Javanese
The Javanese script, natively known as Aksara Jawa and Hanacaraka, is an abugida developed by the Javanese people to write several languages spoken in Indonesia. It has 20 signs for consonants (which by default mean syllables ending with 'a'):
ha, na, ca, ra, ka da, ta, sa, wa, la pa, dha, ja, ya, nya ma, ga, ba, tha, nga
Primarily there was an early form of Javanese called Kawi, as well as the liturgical language Sanskrit. The script is a descendant of the Brahmi script, that's why it has many similarities with the modern scripts of South and Southeast Asia.
The Javanese script, along with the Balinese script, is considered the most elaborate and ornate among Brahmic scripts of Southeast Asia. I mean look at these marvellous ornaments and decorations: ꧁ ꧂ Wonderful!
When was the Javanese alphabet popular? The script was widely used by the court scribes of Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Numerous efforts to standardize the script were made in the late 19th to early 20th-century, with the invention of the script's first metal type and the development of concise orthographic guidelines. However, further development was halted abruptly during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia in which its use was prohibited, and the script's use has since declined. Today, the Javanese script has been largely replaced by the Latin alphabet.
Properties
| Range | A980–A9DF |
| Characters | 96 |
Various signs
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ꦀA980Javanese Sign Panyangga
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ꦁA981Javanese Sign Cecak
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ꦂA982Javanese Sign Layar
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ꦃA983Javanese Sign Wignyan
Letters
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ꦄA984Javanese Letter A
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ꦅA985Javanese Letter I Kawi
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ꦆA986Javanese Letter I
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ꦇA987Javanese Letter Ii
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ꦈA988Javanese Letter U
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ꦉA989Javanese Letter Pa Cerek
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ꦊA98AJavanese Letter Nga Lelet
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ꦋA98BJavanese Letter Nga Lelet Raswadi
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ꦌA98CJavanese Letter E
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ꦍA98DJavanese Letter Ai
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ꦎA98EJavanese Letter O
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ꦏA98FJavanese Letter Ka
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ꦐA990Javanese Letter Ka Sasak
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ꦑA991Javanese Letter Ka Murda
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ꦒA992Javanese Letter Ga
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ꦓA993Javanese Letter Ga Murda
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ꦔA994Javanese Letter Nga
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ꦕA995Javanese Letter Ca
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ꦖA996Javanese Letter Ca Murda
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ꦗA997Javanese Letter Ja
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ꦘA998Javanese Letter Nya Murda
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ꦙA999Javanese Letter Ja Mahaprana
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ꦚA99AJavanese Letter Nya
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ꦛA99BJavanese Letter Tta
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ꦜA99CJavanese Letter Tta Mahaprana
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ꦝA99DJavanese Letter Dda
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ꦞA99EJavanese Letter Dda Mahaprana
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ꦟA99FJavanese Letter Na Murda
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ꦠA9A0Javanese Letter Ta
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ꦡA9A1Javanese Letter Ta Murda
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ꦢA9A2Javanese Letter Da
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ꦣA9A3Javanese Letter Da Mahaprana
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ꦤA9A4Javanese Letter Na
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ꦥA9A5Javanese Letter Pa
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ꦦA9A6Javanese Letter Pa Murda
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ꦧA9A7Javanese Letter Ba
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ꦨA9A8Javanese Letter Ba Murda
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ꦩA9A9Javanese Letter Ma
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ꦪA9AAJavanese Letter Ya
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ꦫA9ABJavanese Letter Ra
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ꦬA9ACJavanese Letter Ra Agung
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ꦭA9ADJavanese Letter La
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ꦮA9AEJavanese Letter Wa
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ꦯA9AFJavanese Letter Sa Murda
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ꦰA9B0Javanese Letter Sa Mahaprana
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ꦱA9B1Javanese Letter Sa
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ꦲA9B2Javanese Letter Ha
Sign
Dependent vowel signs
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ꦴA9B4Javanese Vowel Sign Tarung
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ꦵA9B5Javanese Vowel Sign Tolong
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ꦶA9B6Javanese Vowel Sign Wulu
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ꦷA9B7Javanese Vowel Sign Wulu Melik
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ꦸA9B8Javanese Vowel Sign Suku
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ꦹA9B9Javanese Vowel Sign Suku Mendut
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ꦺA9BAJavanese Vowel Sign Taling
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ꦻA9BBJavanese Vowel Sign Dirga Mure
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ꦼA9BCJavanese Vowel Sign Pepet
Dependent consonant signs
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ꦽA9BDJavanese Consonant Sign Keret
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ꦾA9BEJavanese Consonant Sign Pengkal
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ꦿA9BFJavanese Consonant Sign Cakra
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Punctuation
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꧁A9C1Javanese Left Rerenggan
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꧂A9C2Javanese Right Rerenggan
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꧃A9C3Javanese Pada Andap
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꧄A9C4Javanese Pada Madya
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꧅A9C5Javanese Pada Luhur
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꧆A9C6Javanese Pada Windu
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꧇A9C7Javanese Pada Pangkat
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꧈A9C8Javanese Pada Lingsa
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꧉A9C9Javanese Pada Lungsi
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꧊A9CAJavanese Pada Adeg
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꧋A9CBJavanese Pada Adeg Adeg
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꧌A9CCJavanese Pada Piseleh
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꧍A9CDJavanese Turned Pada Piseleh
Syllable reduplicator
Digits
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꧐A9D0Javanese Digit Zero
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꧑A9D1Javanese Digit One
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꧒A9D2Javanese Digit Two
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꧓A9D3Javanese Digit Three
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꧔A9D4Javanese Digit Four
