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Dingbats (Unicode block)

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Dingbats
RangeU+2700..U+27BF
(192 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Assigned192 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsITC Zapf Dingbats series 100
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)160 (+160)
3.2 (2002)174 (+14)
5.2 (2009)175 (+1)
6.0 (2010)191 (+16)
7.0 (2014)192 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Dingbats is a Unicode block containing dingbats (or typographical ornaments, like the ❦ FLORAL HEART character). Most of its characters were taken from Zapf Dingbats; it was the Unicode block to have imported characters from a specific typeface; Unicode later adopted a policy that excluded symbols with "no demonstrated need or strong desire to exchange in plain text",[3] and thus no further dingbat typefaces were encoded until Webdings and Wingdings were encoded in Version 7.0. Some ornaments are also an emoji, having optional presentation variants (called variant selectors).

The block, originally named "Zapf Dingbats", was added to the Unicode Standard in October 1991, with the release of version 1.0. The block name was changed from "Zapf Dingbats" to "Dingbats" in June 1993, with the release of 1.1.[4][5]

Chart

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Dingbats[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+270x ✀ ✁ ✂ ✃ ✄ ✅ ✆ ✇ ✈ ✉ ✊ ✋ ✌ ✍ ✎ ✏
U+271x ✐ ✑ ✒ ✓ ✔ ✕ ✖ ✗ ✘ ✙ ✚ ✛ ✜ ✝ ✞ ✟
U+272x ✠ ✡ ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ ✦ ✧ ✨ ✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯
U+273x ✰ ✱ ✲ ✳ ✴ ✵ ✶ ✷ ✸ ✹ ✺ ✻ ✼ ✽ ✾ ✿
U+274x ❀ ❁ ❂ ❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ ❊ ❋ ❌ ❍ ❎ ❏
U+275x ❐ ❑ ❒ ❓ ❔ ❕ ❖ ❗ ❘ ❙ ❚ ❛ ❜ ❝ ❞ ❟
U+276x ❠ ❡ ❢ ❣ ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ❨ ❩ ❪ ❫ ❬ ❭ ❮ ❯
U+277x ❰ ❱ ❲ ❳ ❴ ❵ ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿
U+278x ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ ➅ ➆ ➇ ➈ ➉ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➏
U+279x ➐ ➑ ➒ ➓ ➔ ➕ ➖ ➗ ➘ ➙ ➚ ➛ ➜ ➝ ➞ ➟
U+27Ax ➠ ➡ ➢ ➣ ➤ ➥ ➦ ➧ ➨ ➩ ➪ ➫ ➬ ➭ ➮ ➯
U+27Bx ➰ ➱ ➲ ➳ ➴ ➵ ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹ ➺ ➻ ➼ ➽ ➾ ➿
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

Emoji

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The Dingbats block contains 33 emoji.[6][7] 66 standardized variants are defined to specify emoji-style (like U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (like U+FE0E VS15) for 33 characters.[8]

Emoji variation sequences
U+ 2702 2705 2708 2709 270A 270B 270C 270D 270F 2712 2714
default presentation text emoji text text emoji emoji text text[9] text text text
base code point ✂ ✅ ✈ ✉ ✊ ✋ ✌ ✍ ✏ ✒ ✔
base+VS15 (text) ✂︎ ✅︎ ✈︎ ✉︎ ✊︎ ✋︎ ✌︎ ✍︎ ✏︎ ✒︎ ✔︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ✂️ ✅️ ✈️ ✉️ ✊️ ✋️ ✌️ ✍️ ✏️ ✒️ ✔️
U+ 2716 271D 2721 2728 2733 2734 2744 2747 274C 274E 2753
default presentation text text text emoji text text text text emoji emoji emoji
base code point ✖ ✝ ✡ ✨ ✳ ✴ ❄ ❇ ❌ ❎ ❓
base+VS15 (text) ✖︎ ✝︎ ✡︎ ✨︎ ✳︎ ✴︎ ❄︎ ❇︎ ❌︎ ❎︎ ❓︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ✖️ ✝️ ✡️ ✨️ ✳️ ✴️ ❄️ ❇️ ❌️ ❎️ ❓️
U+ 2754 2755 2757 2763 2764 2795 2796 2797 27A1 27B0 27BF
default presentation emoji emoji emoji text text emoji emoji emoji text emoji emoji
base code point ❔ ❕ ❗ ❣ ❤ ➕ ➖ ➗ ➡ ➰ ➿
base+VS15 (text) ❔︎ ❕︎ ❗︎ ❣︎ ❤︎ ➕︎ ➖︎ ➗︎ ➡︎ ➰︎ ➿︎
base+VS16 (emoji) ❔️ ❕️ ❗️ ❣️ ❤️ ➕️ ➖️ ➗️ ➡️ ➰️ ➿️

