Textual Symbols (So)

This page is intended to help analyze troublesome characters like punctuation and symbols. It is not comprehensive at all yet.

Category Codes:

Code	Meaning
U	Upright; translates between horizontal and vertical
R	Sideways; rotates between horizontal and vertical
T_U	Typeset upright with alternate glyph. Best fallback is just upright.
T_R	Typeset upright with alternate glyph. Best fallback is just sideways.

Two modes are presented: Stacking (text-orientation: upright) and Default (TBD).

General/Latin

Letterlike Symbols

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Mix	Memo
U+2100	ACCOUNT OF	`℀`	U	U	Same as ℅
U+2101	ADDRESSED TO THE SUBJECT	`℁`	U	U	Same as ℅
U+2103	DEGREE CELSIUS	`℃`	U	U	Combined symbol → upright
U+2104	CENTRE LINE SYMBOL	`℄`	U	U	Architectural symbol?
U+2105	CARE OF	`℅`	U	U	East Asian wants upright, probably otherwise unimportant
U+2106	CADA UNA	`℆`	U	U	Same as ℅
U+2108	SCRUPLE	`℈`	U	R	Apothecary measure, keep consistent with digits and Ʒ
U+2109	DEGREE FAHRENHEIT	`℉`	U	U	Combined symbol → upright
U+2114	L B BAR SYMBOL	`℔`	U	R	Apothecary measure, keep consistent with digits and Ʒ
U+2116	NUMERO SIGN	`№`	U	U	East Asian wants upright, sensible elsewhere upright
U+2117	SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT	`℗`	U	U	Keep ©®℗ consistent
U+211E	PRESCRIPTION TAKE	`℞`	U	U
U+211F	RESPONSE	`℟`	U	U	Musical symbol
U+2120	SERVICE MARK	`℠`	U	U	Consistent with ™
U+2121	TELEPHONE SIGN	`℡`	U	U	East Asian wants upright, sensible elsewhere upright
U+2122	TRADE MARK SIGN	`™`	U	U	Consistent with ®
U+2123	VERSICLE	`℣`	U	U	Musical symbol
U+2125	OUNCE SIGN	`℥`	U	R	Apothecary measure, keep consistent with digits and Ʒ
U+2127	INVERTED OHM SIGN	`℧`	U	U	Used for inverse of ohm. Keep consistent with U+2126
U+2129	TURNED GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA	`℩`	U	R	Logic symbol, match math.
U+212E	ESTIMATED SYMBOL	`℮`	U	U	used with package labelling
U+213A	ROTATED CAPITAL Q	`℺`	U	U	binding mark, keep consistent with symbols U+203B, U+2720, U+2767
U+213B	FACSIMILE SIGN	`℻`	U	U	Symbol; sensible to be upright
U+214A	PROPERTY LINE	`⅊`	U	U	Architectural symbol?
U+214C	PER SIGN	`⅌`	U	U	Abbreviates the word “per”. Make consistent with TIRONIAN SIGN ET?
U+214D	AKTIESELSKAB	`⅍`	U	U	Same as ℅
U+214F	SYMBOL FOR SAMARITAN SOURCE	`⅏`	U	U	Symbols are upright. How is this letterlike anyway?

Latin-1 Supplement

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Mix	Memo
U+00A6	BROKEN BAR	`¦`	U	R
U+00A9	COPYRIGHT SIGN	`©`	U	U	Keep ©®℗ consistent
U+00AE	REGISTERED SIGN	`®`	U	U	Keep ©®℗ consistent
U+00B0	DEGREE SIGN	`°`	U	R	Degree sign alone is not used much in vertical Japanese, and this works better when labelling ASCII numbers.

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Mix
U+FFE4	FULLWIDTH BROKEN BAR	`￤`	U	R
U+FFE8	HALFWIDTH FORMS LIGHT VERTICAL	`￨`	U	R
U+FFED	HALFWIDTH BLACK SQUARE	`￭`	U	R
U+FFEE	HALFWIDTH WHITE CIRCLE	`￮`	U	R

Specials

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Mix	Memo
U+FFFC	OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER		U	U	Replaced elements are upright in CSS
U+FFFD	REPLACEMENT CHARACTER	`�`	U	U

Script-specific

Cyrillic

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+0482	CYRILLIC THOUSANDS SIGN	`҂`	U

Arabic

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+060E	ARABIC POETIC VERSE SIGN	`؎`	U	Arabic
U+060F	ARABIC SIGN MISRA	`؏`	U	Arabic
U+06DE	ARABIC START OF RUB EL HIZB	`۞`	U	Arabic
U+06E9	ARABIC PLACE OF SAJDAH	`۩`	U	Arabic
U+06FD	ARABIC SIGN SINDHI AMPERSAND	`۽`	U	Arabic
U+06FE	ARABIC SIGN SINDHI POSTPOSITION MEN	`۾`	U	Arabic