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꧕A9D5Javanese Digit Five
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꧖A9D6Javanese Digit Six
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꧗A9D7Javanese Digit Seven
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꧘A9D8Javanese Digit Eight
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꧙A9D9Javanese Digit Nine
Ellipsis marks
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0: Basic Multilingual Plane
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Basic Latin0000–007F
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Telugu0C00–0C7F
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Geometric Shapes25A0–25FF
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Katakana Phonetic Extensions31F0–31FF
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LisuA4D0–A4FF
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VaiA500–A63F
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JavaneseA980–A9DF
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ChamAA00–AA5F
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Linear B Syllabary10000–1007F
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Aegean Numbers10100–1013F
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Avestan10B00–10B3F
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Hanifi Rohingya10D00–10D3F
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Old Sogdian10F00–10F2F
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Old Uyghur10F70–10FAF
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Elymaic10FE0–10FFF
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Brahmi11000–1107F
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Kaithi11080–110CF
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Sora Sompeng110D0–110FF
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Chakma11100–1114F
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Mahajani11150–1117F
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Sharada11180–111DF
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Sinhala Archaic Numbers111E0–111FF
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Khojki11200–1124F
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Multani11280–112AF
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Khudawadi112B0–112FF
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Newa11400–1147F
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Tirhuta11480–114DF
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Takri11680–116CF
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Myanmar Extended-C116D0–116FF
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Ahom11700–1174F
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Warang Citi118A0–118FF
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Gunjala Gondi11D60–11DAF
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Tolong Siki11DB0–11DEF
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Makasar11EE0–11EFF
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Kawi11F00–11F5F
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Lisu Supplement11FB0–11FBF
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Tamil Supplement11FC0–11FFF
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Cuneiform12000–123FF
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Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation12400–1247F
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Early Dynastic Cuneiform12480–1254F
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Cypro-Minoan12F90–12FFF
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs13000–1342F
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Anatolian Hieroglyphs14400–1467F
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Gurung Khema16100–1613F
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Bamum Supplement16800–16A3F
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Mro16A40–16A6F
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Tangsa16A70–16ACF
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Bassa Vah16AD0–16AFF
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Pahawh Hmong16B00–16B8F
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Kirat Rai16D40–16D7F
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Beria Erfe16EA0–16EDF
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Miao16F00–16F9F
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Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation16FE0–16FFF
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Tangut17000–187FF
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Kana Extended-B1AFF0–1AFFF
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Kana Supplement1B000–1B0FF
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Kana Extended-A1B100–1B12F
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Small Kana Extension1B130–1B16F
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Nushu1B170–1B2FF
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Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement1CC00–1CEBF
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Kaktovik Numerals1D2C0–1D2DF
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Mayan Numerals1D2E0–1D2FF
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Counting Rod Numerals1D360–1D37F
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Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols1D400–1D7FF
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Sutton SignWriting1D800–1DAAF
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Latin Extended-G1DF00–1DFFF
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Glagolitic Supplement1E000–1E02F
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Cyrillic Extended-D1E030–1E08F
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Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong1E100–1E14F
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Toto1E290–1E2BF
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Wancho1E2C0–1E2FF
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Nag Mundari1E4D0–1E4FF
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Ol Onal1E5D0–1E5FF
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Tai Yo1E6C0–1E6FF
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Ethiopic Extended-B1E7E0–1E7FF
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Mende Kikakui1E800–1E8DF
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Adlam1E900–1E95F
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Indic Siyaq Numbers1EC70–1ECBF
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Ottoman Siyaq Numbers1ED00–1ED4F
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Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols1EE00–1EEFF
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Mahjong Tiles1F000–1F02F
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs1F300–1F5FF
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Ornamental Dingbats1F650–1F67F
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Transport and Map Symbols1F680–1F6FF
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Alchemical Symbols1F700–1F77F
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Geometric Shapes Extended1F780–1F7FF
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Supplemental Arrows-C1F800–1F8FF
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Chess Symbols1FA00–1FA6F
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Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A1FA70–1FAFF
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Symbols for Legacy Computing1FB00–1FBFF
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2: Supplementary Ideographic Plane
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B20000–2A6DF
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F2CEB0–2EBEF
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CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement2F800–2FA1F
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