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Letterlike Symbols
Unicode block

Letterlike Symbols is a Unicode block containing 80 characters which are constructed mainly from the glyphs of one or more letters. In addition to this block, Unicode includes full styled mathematical alphabets, although Unicode does not explicitly categorize these characters as being "letterlike."

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Symbols

Unicode Letterlike Symbols1
CharImageNameUnicodeU+
Account Of2100
Addressed to the Subject (i.e., care of)2101
Double-struck Capital C2102
Degree Celsius2103
Center Line Symbol2104
Care Of2105
Cada Una22106
Euler Constant32107
Scruple2108
Degree Fahrenheit2109
Script Small G210A
Script Capital H210B
Black-letter Capital H210C
Double-struck Capital H210D
Planck Constant210E
Reduced Planck Constant (Planck Constant over 2π)210F
Script Capital I2110
Black-letter Capital I2111
Script Capital L2112
Script Small L (LaTeX: \ell)2113
L B Bar Symbol2114
Double-struck Capital N2115
Numero Sign2116
Sound Recording Copyright Symbol2117
Script Capital Palias: Weierstrass Elliptic Function2118
Double-struck Capital P2119
Double-struck Capital Q211A
Script Capital R211B
Black-letter Capital R211C
Double-struck Capital R211D
Prescription Take211E
Response211F
Service Mark2120
Telephone Sign2121
Trademark Sign2122
Versicle2123
Double-struck Capital Z2124
Ounce Sign2125
ΩOhm Sign2126
Inverted ohm Sign2127
Black-letter Capital Z2128
Turned Greek Small Letter iota2129
KKelvin Sign212A
ÅÅngström Sign212B
Script capital B212C
Black-letter capital C212D
Estimated symbol212E
Script small E212F
Script capital E2130
Script capital F2131
Turned capital F2132
Script capital M2133
Script small O2134
Alef symbol2135
Bet symbol2136
Gimel symbol2137
Dalet symbol2138
Information source2139
Rotated capital Q213A
Fax sign213B
Double-struck small pi213C
Double-struck small gamma213D
Double-struck capital gamma213E
Double-struck capital pi213F
Double-struck n-ary summation2140
Turned sans-serif capital G2141
Turned sans-serif capital L2142
Reversed sans-serif capital L2143
Turned sans-serif capital Y2144
Double-struck italic capital D2145
Double-struck italic small D2146
Double-struck italic small E2147
Double-struck italic small I2148
Double-struck italic small J2149
Property line214A
Turned ampersand214B
Per sign214C
Aktieselskab214D
Turned small F214E
Symbol for Samaritan source214F

Glyph variants

Variation selectors may be used to specify chancery (U+FE00) vs roundhand (U+FE01) forms, if the font supports them:

Code pointPlainFE00FE01
U+212Cℬ︀ℬ︁
U+2130ℰ︀ℰ︁
U+2131ℱ︀ℱ︁
U+210Bℋ︀ℋ︁
U+2110ℐ︀ℐ︁
U+2112ℒ︀ℒ︁
U+2133ℳ︀ℳ︁
U+211Bℛ︀ℛ︁

The remainder of the set is at Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols.

Block

Letterlike Symbols[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+210x
U+211x
U+212x
U+213x
U+214x
Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

Emoji

The Letterlike Symbols block contains two emoji: U+2122 and U+2139.45

The block has four standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the two emoji, both of which default to a text presentation.6

Emoji variation sequences
U+21222139
base code point
base+VS15 (text)™︎ℹ︎
base+VS16 (emoji)™️ℹ️

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Letterlike Symbols block:

