Unicode block Ideographic descriptive characters
The Unicode block Ideographic Description Characters (U + 2FF0 to U + 2FFF) contains description characters with which new characters can be created from existing characters, even if they are not yet coded in the Unicode standard. The terms “Ideographic” in the original or “ideographic” in the translation are misleading, as the fonts represented are strictly speaking not conceptual fonts (cf. ideography ).
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All characters have the "Other Symbol" category and the bidirectional class "Other Neutral Character".
Unicode number | Characters (400%) |
Official name | description |
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U + 2FF0 (12272) | ⿰ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER LEFT TO RIGHT | Ideographic descriptive mark left and right |
U + 2FF1 (12273) | ⿱ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER ABOVE TO BELOW | Ideographic descriptive sign above and below |
U + 2FF2 (12274) | ⿲ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER LEFT TO MIDDLE AND RIGHT | Ideographic descriptive mark left, center and right |
U + 2FF3 (12275) | ⿳ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER ABOVE TO MIDDLE AND BELOW | Ideographic descriptive symbol above, middle and below |
U + 2FF4 (12276) | ⿴ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER FULL SURROUND | Ideographic descriptor fully enclosed |
U + 2FF5 (12277) | ⿵ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM ABOVE | Ideographic descriptor included from above |
U + 2FF6 (12278) | ⿶ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM BELOW | Ideographic descriptor included from below |
U + 2FF7 (12279) | ⿷ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM LEFT | Ideographic descriptive mark included from the left |
U + 2FF8 (12280) | ⿸ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM UPPER LEFT | Ideographic descriptor included from the top left |
U + 2FF9 (12281) | ⿹ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM UPPER RIGHT | Ideographic descriptor included from the top right |
U + 2FFA (12282) | ⿺ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER SURROUND FROM LOWER LEFT | Ideographic descriptor included from the bottom left |
U + 2FFB (12283) | ⿻ | IDEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION CHARACTER OVERLAID | Ideographic descriptive signs lying one above the other |
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