NKo

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+07F6	NKO SYMBOL OO DENNEN	`߶`	U

Bengali

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+09FA	BENGALI ISSHAR	`৺`	U

Oriya

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+0B70	ORIYA ISSHAR	`୰`	U

Tamil

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+0BF3	TAMIL DAY SIGN	`௳`	U
U+0BF4	TAMIL MONTH SIGN	`௴`	U
U+0BF5	TAMIL YEAR SIGN	`௵`	U
U+0BF6	TAMIL DEBIT SIGN	`௶`	U
U+0BF7	TAMIL CREDIT SIGN	`௷`	U
U+0BF8	TAMIL AS ABOVE SIGN	`௸`	U
U+0BFA	TAMIL NUMBER SIGN	`௺`	U

Telugu

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+0C7F	TELUGU SIGN TUUMU	`౿`	U

Malayalam

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+0D79	MALAYALAM DATE MARK	`൹`	U

Tibetan

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+0F01	TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO TRUNCATED A	`༁`	U	Tibetan
U+0F02	TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM RNAM BCAD MA	`༂`	U	Tibetan
U+0F03	TIBETAN MARK GTER YIG MGO -UM GTER TSHEG MA	`༃`	U	Tibetan
U+0F13	TIBETAN MARK CARET -DZUD RTAGS ME LONG CAN	`༓`	U	Tibetan
U+0F15	TIBETAN LOGOTYPE SIGN CHAD RTAGS	`༕`	U	Tibetan
U+0F16	TIBETAN LOGOTYPE SIGN LHAG RTAGS	`༖`	U	Tibetan
U+0F17	TIBETAN ASTROLOGICAL SIGN SGRA GCAN -CHAR RTAGS	`༗`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1A	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GCIG	`༚`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1B	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GNYIS	`༛`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1C	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR GSUM	`༜`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1D	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GCIG	`༝`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1E	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GNYIS	`༞`	U	Tibetan
U+0F1F	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL DKAR RDEL NAG	`༟`	U	Tibetan
U+0F34	TIBETAN MARK BSDUS RTAGS	`༴`	U	Tibetan
U+0F36	TIBETAN MARK CARET -DZUD RTAGS BZHI MIG CAN	`༶`	U	Tibetan
U+0F38	TIBETAN MARK CHE MGO	`༸`	U	Tibetan
U+0FBE	TIBETAN KU RU KHA	`྾`	U	Tibetan
U+0FBF	TIBETAN KU RU KHA BZHI MIG CAN	`྿`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC0	TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN HEAVY BEAT	`࿀`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC1	TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN LIGHT BEAT	`࿁`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC2	TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN CANG TE-U	`࿂`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC3	TIBETAN CANTILLATION SIGN SBUB -CHAL	`࿃`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC4	TIBETAN SYMBOL DRIL BU	`࿄`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC5	TIBETAN SYMBOL RDO RJE	`࿅`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC7	TIBETAN SYMBOL RDO RJE RGYA GRAM	`࿇`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC8	TIBETAN SYMBOL PHUR PA	`࿈`	U	Tibetan
U+0FC9	TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU	`࿉`	U	Tibetan
U+0FCA	TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU NYIS -KHYIL	`࿊`	U	Tibetan
U+0FCB	TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU GSUM -KHYIL	`࿋`	U	Tibetan
U+0FCC	TIBETAN SYMBOL NOR BU BZHI -KHYIL	`࿌`	U	Tibetan
U+0FCE	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG RDEL DKAR	`࿎`	U	Tibetan
U+0FCF	TIBETAN SIGN RDEL NAG GSUM	`࿏`	U	Tibetan
U+0FD5	RIGHT-FACING SVASTI SIGN	`࿕`	U	Tibetan
U+0FD6	LEFT-FACING SVASTI SIGN	`࿖`	U	Tibetan
U+0FD7	RIGHT-FACING SVASTI SIGN WITH DOTS	`࿗`	U	Tibetan
U+0FD8	LEFT-FACING SVASTI SIGN WITH DOTS	`࿘`	U	Tibetan

Myanmar

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+109E	MYANMAR SYMBOL SHAN ONE	`႞`	U
U+109F	MYANMAR SYMBOL SHAN EXCLAMATION	`႟`	U