Emoji modifiers

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Main article: Emoji modifiers

The Dingbats block has four emoji that represent hands. 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+ 270A 270B 270C 270D
emoji ✊️ ✋️ ✌️ ✍️
FITZ-1-2 ✊️🏻 ✋️🏻 ✌️🏻 ✍️🏻
FITZ-3 ✊️🏼 ✋️🏼 ✌️🏼 ✍️🏼
FITZ-4 ✊️🏽 ✋️🏽 ✌️🏽 ✍️🏽
FITZ-5 ✊️🏾 ✋️🏾 ✌️🏾 ✍️🏾
FITZ-6 ✊️🏿 ✋️🏿 ✌️🏿 ✍️🏿

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

History

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
1.0.0 U+2701..2704, 2706..2709, 270C..2727, 2729..274B, 274D, 274F..2752, 2756, 2758..275E, 2761..2767, 2776..2794, 2798..27AF, 27B1..27BE 160 (to be determined)
L2/11-438[b][c] N4182 Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
L2/15-050R[d][c] Davis, Mark; et al. (2015-01-29), Additional variation selectors for emoji
L2/15-301[e][c] Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-11-01), A proposal for 278 standardized variation sequences for emoji
L2/19-377R Daniel, Jennifer (2020-01-14), Multi-skintone Couples with Heart and Couples Kissing, Emoji ZWJ Sequences for Unicode 14.0 [Affects U+2764]
L2/20-015R Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "Consensus 162-C8", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162, Accept 200 provisional emoji candidates
3.2 U+2768..2775 14 L2/00-420 Patel, Sairus (2000-11-21), Proposal for additional 14 Dingbats
L2/00-436 Patel, Sairus (2000-12-18), Proposal to complete the Dingbats block in Unicode/ISO-IEC 10646
L2/01-087 N2321 Patel, Sairus (2001-01-31), Proposal to complete the Dingbats block in Unicode/ISO-IEC 10646
L2/01-012R Moore, Lisa (2001-05-21), "Dingbats", Minutes UTC #86 in Mountain View, Jan 2001
L2/01-344 N2353 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2001-09-09), "7.8 Proposal to complete the Dingbats block in 10646", Minutes from SC2/WG2 meeting #40 -- Mountain View, April 2001
5.2 U+2757 1 N3353 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.32", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-259 Suignard, Michel (2007-08-02), Japanese TV Symbols
L2/07-391 N3341 Suignard, Michel (2007-09-18), Japanese TV Symbols
L2/08-077R2 N3397 Suignard, Michel (2008-03-11), Japanese TV symbols
L2/08-128 Iancu, Laurențiu (2008-03-22), Names and allocation of some Japanese TV symbols from N3397
L2/08-158 Pentzlin, Karl (2008-04-16), Comments on L2/08-077R2 "Japanese TV Symbols"
L2/08-188 N3468 Sekiguchi, Masahiro (2008-04-22), Collected comments on Japanese TV Symbols (WG2 N3397)
L2/08-077R3 N3469 Suignard, Michel (2008-04-23), Japanese TV symbols
L2/08-215 Pentzlin, Karl (2008-05-07), Comments on L2/08-077R2 "Japanese TV Symbols"
L2/08-289 Pentzlin, Karl (2008-08-05), Proposal to rename and reassign some Japanese TV Symbols from L2/08-077R3
L2/08-292 Stötzner, Andreas (2008-08-06), Improvement suggestions for n3469
L2/08-307 Scherer, Markus (2008-08-08), Feedback on the Japanese TV Symbols Proposal (L2/08-077R3)
L2/08-318 N3453 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.14", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-161R2 Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Consensus 115-C17", UTC #115 Minutes, Approve 186 Japanese TV symbols for encoding in a future version of the standard.
L2/09-064 Scherer, Markus (2009-01-29), Request to change some ARIB/AMD6 character names and a code point
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/11-438[b][c] N4182 Edberg, Peter (2011-12-22), Emoji Variation Sequences (Revision of L2/11-429)
6.0 U+2705, 270A..270B, 2728, 274C, 274E, 2753..2755, 2795..2797, 27B0, 27BF[c] 14 L2/09-025R2 N3582[f] Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-03-05), Proposal for Encoding Emoji Symbols
L2/09-026R N3583 Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2009-02-06), Emoji Symbols Proposed for New Encoding
L2/09-027R2 N3681 Scherer, Markus (2009-09-17), Emoji Symbols: Background Data
