Miscellaneous Symbols - Wikipedia

Miscellaneous Symbols is a Unicode block (U+2600–U+26FF) containing glyphs representing concepts from a variety of categories: astrological, astronomical, chess, dice, musical notation, political symbols, recycling, religious symbols, trigrams, warning signs, and weather, among others.

Miscellaneous Symbols
RangeU+2600..U+26FF
(256 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsWeather
Astrological
Chess
Recycling
Map symbols
Assigned256 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsARIB STD-B24
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)106 (+106)
3.0 (1999)109 (+3)
3.2 (2002)133 (+24)
4.0 (2003)145 (+12)
4.1 (2005)175 (+30)
5.0 (2006)176 (+1)
5.1 (2008)191 (+15)
5.2 (2009)250 (+59)
6.0 (2010)256 (+6)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Tables edit

Compact table edit

Miscellaneous Symbols[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+260x
U+261x
U+262x
U+263x
U+264x
U+265x
U+266x
U+267x
U+268x
U+269x
U+26Ax
U+26Bx
U+26Cx
U+26Dx
U+26Ex
U+26Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1

Definitions edit

Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block
Official Name Glyph Unicode # HTML Common meaning
Black sun with rays U+2600 Clear weather
Cloud U+2601 Cloud, cloudy weather
Umbrella U+2602 Umbrella, rainy weather
Snowman U+2603 Snowman, snowy weather
Comet U+2604
Black star U+2605
White star U+2606
Lightning U+2607 Lightning
Thunderstorm U+2608 Thunderstorm
Sun U+2609 Sun, gold
Ascending node U+260A
Descending node U+260B
Conjunction U+260C Open circuit
Opposition U+260D Closed circuit
Black telephone U+260E
White telephone U+260F
Ballot box U+2610 Check box, optional information
Ballot box with check U+2611
Ballot box with X U+2612
Saltire U+2613
Umbrella with raindrops ☔︎ U+2614 Showery weather
Hot beverage ☕︎ U+2615 Tea, coffee, hot chocolate
White shogi piece U+2616
Black shogi piece U+2617
Shamrock U+2618 Good luck
Reversed rotated floral heart bullet U+2619 Binding signature mark
Black left pointing index U+261A
Black right pointing index U+261B
White left pointing index U+261C
White up pointing index U+261D
White right pointing index U+261E
White down pointing index U+261F
Skull and crossbones U+2620 Poison, death
Caution sign U+2621
Radioactive sign U+2622 Toxic hazard, nuclear fallout
Biohazard sign U+2623 Disease, epidemic, pandemic
Caduceus U+2624 Trade
Ankh U+2625 Religious symbol
Orthodox cross U+2626 Patriarchal cross
Chi Rho U+2627 Labarum
Cross of Lorraine U+2628 Patriarchal cross
Cross of Jerusalem U+2629 Cross potent
Star and crescent U+262A Emblem of Turkey; Islam
Farsi symbol U+262B Emblem of Iran
Adi shakti U+262C Khanda
Hammer and sickle U+262D Communism
Peace symbol U+262E Peace
Yin yang U+262F Taoism, balance
Trigram for Heaven U+2630
Trigram for Lake U+2631
Trigram for Fire U+2632
Trigram for Thunder U+2633
Trigram for Wind U+2634
Trigram for Water U+2635
Trigram for Mountain U+2636
Trigram for Earth U+2637
Wheel of Dharma U+2638
White frowning face U+2639
White smiling face U+263A
Black smiling face U+263B
White sun with rays U+263C Compass
First quarter moon U+263D Silver
Last quarter moon U+263E
Mercury U+263F Mercury (planet), mercury (element), Hermaphrodite
Venus U+2640 Venus (planet), copper, femininity, Woman
Earth U+2641 Antimony
Mars U+2642 Mars (planet), iron, masculinity, Man
Jupiter U+2643 Jupiter (planet), tin
Saturn U+2644 Saturn (planet), lead
Uranus U+2645 For the astronomical symbol see U+26E2
Neptune U+2646 Neptune (planet)
Pluto U+2647 Pluto
Aries ♈︎ U+2648 Aries (constellation)
Taurus ♉︎ U+2649 Taurus (constellation)
Gemini ♊︎ U+264A Gemini (constellation)
Cancer ♋︎ U+264B Cancer (constellation)
Leo ♌︎ U+264C Leo (constellation)
Virgo ♍︎ U+264D Virgo (constellation)
