4NoErcX">Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong</a> (1E100–1E14F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Toto_(Unicode_block)/zCp4PT34">Toto</a> (1E290–1E2BF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wancho_(Unicode_block)/FNJU9K7K">Wancho</a> (1E2C0–1E2FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nag_Mundari_(Unicode_block)/c3bmnylA">Nag Mundari</a> (1E4D0–1E4FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ol_Onal_(Unicode_block)/QmzoBur3">Ol Onal</a> (1E5D0–1E5FF)</li> <li>African scripts: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ethiopic_Extended-B/HbQ9rBMn">Ethiopic Extended-B</a> (1E7E0–1E7FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mende_Kikakui_(Unicode_block)/XqsBLfPY">Mende Kikakui</a> (1E800–1E8DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Adlam_(Unicode_block)/CkewIGIc">Adlam</a> (1E900–1E95F)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Unicode_symbols/bkwhACjA">Symbols</a> and numerals: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Indic_Siyaq_Numbers/Y4lIYald">Indic Siyaq Numbers</a> (1EC70–1ECBF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ottoman_Siyaq_Numbers/3g4C6UVk">Ottoman Siyaq Numbers</a> (1ED00–1ED4F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arabic_Mathematical_Alphabetic_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/asHs3twA">Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols</a> (1EE00–1EEFF)</li> <li>Game tiles and cards: <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mahjong_Tiles_(Unicode_block)/LAY7hf3h">Mahjong Tiles</a> (1F000–1F02F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Domino_Tiles_(Unicode_block)/lM8PhFHL">Domino Tiles</a> (1F030–1F09F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Playing_Cards_(Unicode_block)/j1WVEN1w">Playing Cards</a> (1F0A0–1F0FF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Alphanumeric_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/8q3D8SYQ">Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement</a> (1F100–1F1FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Ideographic_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/yRh9URTL">Enclosed Ideographic Supplement</a> (1F200–1F2FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs_(Unicode_block)/Tk2BJsnn">Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs</a> (1F300–1F5FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Emoticons_(Unicode_block)/VPbHgt2r">Emoticons</a> (1F600–1F64F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ornamental_Dingbats_(Unicode_block)/2IwxeJBq">Ornamental Dingbats</a> (1F650–1F67F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Transport_and_Map_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/M6l3CAYs">Transport and Map Symbols</a> (1F680–1F6FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Alchemical_Symbols_(Unicode_block)/ogbKp4BX">Alchemical Symbols</a> (1F700–1F77F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Geometric_Shapes_Extended_(Unicode_block)/RdlPouJy">Geometric Shapes Extended</a> (1F780–1F7FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Arrows-C_(Unicode_block)/9Xwxkv6W">Supplemental Arrows-C</a> (1F800–1F8FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supplemental_Symbols_and_Pictographs_(Unicode_block)/Hkt3dvym">Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs</a> (1F900–1F9FF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chess_Symbols/3LG0bJ87">Chess Symbols</a> (1FA00–1FA6F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Symbols_and_Pictographs_Extended-A/kAGYtRjc">Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A</a> (1FA70–1FAFF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing/Kw0XKdbY">Symbols for Legacy Computing</a> (1FB00–1FBFF)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="supplementary-ideographic-plane">Supplementary Ideographic Plane </h2> <p>Plane 2, the Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP), is used for CJK Ideographs, mostly <a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs/780Y4fvJ">CJK Unified Ideographs</a>, that were not included in earlier character encoding standards. </p><p>As of Unicode 16.0, the SIP comprises the following seven blocks: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_B/laANPJJV">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B</a> (20000–2A6DF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_C/UYQFzMkd">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C</a> (2A700–2B73F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_D/EDVpP4Ns">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D</a> (2B740–2B81F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_E/Cjao5RqK">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E</a> (2B820–2CEAF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_F/WWMf17jl">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F</a> (2CEB0–2EBEF)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_I/JVTFNas0">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I</a> (2EBF0–2EE5F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Compatibility_Ideographs_Supplement/c3L5bCWP">CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement</a> (2F800–2FA1F)</li></ul> <h2 