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Plane
  
BMP

Assigned
  
255 code points

Scripts
  
Common

Range
  
U+2300..U+23FF (256 code points)

Symbol sets
  
Technical APL symbols Dentistry notation

Unused
  
1 reserved code points 2 deprecated

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

Contents

  • Symbol ⌂ (HTML hexadecimal code is ⌂) represents a house or a home.
  • Symbol ⌘ (⌘) represents the Command key on Mac keyboard.
  • Symbol ⌚ (⌚) is a watch (or clock).
  • Symbol ⏏ (⏏) is the "Eject" button symbol found on electronic equipment.
  • Symbol ⏚ (⏚) is the "Earth Ground" symbol found on electrical or electronic manual, tag and equipment.

    • 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)

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

    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.

    The block has 24 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following twelve base characters: U+231A–U+231B, U+2328, U+23CF, U+23ED–U+23EF, U+23F1–U+23F2 and U+23F8–U+23FA.

    References

    Miscellaneous Technical Wikipedia
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