Libra ♎︎ U+264E Libra (constellation)
Scorpius ♏︎ U+264F Scorpius (constellation), minim
Sagittarius ♐︎ U+2650 Sagittarius (constellation)
Capricorn ♑︎ U+2651 Capricornus (constellation)
Aquarius ♒︎ U+2652 Aquarius (constellation)
Pisces ♓︎ U+2653 Pisces (constellation)
White chess king U+2654
White chess queen U+2655
White chess rook U+2656
White chess bishop U+2657
White chess knight U+2658
White chess pawn U+2659
Black chess king U+265A
Black chess queen U+265B
Black chess rook U+265C
Black chess bishop U+265D
Black chess knight U+265E
Black chess pawn U+265F
Black spade suit U+2660
White heart suit U+2661
White diamond suit U+2662
Black club suit U+2663
White spade suit U+2664
Black heart suit U+2665
Black diamond suit U+2666
White club suit U+2667
Hot springs U+2668 Onsen
Quarter note U+2669 Crotchet
Eighth note U+266A Quaver
Beamed eighth notes U+266B Linked quavers
Beamed sixteenth notes U+266C Linked semi-quavers
Music flat sign U+266D
Music natural sign U+266E
Music sharp sign U+266F
West Syriac cross U+2670
East Syriac cross U+2671
Universal recycling symbol U+2672
Recycling symbol for type-1 plastics U+2673
Recycling symbol for type-2 plastics U+2674
Recycling symbol for type-3 plastics U+2675
Recycling symbol for type-4 plastics U+2676
Recycling symbol for type-5 plastics U+2677
Recycling symbol for type-6 plastics U+2678
Recycling symbol for type-7 plastics U+2679
Recycling symbol for generic materials U+267A
Black universal recycling symbol U+267B
Recycled paper symbol U+267C
Partially-recycled paper symbol U+267D
Permanent paper sign U+267E
Wheelchair symbol ♿︎ U+267F
Die face-1 U+2680
Die face-2 U+2681
Die face-3 U+2682
Die face-4 U+2683
Die face-5 U+2684
Die face-6 U+2685
White circle with dot right U+2686
White circle with two dots U+2687
Black circle with white dot right U+2688
Black circle with two white dots U+2689
Monogram for yang U+268A
Monogram for yin U+268B
Digram for greater yang U+268C
Digram for lesser yin U+268D
Digram for lesser yang U+268E
Digram for greater yin U+268F
White flag U+2690 From KPS 9566. Map symbol for a battle site.[3]
Black flag U+2691 From KPS 9566. Map symbol for a battle site.[3]
Hammer and pick U+2692 Mining, working day
Anchor ⚓︎ U+2693 Nautical term, harbor
Crossed swords U+2694 Military term, battleground, killed in action
Rod of Asclepius U+2695 Medical term
Scales U+2696 Legal term, jurisprudence
Alembic U+2697 Chemical term, chemistry
Flower U+2698 Botanical term
Gear U+2699 Technology, tools
Staff of Hermes U+269A Caduceus, commercial term, commerce
Atom symbol U+269B Nuclear installation
Fleur-de-lis U+269C France, Quebec, Trinity, Scouting
Outlined white star U+269D Coat of arms of Morocco
Three lines converging right U+269E Someone speaking closed captioning symbol (from ARIB STD B24)
Three lines converging left U+269F Background speaking closed captioning symbol (from ARIB STD B24)
Warning sign U+26A0
High voltage sign ⚡︎ U+26A1
Doubled female sign U+26A2 Female homosexuality
Doubled male sign U+26A3 Male homosexuality
Interlocked female and male sign U+26A4 Male or Female bisexuality
Male and female sign U+26A5 Male or Female heterosexuality, Hermaphrodite (in entomology)
Male with stroke sign U+26A6 Transgender
Male with stroke and male and female sign
Transgender symbol (Emoji 13.0)[4]
U+26A7 Transgender
Vertical male with stroke sign U+26A8 Iron(II) sulfate[5]
Horizontal male with stroke sign U+26A9 Magnesium[5]
Medium white circle ⚪︎ U+26AA Asexuality, sexless, genderless, engaged, betrothed
Medium black circle ⚫︎ U+26AB Symbol for record function
Medium small white circle U+26AC Engaged, betrothed
Marriage symbol U+26AD
Divorce symbol U+26AE
Unmarried partnership symbol U+26AF
Coffin U+26B0 Buried (genealogy)
Funeral urn U+26B1 Cremated (genealogy)
