Miscellaneous Technical Explained

Rangestart:2300
Rangeend:23FF
Script1:Common
Deprecated:2
Symbols:Technical
APL symbols
Dentistry notation
Sources:ISO 2047, ISO 9995-7
1 0 0:45
1 0 1:-2
1 1:79
3 0:32
3 2:53
4 0:2
4 1:11
5 0:12
5 2:1
6 0:11
7 0:7
9 0:4
10 0:1
Note:Two characters were removed from the Miscellaneous Technical block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Miscellaneous Technical is a Unicode block ranging from U+2300 to U+23FF. It contains various common symbols which are related to and used in the various technical, programming language, and academic professions. For example:

It also includes most of the uncommon symbols used by the APL programming language.

Miscellaneous Technical (2300–23FF) in Unicode

In Unicode, Miscellaneous Technical symbols placed in the hexadecimal range 0x2300–0x23FF, (decimal 8960–9215), as described below.

(2300–233F)

2300231023202330
SymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameLast Hex#
HTML HexHTML HexHTML HexHTML Hex
DecPictureDecPictureDecPictureDecPicture
DIAMETER SIGNREVERSED NOT SIGNTOP HALF INTEGRALTOTAL RUNOUT0
⌀⌐⌠⌰
⌀⌐⌠⌰
ELECTRIC ARROWSQUARE LOZENGEBOTTOM HALF INTEGRALDIMENSION ORIGIN1
⌁⌑⌡⌱
⌁⌑⌡⌱
HOUSEARCFROWNCONICAL TAPER2
⌂⌒⌢⌲
⌂⌒⌢⌲
UP ARROWHEADSEGMENTSMILESLOPE3
⌃⌓⌣⌳
⌃⌓⌣⌳
DOWN ARROWHEADSECTORUP ARROWHEAD BETWEEN TWO HORIZONTAL BARSCOUNTERBORE4
⌄⌔⌤⌴
⌄⌔⌤⌴
PROJECTIVETELEPHONE RECORDEROPTION KEYCOUNTERSINK5
⌅⌕⌥⌵
⌅⌕⌥⌵
PERSPECTIVEPOSITION INDICATORERASE TO THE RIGHTAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL I-BEAM6
⌆⌖⌦⌶
⌆⌖⌦⌶
WAVY LINEVIEWDATA SQUAREX IN A RECTANGLE BOXAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL SQUISH QUAD7
⌇⌗⌧⌷
⌇⌗⌧⌷
LEFT CEILINGPLACE OF INTEREST SIGNKEYBOARDAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD EQUAL8
⌈⌘⌨⌸
⌈⌘⌨⌸
RIGHT CEILINGTURNED NOT SIGNLEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKETAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DIVIDE9
⌉⌙〈⌹
⌉⌙〈⌹
LEFT FLOORWATCHRIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKETAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DIAMONDA
⌊⌚〉⌺
⌊⌚〉⌺
RIGHT FLOORHOURGLASSERASE TO THE LEFTAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD JOTB
⌋⌛⌫⌻
⌋⌛⌫⌻
BOTTOM RIGHT CROPTOP LEFT CORNERBENZENE RINGAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD CIRCLEC
⌌⌜⌬⌼
⌌⌜⌬⌼
BOTTOM LEFT CROPTOP RIGHT CORNERCYLINDRICITYAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE STILED
⌍⌝⌭⌽
⌍⌝⌭⌽
TOP RIGHT CROPBOTTOM LEFT CORNERALL AROUND-PROFILEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE JOTE
⌎⌞⌮⌾
⌎⌞⌮⌾
TOP LEFT CROPBOTTOM RIGHT CORNERSYMMETRYAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL SLASH BARF
⌏⌟⌯⌿
⌏⌟⌯⌿
2300231023202330

1.Unicode code points U+2329 & U+232A are deprecated.