L2/09-114 N3607 Towards an encoding of symbol characters used as emoji, 2009-04-06
L2/09-412 N3722 Suignard, Michel (2009-10-26), "Ireland T2", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4078 (PDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)
N3703 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2010-04-13), "M55.9h", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30
L2/09-335R Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C10", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes
L2/10-088 N3776 DoCoMo Input on Emoji, 2010-03-08
L2/10-089 N3777 KDDI Input on Emoji, 2010-03-08
L2/10-137 N3828 Suignard, Michel (2010-04-22), "JP.G11b, JP.T5, JP.T12", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4123 (FPDAM text for Amendment 8 to ISO/IEC 10646:2003)
L2/10-132 Scherer, Markus; Davis, Mark; Momoi, Kat; Tong, Darick; Kida, Yasuo; Edberg, Peter (2010-04-27), Emoji Symbols: Background Data
L2/10-138 N3829 Constable, Peter; et al. (2010-04-27), "10", Emoji Ad-Hoc Meeting Report
L2/16-361 Pournader, Roozbeh; Felt, Doug (2016-11-07), Add text and emoji standardized variation sequences for 96 symbols
L2/22-229R Leroy, Robin; Davis, Mark (2022-10-28), Proposed changes to Unicode properties and reports for source code handling, Add to the file emoji-variation-sequences.txt any code points from the following set that are not already in it...[Affects U+2705, 270A, 270B, 2728, 274C, 274E, 2754, 2755, 2795–2797, 27B0, and 27BF]
L2/22-241 Constable, Peter (2022-11-09), "Consensus 173-C29", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 173, Accept the proposals in L2/22-229R
U+275F..2760 2 L2/09-021 N3565 Proposal to encode two heavy low quotes for German in the UCS Dingbats block, 2009-01-15
L2/09-003R Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "D.7", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.13b", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
7.0 U+2700 1 L2/11-052R Suignard, Michel (2011-02-15), Wingdings and Webdings symbols - Preliminary study
L2/11-149 Suignard, Michel (2011-05-09), Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings symbols
L2/11-196 N4022 Suignard, Michel (2011-05-21), Revised Wingdings proposal
L2/11-247 N4115 Suignard, Michel (2011-06-08), Proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/11-344 N4143 Suignard, Michel (2011-09-28), Updated proposal to add Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
N4103 "10.2.1 Wingdings/Webdings additions", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/12-130 N4239 Suignard, Michel (2012-05-08), "E4.", Disposition of comments on SC2 N 4201 (PDAM text for Amendment 1.2 to ISO/IEC 10646 3rd edition)
N4363 Suignard, Michel (2012-10-13), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/12-368 N4384 Suignard, Michel (2012-11-06), Status of encoding of Wingdings and Webdings Symbols
L2/12-086 N4223 Requests regarding the Wingdings/Webdings characters in ISO/IEC 10646 PDAM 1.2, 2012-12-27
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
  2. ^ a b See also L2/10-458, L2/11-414, L2/11-415, and L2/11-429
  3. ^ a b c d e Refer to the history section of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block for additional emoji-related documents
  4. ^ See also L2/13-207, L2/14-054, L2/14-063, L2/15-051A, L2/15-051B
  5. ^ See also L2/15-198 and L2/15-275
  6. ^ Japanese translation of N3582 is available as N3621

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Section 22: Symbols" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Consortium. September 2021.
  4. ^ "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.
  5. ^ "Appendix E Block Names" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.1. Unicode Consortium.
  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. ^ Google Chrome on Android uses the emoji presentation by default, despite this standard.
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