id="tertiary-ideographic-plane">Tertiary Ideographic Plane </h2> <p>Plane 3 is the Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). <a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_G/nEtHTChp">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G</a> was added to the TIP in Unicode 13.0, released in March 2020.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> It also is tentatively allocated for <a href="/facts/Oracle_bone_script/xj9TSlNq">Oracle Bone script</a> and <a href="/facts/Small_Seal_Script/Ktv6xbYK">Small Seal Script</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>As of Unicode 16.0, the TIP comprises the following two blocks: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_G/nEtHTChp">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G</a> (30000–3134F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_Extension_H/VzbXhAVX">CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H</a> (31350–323AF)</li></ul> <h2 id="unassigned-planes">Unassigned planes</h2> <p>Planes 4 to 13 (planes 4 to D in <a href="/facts/Hexadecimal/02ohQW22">hexadecimal</a>): No characters have yet been assigned, or proposed for assignment, to Planes 4 through 13. </p> <h2 id="supplementary-special-purpose-plane">Supplementary Special-purpose Plane </h2> <p>Plane 14 (E in <a href="/facts/Hexadecimal/02ohQW22">hexadecimal</a>) is designated as the Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). It comprises the following two <a href="/facts/Unicode_block/0RrzJWhE">blocks</a>, as of Unicode 16.0: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Tags_(Unicode_block)/1NCYuFaP">Tags</a> (E0000–E007F)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Variation_Selectors_Supplement_(Unicode_block)/oJp5mWWn">Variation Selectors Supplement</a> (E0100–E01EF) – used to indicate alternate glyphs for characters.</li></ul> <h2 id="private-use-area-planes">Private Use Area Planes </h2> <p class="note">"Private Use Plane" redirects here. For private aircraft, see <a href="/facts/Commercial_aviation/3JJhl9jL">commercial aviation</a>, <a href="/facts/Business_aviation/eCALSvcM">business aviation</a>, <a href="/facts/General_aviation/gA0ozoWt">general aviation</a>, and <a href="/facts/Civil_aviation/NhuUHPCQ">civil aviation</a>.</p> <p>The two planes 15 and 16 (planes F and 10 in <a href="/facts/Hexadecimal/02ohQW22">hexadecimal</a>) each contain a "<a href="/facts/Private_Use_Areas/PyDqUQnJ">Private Use Area</a>". They contain blocks named Supplementary Private Use Area-A (PUA-A) and -B (PUA-B). The Private Use Areas are available for use by parties outside ISO and Unicode (private use character encoding). </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Glossary". Unicode. Retrieved 2021-09-27. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#supplementary_planes" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#supplementary_planes</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"The Unicode Standard Version 6.0 – Core Specification" (PDF). The Unicode Consortium. February 2011. Table 3.5 "UTF-16 Bit Distribution". <a href="https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/UnicodeStandard-6.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/UnicodeStandard-6.0.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The Unicode Standard Version 6.0 – Core Specification" (PDF). The Unicode Consortium. February 2011. Table 3.6 "UTF-8 Bit Distribution". <a href="https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/UnicodeStandard-6.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/UnicodeStandard-6.0.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Roadmaps to Unicode". Unicode. Retrieved 2021-09-27. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/roadmaps/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Code points which have been allocated to a Unicode block. <a href="/wiki/Unicode_block" target="_blank">/wiki/Unicode_block</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Announcing The Unicode Standard, Version 13.0". The Unicode Blog. March 10, 2020. <a href="http://blog.unicode.org/2020/03/announcing-unicode-standard-version-130.html" target="_blank">http://blog.unicode.org/2020/03/announcing-unicode-standard-version-130.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". www.unicode.org. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>