(2340–237F)

2340235023602370
SymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameLast Hex#
HTML HexHTML HexHTML HexHTML Hex
DecPictureDecPictureDecPictureDecPicture
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL BACKSLASH BARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD UPWARDS ARROWAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD COLONAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD QUESTION0
⍀⍐⍠⍰
⍀⍐⍠⍰
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD SLASHAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP TACK OVERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP TACK DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DOWN CARET TILDE1
⍁⍑⍡⍱
⍁⍑⍡⍱
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD BACKSLASHAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DEL STILEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DEL DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP CARET TILDE2
⍂⍒⍢⍲
⍂⍒⍢⍲
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD LESS-THANAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD UP CARETAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL STAR DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL IOTA3
⍃⍓⍣⍳
⍃⍓⍣⍳
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD GREATER-THANAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DELAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL JOT DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL RHO4
⍄⍔⍤⍴
⍄⍔⍤⍴
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL LEFTWARDS VANEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP TACK JOTAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL OMEGA5
⍅⍕⍥⍵
⍅⍕⍥⍵
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL RIGHTWARDS VANEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DOWNWARDS VANEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DOWN SHOE STILEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL ALPHA UNDERBAR6
⍆⍖⍦⍶
⍆⍖⍦⍶
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD LEFTWARDS ARROWAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DOWNWARDS ARROWAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL LEFT SHOE STILEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL EPSILON UNDERBAR7
⍇⍗⍧⍷
⍇⍗⍧⍷
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD RIGHTWARDS ARROWAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUOTE UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL TILDE DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL IOTA UNDERBAR8
⍈⍘⍨⍸
⍈⍘⍨⍸
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE BACKSLASHAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DELTA UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL GREATER-THAN DIAERESISAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL OMEGA UNDERBAR9
⍉⍙⍩⍹
⍉⍙⍩⍹
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DOWN TACK UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DIAMOND UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL COMMA BARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL ALPHAA
⍊⍚⍪⍺
⍊⍚⍪⍺
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DELTA STILEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL JOT UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DEL TILDENOT CHECK MARKB
⍋⍛⍫⍻
⍋⍛⍫⍻
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DOWN CARETAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE UNDERBARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL ZILDERIGHT ANGLE WITH DOWNWARDS ZIGZAG ARROW. It is unknown what this sign is meant to be used for.[5] [6] C
⍌⍜⍬⍼
⍌⍜⍬⍼
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD DELTAAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UP SHOE JOTAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL STILE TILDESHOULDERED OPEN BOXD
⍍⍝⍭⍽
⍍⍝⍭⍽
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL DOWN TACK JOTAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUOTE QUADAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL SEMICOLON UNDERBARBELL SYMBOLE
⍎⍞⍮⍾
⍎⍞⍮⍾
APL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL UPWARDS VANEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL CIRCLE STARAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUAD NOT EQUALVERTICAL LINE WITH MIDDLE DOTF
⍏⍟⍯⍿
⍏⍟⍯⍿
2340235023602370

(2380–23BF)