VersionFinal code points7CountUTC IDL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+2100..213857(to be determined)
L2/98-419 (pdf, doc)Aliprand, Joan (1999-02-05), "Script capital P", Approved Minutes -- UTC #78 & NCITS Subgroup L2 # 175 Joint Meeting, San Jose, CA -- December 1-4, 1998
UTC/1999-017Davis, Mark (1999-06-02), Data cross-checks (for Agenda)
L2/99-176RMoore, Lisa (1999-11-04), "Data Cross-Checks", Minutes from the joint UTC/L2 meeting in Seattle, June 8-10, 1999
L2/05-137Freytag, Asmus (2005-05-10), Handling "defective" names
L2/05-108RMoore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Consensus 103-C7", UTC #103 Minutes, Create a "Normative Name Alias" property and file in the UCD. Populate the property with names from the sections "Typos" and "Bad or misleading names" from document L2/05-137.
L2/10-221Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "B.13.3 [U+2107, U+2118]", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
N3903 (pdf, doc)"M57.06", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31, WG2 accepts to add the formal name alias "WEIERSTRASS ELLIPTIC FUNCTION" to 2118 SCRIPT CAPITAL P.
L2/15-050R89Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji
L2/20-275RSargent, Murray (2021-01-05), Proposed variation sequences for math calligraphic letters
L2/20-281Hudson, John (2020-11-10), Recent evolution of math alphabetic calligraphic script style
L2/21-016RAnderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "25 Math Calligraphic Alphabets", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-009Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "Consensus 166-C33", UTC #166 Minutes, The UTC accepts 52 variation sequences to distinguish roundhand and chancery style mathematical script alphabetic characters
3.0U+21391N1138LaBonté, Alain (1995-01-30), Proposal to add new characters (Keyboard related) to 10646
N1203Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1995-05-03), "6.1.6", Unconfirmed minutes of SC2/WG2 Meeting 27, Geneva
N1303 (html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1996-01-26), Minutes of Meeting 29, Tokyo
L2/97-128N1564Paterson, Bruce (1997-05-15), Draft pDAM for various additional characters (the "holding bucket")
L2/97-288N1603Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "7.3", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
L2/98-005RN1682Text of ISO 10646 - AMD 22 for PDAM registration and PDAM ballot, 1997-12-17
L2/98-320N1898ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 22, AMENDMENT 22: Keyboard Symbols, 1998-10-22
N1897Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-22), Disposition of Comments - FPDAM22 - Keyboard Symbols - SC2 N3191
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/99-126Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #22 - Keyboard symbols
L2/11-4381011N4182Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
U+213A1L2/98-215N1748Everson, Michael (1998-05-25), Additional signature mark characters for the UCS
L2/98-281R (pdf, html)Aliprand, Joan (1998-07-31), "Signature Marks (IV.C.7)", Unconfirmed Minutes – UTC #77 & NCITS Subgroup L2 # 174 JOINT MEETING, Redmond, WA -- July 29-31, 1998
L2/98-292R (pdf, html, Figure 1)"2.7", Comments on proposals to add characters from ISO standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 4, 1998-08-19
L2/98-292N1840"2.7", Comments on proposals to add characters from ISO standards developed by ISO/TC 46/SC 4, 1998-08-25
L2/98-301N1847Everson, Michael (1998-09-12), Responses to NCITS/L2 and Unicode Consortium comments on numerous proposals
L2/98-372N1884R2 (pdf, doc)Whistler, Ken; et al. (1998-09-22), Additional Characters for the UCS
L2/98-329N1920Combined PDAM registration and consideration ballot on WD for ISO/IEC 10646-1/Amd. 30, AMENDMENT 30: Additional Latin and other characters, 1998-10-28
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "8.1.5.1", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
3.2U+213D..2149, 214B14L2/00-11912N2191RWhistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2000-04-19), Encoding Additional Mathematical Symbols in Unicode
L2/00-234N2203 (rtf, txt)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.18", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/00-115R2Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), "Motion 83-M11", Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
L2/01-050N2253Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-01-21), "RESOLUTION M39.24", Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000
L2/01-012RMoore, Lisa (2001-05-21), "Motion 86-M32", Minutes UTC #86 in Mountain View, Jan 2001, Change the name of the proposed character at U+2140 from DOUBLE STRUCK CAPITAL SIGMA to DOUBLE STRUCK N-ARY SUMMATION.
L2/01-227Whistler, Ken (2001-05-22), "ITEM 5", WG2 Consent Docket for UTC #87
L2/01-184RMoore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M16, ITEM 5", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/01-344N2353 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "SE6", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001
U+214A1L2/98-374N1887RFreytag, Asmus (1998-09-24), Three symbols
L2/99-010N1903 (pdf, html, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/00-091N2184Freytag, Asmus (2000-03-14), Additional information on the proposal to add three symbols