Neuter U+26B2
Ceres U+26B3 1 Ceres (dwarf planet)
Pallas U+26B4 2 Pallas
Juno U+26B5 3 Juno
Vesta U+26B6 4 Vesta
Chiron U+26B7 2060 Chiron
Black moon Lilith U+26B8
Sextile U+26B9 Sal ammoniac
Semisextile U+26BA
Quincunx U+26BB
Sesquiquadrate U+26BC
Football ⚽︎ U+26BD
Baseball ⚾︎ U+26BE
Squared key U+26BF Parental lock (from ARIB STD B24)
White draughts man U+26C0
White draughts king U+26C1
Black draughts man U+26C2
Black draughts king U+26C3
Snowman without snow ⛄︎ U+26C4 Light snow (from ARIB STD B24)
Sun behind cloud ⛅︎ U+26C5 Partly cloudy (from ARIB STD B24)
Rain U+26C6 Rainy weather (from ARIB STD B24)
Black snowman U+26C7 Heavy snow (from ARIB STD B24)
Thunder cloud and rain U+26C8 Thunderstorm (from ARIB STD B24)
Turned white shogi piece U+26C9 From ARIB STD B24
Turned black shogi piece U+26CA From ARIB STD B24
White diamond in square U+26CB From ARIB STD B24
Crossing lanes U+26CC Accident (from ARIB STD B24)
Disabled car U+26CD From ARIB STD B24
Ophiuchus ⛎︎ U+26CE Ophiuchus (astrology), new in Unicode 6
Pick U+26CF Under construction (from ARIB STD B24)
Car sliding U+26D0 Icy road (from ARIB STD B24)
Helmet with white cross U+26D1 Maintenance (from ARIB STD B24)
Circled crossing lanes U+26D2 Road closed (from ARIB STD B24)
Chains U+26D3 Tyre chains required (from ARIB STD B24)
No entry ⛔︎ U+26D4 From ARIB STD B24
Alternate one-way left way traffic U+26D5 From ARIB STD B24
Black two-way left way traffic U+26D6 From ARIB STD B24
White two-way left way traffic U+26D7 From ARIB STD B24
Black left lane merge U+26D8 From ARIB STD B24
White left lane merge U+26D9 From ARIB STD B24
Drive slow sign U+26DA From ARIB STD B24
Heavy white down-pointing triangle U+26DB Drive slow (from ARIB STD B24)
Left closed entry U+26DC From ARIB STD B24
Squared saltire U+26DD Closed entry (from ARIB STD B24)
Falling diagonal in white circle in black square U+26DE Closed to large vehicles (from ARIB STD B24)
Black truck U+26DF Closed to large vehicles, alternate (from ARIB STD B24)
Restricted left entry-1 U+26E0 From ARIB STD B24
Restricted left entry-2 U+26E1 From ARIB STD B24
Astronomical symbol for Uranus U+26E2 New in Unicode 6
Heavy circle with stroke and two dots above U+26E3 Public office (from ARIB STD B24)
Pentagram U+26E4 New in Unicode 6
Right-handed interlaced pentagram U+26E5 New in Unicode 6
Left-handed interlaced pentagram U+26E6 New in Unicode 6
Inverted pentagram U+26E7 New in Unicode 6
Black cross on shield U+26E8 Hospital (from ARIB STD B24)
Shinto shrine U+26E9 Torii (from ARIB STD B24)
Church ⛪︎ U+26EA From ARIB STD B24
Castle U+26EB From ARIB STD B24
Historic site U+26EC From ARIB STD B24
Gear without hub U+26ED Factory (from ARIB STD B24)
Gear with handles U+26EE Power plant, power substation (from ARIB STD B24)
Map symbol for lighthouse U+26EF From ARIB STD B24
Mountain U+26F0 From ARIB STD B24
Umbrella on ground U+26F1 Bathing beach (from ARIB STD B24)
Fountain ⛲︎ U+26F2 Park (from ARIB STD B24)
Flag in hole ⛳︎ U+26F3 Golf course (from ARIB STD B24)
Ferry U+26F4 Ferry boat terminal (from ARIB STD B24)
Sailboat ⛵︎ U+26F5 Marina or yacht harbour (from ARIB STD B24)
Square four corners U+26F6 Intersection (from ARIB STD B24)
Skier U+26F7 Ski resort (from ARIB STD B24)
Ice skate U+26F8 Ice skating rink (from ARIB STD B24)
Person with ball U+26F9 Track and field, gymnasium (from ARIB STD B24)
Tent ⛺︎ U+26FA Camping site (from ARIB STD B24)
Japanese bank symbol U+26FB From ARIB STD B24
Headstone graveyard symbol U+26FC Graveyard, memorial park, cemetery (from ARIB STD B24)
Fuel pump ⛽︎ U+26FD Petrol station, gas station (from ARIB STD B24)
Cup on black square U+26FE Drive-in restaurant (from ARIB STD B24)
White flag with horizontal middle black stripe U+26FF Japanese self-defense force site (from ARIB STD B24)