2380239023A023B0
SymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameLast Hex#
HTML HexHTML HexHTML HexHTML Hex
DecPictureDecPictureDecPictureDecPicture
INSERTION SYMBOLOPEN-CIRCUIT-OUTPUT L-TYPE SYMBOLRIGHT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOKUPPER LEFT OR LOWER RIGHT CURLY BRACKET SECTION0
⎀⎐⎠⎰
⎀⎐⎠⎰
CONTINUOUS UNDERLINE SYMBOLPASSIVE-PULL-DOWN-OUTPUT SYMBOLLEFT SQUARE BRACKET UPPER CORNERUPPER RIGHT OR LOWER LEFT CURLY BRACKET SECTION1
⎁⎑⎡⎱
⎁⎑⎡⎱
DISCONTINUOUS UNDERLINE SYMBOLPASSIVE-PULL-UP-OUTPUT SYMBOLLEFT SQUARE BRACKET EXTENSIONSUMMATION TOP2
⎂⎒⎢⎲
⎂⎒⎢⎲
EMPHASIS SYMBOLDIRECT CURRENT SYMBOL FORM TWOLEFT SQUARE BRACKET LOWER CORNERSUMMATION BOTTOM3
⎃⎓⎣⎳
⎃⎓⎣⎳
COMPOSITION SYMBOLSOFTWARE-FUNCTION SYMBOLRIGHT SQUARE BRACKET UPPER CORNERTOP SQUARE BRACKET4
⎄⎔⎤⎴
⎄⎔⎤⎴
WHITE SQUARE WITH CENTRE VERTICAL LINEAPL FUNCTIONAL SYMBOL QUADRIGHT SQUARE BRACKET EXTENSIONBOTTOM SQUARE BRACKET5
⎅⎕⎥⎵
⎅⎕⎥⎵
ENTER SYMBOLDECIMAL SEPARATOR KEY SYMBOLRIGHT SQUARE BRACKET LOWER CORNERBOTTOM SQUARE BRACKET OVER TOP SQUARE BRACKET6
⎆⎖⎦⎶
⎆⎖⎦⎶
ALTERNATIVE KEY SYMBOLPREVIOUS PAGELEFT CURLY BRACKET UPPER HOOKRADICAL SYMBOL BOTTOM7
⎇⎗⎧⎷
⎇⎗⎧⎷
HELM SYMBOLNEXT PAGELEFT CURLY BRACKET MIDDLE PIECELEFT VERTICAL BOX LINE8
⎈⎘⎨⎸
⎈⎘⎨⎸
CIRCLED HORIZONTAL BAR WITH NOTCHPRINT SCREEN SYMBOLLEFT CURLY BRACKET LOWER HOOKRIGHT VERTICAL BOX LINE9
⎉⎙⎩⎹
⎉⎙⎩⎹
CIRCLED TRIANGLE DOWNCLEAR SCREEN SYMBOLCURLY BRACKET EXTENSIONHORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-1A
⎊⎚⎪⎺
⎊⎚⎪⎺
BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROWLEFT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOKRIGHT CURLY BRACKET UPPER HOOKHORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-3B
⎋⎛⎫⎻
⎋⎛⎫⎻
UNDO SYMBOLLEFT PARENTHESIS EXTENSIONRIGHT CURLY BRACKET MIDDLE PIECEHORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-7C
⎌⎜⎬⎼
⎌⎜⎬⎼
MONOSTABLE SYMBOLLEFT PARENTHESIS LOWER HOOKRIGHT CURLY BRACKET LOWER HOOKHORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9D
⎍⎝⎭⎽
⎍⎝⎭⎽
HYSTERESIS SYMBOLRIGHT PARENTHESIS UPPER HOOKINTEGRAL EXTENSIONDENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND TOP RIGHTE
⎎⎞⎮⎾
⎎⎞⎮⎾
OPEN-CIRCUIT-OUTPUT H-TYPE SYMBOLRIGHT PARENTHESIS EXTENSIONHORIZONTAL LINE EXTENSIONDENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND BOTTOM RIGHTF
⎏⎟⎯⎿
⎏⎟⎯⎿
2380239023A023B0

(23C0–23FF)