L2/00-234N2203 (rtf, txt)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.7", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/00-115R2Moore, Lisa (2000-08-08), Minutes Of UTC Meeting #83
4.0U+213B1L2/99-353N2056"3", Amendment of the part concerning the Korean characters in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1998 amendment 5, 1999-07-29
L2/99-380Proposal for a New Work item (NP) to amend the Korean part in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, 1999-12-07
L2/99-380.3Annex B, Special characters compatible with KPS 9566-97 (To be extended), 1999-12-07
L2/00-084N2182"3", Amendment of the part concerning the Korean characters in ISO/IEC 10646-1:1998 amendment 5 (Cover page and outline of proposal L2/99-380), 1999-12-07
L2/99-382Whistler, Ken (1999-12-09), "2.3", Comments to accompany a U.S. NO vote on JTC1 N5999, SC2 N3393, New Work item proposal (NP) for an amendment of the Korean part of ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993
L2/00-066N2170 (pdf, doc)"3", The technical justification of the proposal to amend the Korean character part of ISO/IEC 10646-1 (proposed addition of 79 symbolic characters), 2000-02-10
L2/00-073N2167Karlsson, Kent (2000-03-02), Comments on DPRK New Work Item proposal on Korean characters
L2/00-285N2244Proposal for the Addition of 82 Symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000, 2000-08-10
L2/00-291Everson, Michael (2000-08-30), Comments to Korean proposals (L2/00-284 - 289)
N2282Report of the meeting of the Korean script ad hoc group, 2000-09-21
L2/01-349N2374RProposal to add of 70 symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000, 2001-09-03
L2/01-387N2390Kim, Kyongsok (2001-10-13), ROK's Comments about DPRK's proposal, WG2 N 2374, to add 70 symbols to ISO/IEC 10646-1:2000
L2/01-388N2392Kim, Kyongsok (2001-10-16), A Report of Korean Script ad hoc group meeting on Oct. 15, 2001
L2/01-420Whistler, Ken (2001-10-30), "f. Miscellaneous symbol additions from DPRK standard", WG2 (Singapore) Resolution Consent Docket for UTC
L2/01-458N2407Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-11-16), Request to Korean ad hoc group to generate mapping tables between ROK and DPRK national standards
L2/02-372N2453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-10-30), "M42.14 item j", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 42
4.1U+213C, 214C2L2/03-194N2590Freytag, Asmus (2003-06-09), Additional Mathematical and Letterlike Characters
L2/04-406Freytag, Asmus; Sargent, Murray; Beeton, Barbara; Carlisle, David (2004-11-15), Progress report on Mathematical Symbols
5.0U+214D1L2/04-394N2887, N2889Stötzner, Andreas (2004-11-09), Aktieselskab: Proposal to the Unicode Consortium
U+214E1L2/05-076Davis, Mark (2005-02-10), Stability of Case Folding
L2/05-183N2957Everson, Michael; Haugen, Odd Einar; Emiliano, António; Pedro, Susana; Grammel, Florian; Baker, Peter; Stötzner, Andreas; Dohnicht, Marcus; Luft, Diana (2005-08-02), Preliminary proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS
L2/05-191Whistler, Ken (2005-08-02), Proposal for dealing with lowercase Claudian letters
L2/05-193R2N2960REverson, Michael (2005-08-12), Proposal to add Claudian Latin letters to the UCS
N2942Freytag, Asmus; Whistler, Ken (2005-08-12), Proposal to add nine lowercase characters
L2/05-180Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Claudian (C.15)", UTC #104 Minutes
L2/05-108RMoore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Stability of Case Folding (B.14.2)", UTC #103 Minutes
N2953 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.4.6, 8.2.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
5.1U+214F1L2/06-245N3217Hudson, John; et al. (2006-07-27), Proposal to encode Samaritan Text symbol
L2/06-324R2Moore, Lisa (2006-11-29), "Consensus 109-C25", UTC #109 Minutes
L2/07-268N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27

See also

References

  1. Unicode chart (PDF) https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2100.pdf

  2. Spanish for "each one."

  3. It is unknown which constant this is supposed to be. Xerox standard XCCS 353/046 just says "Euler's". https://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2002-m04/0073.html

  4. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05. https://unicode.org/reports/tr51/

  5. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01. https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-data.txt

  6. "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium. https://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/emoji/emoji-variation-sequences.txt

  7. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

  8. See also L2/13-207, L2/14-054, L2/14-063, L2/15-051A, L2/15-051B https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13207-emoji.html

  9. Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs#History

  10. See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429 https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10458-emoji-var.pdf

  11. Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Symbols_and_Pictographs#History

  12. Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block for additional math-related documents /wiki/Miscellaneous_Mathematical_Symbols-B#History