1 # common meaning of second character
17 ; Ogonek (+Retroflex Hook/Tail)
29 % Greek/Cyrillic special
30 + lc: Arabic, uc: Hebrew
31 3 some Latin/Greek/Cyrillic letters
33 5 Hiragana (also lc + a/e/i/o/u)
34 6 Katakana (also uc + a/e/i/o/u)
35 J + Korean Jamo (also K)
38 # common first character
46 #Eu € # in zsh and vim
47 =B ฿ # more like B/, but prefer that for diacritical letter
49 =g ₴ # derived from cursive g= (soundalike h= or lookalike 2= seem bad options)
53 =p ₱ # =P conflicts with vim alternative for ruble
54 =R ₹ # conflicts with vim alternative for ruble
62 3: … # opposite of ⋮ (more logical would be to swap with .3 ⋯)
64 .1 ․ # obvious location, even though ‥ and … are at inconsistent .. and 3:
68 :* ☃ # unicodesnowmanforyou.com
70 0q ◕ # quarter not black, completes sequence 0m 0q 0R 0Q 0M
72 # missing mathematical symbols
79 *+ ⋆ # apl star operator
82 *0 ⍟ # circle star, 0* is asterisk
84 +0 ⊕ # 0+ already in use
89 0% ⦼ # no circled percent, but close
93 0! ⦶ # no circled exclamation mark
95 0T ⍉ # circle backslash = APL Transpose
97 # greek-derived symbols
103 *f ϕ # stroked f* symbol
104 *p ϖ # omega p* symbol
105 *k ϗ # k* abbreviation
106 *R ϱ # tailed r* symbol
107 *h ϑ # script h* symbol
117 # control/modifier keys
118 >I ⇥ # tab = Ctrl-I (also arrow-to-bar lookalike)
120 <X ⌫ # erase left (bs)
121 X> ⌦ # erase right (del)
123 aV ⎀ # insertation, commonly represented as a with caron below (V)
124 88 ⌘ # command (apple, windows, super)
126 CO ⎄ # composition (shift+altgr)
128 +! ⇧ # white arrow (shift); like =!
129 Cr ↵ # ↵ (carriage return); CR in use for actual control
131 # software command icons
132 Cv 📋 # clipboard (Ctrl-V)
133 Cs 💾 # floppy (Ctrl-S)
134 Cl 📂 # open file (Ctrl-L/O but co in use)
135 Cn 🗋 # empty document (Ctrl-N)
136 Cp 🖶 # print (Ctrl-P)
137 -O 🔎 # magnifying glass (search/details)
141 <3 ♥ # rfc has trigraph cH-
142 :) ☺ # easy alias to 0u
144 FU 🖕 # common abbreviation for middle finger
145 #88 ∞ # alias to 00, prefer lookalike ⌘
152 >- ☮ # peace; yahoo :)>-
153 %) ☯ # yin yang; yahoo (%)
154 !P ⚐ # flag; yahoo **==
155 bd 👍 # thumbsup; ms (Y) yahoo :-bd github :+1:
156 pq 👎 # thumbsdown; ms (N) yahoo :-q github :-1:
157 /m ✊ # fist; gmail \m/
158 C) ☕ # coffee; ms (c) yahoo ~O)
159 ~@ 💩 # poo; gmail ~@~
160 +O 🍎 # apple (also private U+F8FF)
161 X) ❖ # turned microsoft logo (similar to ms (xx) xbox logo)
164 :o 😲 # astonished; ms surprised
165 :D 😃 # open mouth :smiley:
166 B) 😎 # sunglasses; cool; ms (H)
169 #:! 😞 # disappointed; ms :|
170 :! 😐 # neutral; gmail straight :-| yahoo straight :|
171 :/ 😕 # confused; gmail slant :-/ twitch undecided :/
172 :s 😖 # confounded; wordpress :? ms confused :s skype worried :s
173 :P 😝 # tongue; literally 😛
174 8O 😲 # astonished; ms/wordpress shocked 8O
175 >) 😈 # devil; gmail }:-) yahoo >:) facebook 3:)
176 >( 😠 # angry; ms :@ yahoo/skype X( facebook >:( twitch >(
177 :x 😚 # kissing; gmail :* or :-x (mad in ms)
178 :z 😴 # sleeping; twitch bored :z (sleepy 😪 tired 😫)
182 :@ 🐷 # pig; gmail :(:) ms yahoo :@)
183 #:3 🐱 # cat; ms (@) facebook/skype :3 (already in use, as is :X)
184 :> 🐔 # chicken; yahoo ~:>
185 (> 🐧 # penguin; facebook <(")
187 # obvious line drawing gaps
191 dD ╷ # goddamn! stupid arabic dad got there first
200 2- ╌ # exactly like to 3 and 4
204 BF ╳ # FD and BD combined; FB already in use
207 HW Ƕ # HV conflicts with vh line drawing
211 # old/middle english (uncommon)
212 WY Ƿ # replaced by UU, later W
217 s2 ʃ # can't use sh, keep es for subscript; no S-hook since (retroflex) hook is at S;
218 #S2 Ʃ # derived uppercase, not ipa; occupied by SHIFT-TWO control
219 l2 ɬ # only belt, but same place of articulation as r2 s2 d2
223 !C ǀ # corresponding zulu letter
224 !Q ǃ # idem; !. for lookalike (previously ʗ)
225 !X ǁ # idem; !/ for lookalike (previously ʖ)