Ethiopic Supplement

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+1390	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK YIZET	`᎐`	U
U+1391	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK DERET	`᎑`	U
U+1392	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK RIKRIK	`᎒`	U
U+1393	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK SHORT RIKRIK	`᎓`	U
U+1394	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK DIFAT	`᎔`	U
U+1395	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK KENAT	`᎕`	U
U+1396	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK CHIRET	`᎖`	U
U+1397	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK HIDET	`᎗`	U
U+1398	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK DERET-HIDET	`᎘`	U
U+1399	ETHIOPIC TONAL MARK KURT	`᎙`	U

Limbu

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+1940	LIMBU SIGN LOO	`᥀`	U

New Tai Lue

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+19DE	NEW TAI LUE SIGN LAE	`᧞`	U
U+19DF	NEW TAI LUE SIGN LAEV	`᧟`	U

Khmer Symbols

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+19E0	KHMER SYMBOL PATHAMASAT	`᧠`	U
U+19E1	KHMER SYMBOL MUOY KOET	`᧡`	U
U+19E2	KHMER SYMBOL PII KOET	`᧢`	U
U+19E3	KHMER SYMBOL BEI KOET	`᧣`	U
U+19E4	KHMER SYMBOL BUON KOET	`᧤`	U
U+19E5	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM KOET	`᧥`	U
U+19E6	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-MUOY KOET	`᧦`	U
U+19E7	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-PII KOET	`᧧`	U
U+19E8	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-BEI KOET	`᧨`	U
U+19E9	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-BUON KOET	`᧩`	U
U+19EA	KHMER SYMBOL DAP KOET	`᧪`	U
U+19EB	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-MUOY KOET	`᧫`	U
U+19EC	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-PII KOET	`᧬`	U
U+19ED	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-BEI KOET	`᧭`	U
U+19EE	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-BUON KOET	`᧮`	U
U+19EF	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-PRAM KOET	`᧯`	U
U+19F0	KHMER SYMBOL TUTEYASAT	`᧰`	U
U+19F1	KHMER SYMBOL MUOY ROC	`᧱`	U
U+19F2	KHMER SYMBOL PII ROC	`᧲`	U
U+19F3	KHMER SYMBOL BEI ROC	`᧳`	U
U+19F4	KHMER SYMBOL BUON ROC	`᧴`	U
U+19F5	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM ROC	`᧵`	U
U+19F6	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-MUOY ROC	`᧶`	U
U+19F7	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-PII ROC	`᧷`	U
U+19F8	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-BEI ROC	`᧸`	U
U+19F9	KHMER SYMBOL PRAM-BUON ROC	`᧹`	U
U+19FA	KHMER SYMBOL DAP ROC	`᧺`	U
U+19FB	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-MUOY ROC	`᧻`	U
U+19FC	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-PII ROC	`᧼`	U
U+19FD	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-BEI ROC	`᧽`	U
U+19FE	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-BUON ROC	`᧾`	U
U+19FF	KHMER SYMBOL DAP-PRAM ROC	`᧿`	U

Coptic

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+2CE5	COPTIC SYMBOL MI RO	`⳥`	U
U+2CE6	COPTIC SYMBOL PI RO	`⳦`	U
U+2CE7	COPTIC SYMBOL STAUROS	`⳧`	U
U+2CE8	COPTIC SYMBOL TAU RO	`⳨`	U
U+2CE9	COPTIC SYMBOL KHI RO	`⳩`	U
U+2CEA	COPTIC SYMBOL SHIMA SIMA	`⳪`	U

Syloti Nagri

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+A828	SYLOTI NAGRI POETRY MARK-1	`꠨`	U
U+A829	SYLOTI NAGRI POETRY MARK-2	`꠩`	U
U+A82A	SYLOTI NAGRI POETRY MARK-3	`꠪`	U
U+A82B	SYLOTI NAGRI POETRY MARK-4	`꠫`	U

Common Indic Number Forms

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+A836	NORTH INDIC QUARTER MARK	`꠶`	U
U+A837	NORTH INDIC PLACEHOLDER MARK	`꠷`	U
U+A839	NORTH INDIC QUANTITY MARK	`꠹`	U

Myanmar Extended-A

Code	Description	Char	Stack
U+AA77	MYANMAR SYMBOL AITON EXCLAMATION	`꩷`	U
U+AA78	MYANMAR SYMBOL AITON ONE	`꩸`	U
U+AA79	MYANMAR SYMBOL AITON TWO	`꩹`	U

Arabic Presentation Forms-A

Code	Description	Char	Stack	Memo
U+FDFD	ARABIC LIGATURE BISMILLAH AR-RAHMAN AR-RAHEEM	`﷽`	U	ScriptExt=Arab Thaa

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