Emoji edit

The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains 83 emoji: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CE–U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[6][7]

The block has 166 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following 83 base characters: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CE–U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[8]

Emoji variation sequences
U+ 2600 2601 2602 2603 2604 260E 2611 2614 2615 2618 261D 2620
default presentation text text text text text text text emoji emoji text text text
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ☀︎ ☁︎ ☂︎ ☃︎ ☄︎ ☎︎ ☑︎ ☔︎ ☕︎ ☘︎ ☝︎ ☠︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ☀️ ☁️ ☂️ ☃️ ☄️ ☎️ ☑️ ☔️ ☕️ ☘️ ☝️ ☠️
U+ 2622 2623 2626 262A 262E 262F 2638 2639 263A 2640 2642 2648
default presentation text text text text text text text text text text text emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ☢︎ ☣︎ ☦︎ ☪︎ ☮︎ ☯︎ ☸︎ ☹︎ ☺︎ ♀︎ ♂︎ ♈︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ☢️ ☣️ ☦️ ☪️ ☮️ ☯️ ☸️ ☹️ ☺️ ♀️ ♂️ ♈️
U+ 2649 264A 264B 264C 264D 264E 264F 2650 2651 2652 2653 265F
default presentation emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji emoji text
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ♉︎ ♊︎ ♋︎ ♌︎ ♍︎ ♎︎ ♏︎ ♐︎ ♑︎ ♒︎ ♓︎ ♟︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ♉️ ♊️ ♋️ ♌️ ♍️ ♎️ ♏️ ♐️ ♑️ ♒️ ♓️ ♟️
U+ 2660 2663 2665 2666 2668 267B 267E 267F 2692 2693 2694 2695
default presentation text text text text text text text emoji text emoji text text
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ♠︎ ♣︎ ♥︎ ♦︎ ♨︎ ♻︎ ♾︎ ♿︎ ⚒︎ ⚓︎ ⚔︎ ⚕︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ♠️ ♣️ ♥️ ♦️ ♨️ ♻️ ♾️ ♿️ ⚒️ ⚓️ ⚔️ ⚕️
U+ 2696 2697 2699 269B 269C 26A0 26A1 26A7 26AA 26AB 26B0 26B1
default presentation text text text text text text emoji text emoji emoji text text
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ⚖︎ ⚗︎ ⚙︎ ⚛︎ ⚜︎ ⚠︎ ⚡︎ ⚧︎ ⚪︎ ⚫︎ ⚰︎ ⚱︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ⚖️ ⚗️ ⚙️ ⚛️ ⚜️ ⚠️ ⚡️ ⚧️ ⚪️ ⚫️ ⚰️ ⚱️
U+ 26BD 26BE 26C4 26C5 26C8 26CE 26CF 26D1 26D3 26D4 26E9 26EA
default presentation emoji emoji emoji emoji text emoji text text text emoji text emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ⚽︎ ⚾︎ ⛄︎ ⛅︎ ⛈︎ ⛎︎ ⛏︎ ⛑︎ ⛓︎ ⛔︎ ⛩︎ ⛪︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ⚽️ ⚾️ ⛄️ ⛅️ ⛈️ ⛎️ ⛏️ ⛑️ ⛓️ ⛔️ ⛩️ ⛪️
U+ 26F0 26F1 26F2 26F3 26F4 26F5 26F7 26F8 26F9 26FA 26FD
default presentation text text emoji emoji text emoji text text text emoji emoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text) ⛰︎ ⛱︎ ⛲︎ ⛳︎ ⛴︎ ⛵︎ ⛷︎ ⛸︎ ⛹︎ ⛺︎ ⛽︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ⛰️ ⛱️ ⛲️ ⛳️ ⛴️ ⛵️ ⛷️ ⛸️ ⛹️ ⛺️ ⛽️

Emoji modifiers edit

The Miscellaneous Symbols block has two emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of human skin color using the Fitzpatrick scale:[7]

Human emoji
U+ 261D 26F9
emoji ☝️ ⛹️
FITZ-1-2 ☝️🏻 ⛹🏻
FITZ-3 ☝️🏼 ⛹🏼
FITZ-4 ☝️🏽 ⛹🏽
FITZ-5 ☝️🏾 ⛹🏾
FITZ-6 ☝️🏿 ⛹🏿

Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs, Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A and Transport and Map Symbols.

History edit

In Unicode 1.0 (1991) the same block was named Miscellaneous Dingbats (not to be confused with current "Dingbats" block, which was then renamed to "Zapf Dingbats").[9]

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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ a b Ewell, Doug (2002-08-15). "Re: Scripts in Unicode 4.0". Unicode Mail List Archive.
  4. ^ "Emoji Recently Added, v13.0". Unicode Consortium.
  5. ^ a b Everson, Michael (2003-10-17), L2/03-364: Second revised proposal to encode symbols for genealogy and gender studies in the UCS (PDF)
  6. ^ "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  7. ^ a b "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
  8. ^ "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
  9. ^ "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.

External links edit