226 !A ǂ # Alveolar; !- looks alike, != even more so but already occupied
228 !R ‼ # Retroflex (or Repeated); !! looks alike but occupied
230 R! Ȑ # no R-grave; double down
232 S! Ș # no S-grave; comma in use for cedilla, so misusing grave seems only fair
234 T! Ț # no T-grave; like S!
239 #es ₑ #TODO: move esh
252 #ts ₜ # both ts and Ts in use for Ћ
257 # superscripts (modifier letters)
258 AS ᵃ # alef was first for aS
263 #fS ᶠ # both fS and FS in use
271 #nS ⁿ # already present
284 # capital superscripts; avoid as most *S are in use
305 # expected but missing
308 #A0 Ǻ # normal A-ring already provided by AA
317 Y- Ȳ # conflicts with vim alternative for yen
319 'i ͺ # spacing iota subscript (like "i for combining)
322 Ac ℀ # prefer common A-smallcap for ac
323 As ℁ # prefer common a-subscript for as
324 cu ℆ # co ís present though
332 a" ǟ # a1 # long umlauted, very similar to double acute
334 jo ё # io # consistent with ja/ju
338 Z1 Ʒ # ED # doesn't make sense, put it with S1
339 z1 ʒ # ed # not in vim
340 =Y ¥ # Ye # also Y- in vim
360 l- ƚ # not really a macron, but wouldn't really make sense anyway otherwise
372 # middle tilde #XXX: not tilde above
377 ##n? ᵰ # already a tilde above
385 # not used all that much, better leave x) free
392 #I) Ȋ # )I exists, but should not confuse
402 # usage is similar to inverted breve, just as rare
425 #D2 Ɗ # in use by control char
431 F, Ƒ # described as hook, but similar to cedilla
432 f, ƒ # replaces more specialised f( and Fl, unified nowadays
435 H2 Ɦ # different hook from lowercase
437 HG Ꜧ # similar to NG, distinct from ꞕ ḩ ⱨ
447 #P2 Ƥ # in use by control char
464 Y; Ƴ # not a hook below, but Y2 hook above is already present
466 Z, Ȥ # prefer cedilla similarity like F,
470 # curls (9 is mostly free because horns are so rare)
473 j9 ʝ # crossed-tail actually
483 #2/ ƻ # rarely used, and double dash is far more logical
491 # turned/inverted (trailing I is uncommon for lowercase, and already used thusly for !I, ?I and NI)
495 #EI Ǝ # would be confusing, as it's not uppercase schwa eI
496 eI ə # schwa, not turned E (latter is very uncommon)
508 #nI ᴎ # reversed capital N, but NI already in use
510 #RI ᴚ # conflicts with RI control char
519 oE ɶ # Oe also available, but E looks capital
521 Ap ɒ #XXX Ao? (AO in use)
534 Op ɤ #XXX oy would look alike
538 #lp ɬ #XXX: lb for 'belt'
548 mL ɰ # like rL (XXX mp?)
559 # more from phonetics extensions
571 sC ꜱ # sc/Sc/SC in use
577 # hangeul jamo consonants at *J
599 # hangeul jamo vowels at *J
618 # hangeul jamo iotized vowels at *K (for Korean)
625 # eastern arabic digits (0a-9a are persian variants)
637 # common formatting control
638 ZS \8203 # ZWSP; capitals like other Cc
639 ZN \8204 # ZWNJ; less obvious alt: 'Z
640 ZW \8205 # ZWJ; ZJ somewhy used for tsadi; less obvious alt: "Z
642 RL \8207 # RLM; keep rl for ɼ
645 # under development or temporary
648 $PR ► # current PR should be TR
649 $PL ◄ # current PL should be TL
650 $XX ✘ # current XX should be xx
651 $OK ✔ # current OK should be ok
652 $'> ˆ # where to put ^?
653 $'? ˜ # where to put ~?
655 $?" ΅ # tonos+dialytika
677 # rfc (incorrectly?) maps double to heavy
718 $\J
\0 # LF LF \n #TODO literal newline