23C023D023E023F0
SymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameSymbolNameLast Hex#
HTML HexHTML HexHTML HexHTML Hex
DecPictureDecPictureDecPictureDecPicture
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL WITH CIRCLEVERTICAL LINE EXTENSIONTOP TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETALARM CLOCK0
⏀⏐⏠⏰
⏀⏐⏠⏰
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL WITH CIRCLEMETRICAL BREVEBOTTOM TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETSTOPWATCH1
⏁⏑⏡⏱
⏁⏑⏡⏱
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL WITH CIRCLEMETRICAL LONG OVER SHORTWHITE TRAPEZIUMTIMER CLOCK2
⏂⏒⏢⏲
⏂⏒⏢⏲
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL WITH TRIANGLEMETRICAL SHORT OVER LONGBENZENE RING WITH CIRCLEHOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND3
⏃⏓⏣⏳
⏃⏓⏣⏳
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL WITH TRIANGLEMETRICAL LONG OVER TWO SHORTSSTRAIGHTNESSBLACK MEDIUM LEFT-POINTING TRIANGLE4
⏄⏔⏤⏴
⏄⏔⏤⏴
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL WITH TRIANGLEMETRICAL TWO SHORTS OVER LONGFLATNESSBLACK MEDIUM RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE5
⏅⏕⏥⏵
⏅⏕⏥⏵
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND WAVEMETRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINEDAC CURRENTBLACK MEDIUM UP-POINTING TRIANGLE6
⏆⏖⏦⏶
⏆⏖⏦⏶
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL WITH WAVEMETRICAL TRISEMEELECTRICAL INTERSECTIONBLACK MEDIUM DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE7
⏇⏗⏧⏷
⏇⏗⏧⏷
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL WITH WAVEMETRICAL TETRASEMEDECIMAL EXPONENT SYMBOLDOUBLE VERTICAL BAR8
⏈⏘⏨⏸
⏈⏘⏨10 ⏸
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTALMETRICAL PENTASEMEBLACK RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE BLACK SQUARE FOR STOP9
⏉⏙⏩⏹
⏉⏙⏩⏹
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTALEARTH GROUNDBLACK LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLEBLACK CIRCLE FOR RECORDA
⏊⏚⏪⏺
⏊⏚⏪⏺
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND TOP LEFTFUSEBLACK UP-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLEPOWER SYMBOLB
⏋⏛⏫⏻
⏋⏛⏫⏻
DENTISTRY SYMBOL LIGHT VERTICAL AND BOTTOM LEFTTOP PARENTHESISBLACK DOWN-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLEPOWER ON-OFF SYMBOLC
⏌⏜⏬⏼
⏌⏜⏬⏼
SQUARE FOOTBOTTOM PARENTHESISBLACK RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE WITH VERTICAL BARPOWER ON SYMBOLD
⏍⏝⏭⏽
⏍⏝⏭⏽
RETURN SYMBOLTOP CURLY BRACKETBLACK LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE TRIANGLE WITH VERTICAL BARPOWER SLEEP SYMBOLE
⏎⏞⏮⏾
⏎⏞⏮⏾
EJECT SYMBOLBOTTOM CURLY BRACKETBLACK RIGHT-POINTING TRIANGLE WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL BAROBSERVER EYE SYMBOLF
⏏⏟⏯⏿
⏏⏟⏯⏿
23C023D023E023F0

Block

Emoji

The Miscellaneous Technical block contains eighteen emoji: U+231A–U+231B, U+2328, U+23CF, U+23E9–U+23F3 and U+23F8–U+23FA.[7] [8]

All of these characters have standardized variants defined, to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for each character, for a total of 36 variants.[9]

Emoji variation sequences
U+ 231A 231B 2328 23CF 23E9 23EA 23EB 23EC 23ED
default presentation emoji emoji text text emoji emoji emoji emoji text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)
U+ 23EE 23EF 23F0 23F1 23F2 23F3 23F8 23F9 23FA
default presentation text text emoji text text emoji text text text
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

History

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

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum. The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. 2016-07-09.
  2. Web site: update: U+237C ⍼ ⍼ . Jonathan. Chan. en. 6 April 2023. 27 December 2023.
  3. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
  4. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
  5. Web site: U+237C ⍼ RIGHT ANGLE WITH DOWNWARDS ZIGZAG ARROW. Jonathan. Chan. en. 9 April 2022. 27 December 2023.
  6. News: List . Jenny . 24 April 2022 . Can You Identify This Mystery Unicode Glyph? . Hackaday . 25 August 2023.
  7. Web site: UTR #51: Unicode Emoji. Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
  8. Web site: UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51. Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
  9. Web site: UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences. The Unicode Consortium.