Unicode blocks (308)

Basic Latin

Block number: 1

Characters in block: 128
Latin 1 supplement

Block number: 2

Characters in block: 128
Latin extended A

Block number: 3

Characters in block: 128
Latin extended B

Block number: 4

Characters in block: 208
Ipa extensions

Block number: 5

Characters in block: 96
Spacing modifier letters

Block number: 6

Characters in block: 80
Combing diacritical marks

Block number: 7

Characters in block: 112
Greek

Block number: 8

Characters in block: 144
Cyrillic

Block number: 9

Characters in block: 256
Armenian

Block number: 10

Characters in block: 96
Hebrew

Block number: 11

Characters in block: 112
Arabic

Block number: 12

Characters in block: 256
Syriac

Block number: 13

Characters in block: 80
Thaana

Block number: 14

Characters in block: 64
Devanagari

Block number: 15

Characters in block: 128
Bengali

Block number: 16

Characters in block: 128
Gurmukhi

Block number: 17

Characters in block: 128
Gujarati

Block number: 18

Characters in block: 128
Oriya

Block number: 19

Characters in block: 128
Tamil

Block number: 20

Characters in block: 128
Telugu

Block number: 21

Characters in block: 128
Kannada

Block number: 22

Characters in block: 128
Malayalam

Block number: 23

Characters in block: 128
Sinhala

Block number: 24

Characters in block: 128
Thai

Block number: 25

Characters in block: 128
Lao

Block number: 26

Characters in block: 128
Tibetan

Block number: 27

Characters in block: 256
Myanmar

Block number: 28

Characters in block: 160
Georgian

Block number: 29

Characters in block: 96
Hangul Jamo

Block number: 30

Characters in block: 256
Ethiopic

Block number: 31

Characters in block: 384
Cherokee

Block number: 32

Characters in block: 96
Unified Canadian aboriginal syllabics

Block number: 33

Characters in block: 640
Ogham

Block number: 34

Characters in block: 32
Runic

Block number: 35

Characters in block: 96
Khmer

Block number: 36

Characters in block: 128
Mongolian

Block number: 37

Characters in block: 176
Latin extended additional

Block number: 38

Characters in block: 256
Greek extended

Block number: 39

Characters in block: 256
General punctuation

Block number: 40

Characters in block: 112
Superscripts and subscripts

Block number: 41

Characters in block: 48
Currency symbols

Block number: 42

Characters in block: 48
Combining marks for symbols

Block number: 43

Characters in block: 48
Letterlike symbols

Block number: 44

Characters in block: 80
Number forms

Block number: 45

Characters in block: 64
Arrows

Block number: 46

Characters in block: 112
Mathematical operators

Block number: 47

Characters in block: 256
Miscellaneous technical

Block number: 48

Characters in block: 256
Control pictures

Block number: 49

Characters in block: 64
Optical character recognition

Block number: 50

Characters in block: 32
Enclosed alphanumerics

Block number: 51

Characters in block: 160
Box drawing

Block number: 52

Characters in block: 128
Block elements

Block number: 53

Characters in block: 32
Geometric shapes

Block number: 54

Characters in block: 96
Miscellaneous symbols

Block number: 55

Characters in block: 256
Dingbats

Block number: 56

Characters in block: 192
Braille patterns

Block number: 57

Characters in block: 256
CJK radical supplement

Block number: 58

Characters in block: 128
Kangxi radicals

Block number: 59

Characters in block: 224
Ideographic description characters

Block number: 60

Characters in block: 16
CJK symbols and punctuation

Block number: 61

Characters in block: 64
Hiragana

Block number: 62

Characters in block: 96
Katakana

Block number: 63

Characters in block: 96
Bopomofo

Block number: 64

Characters in block: 48
Hangul compatibility jamo

Block number: 65

Characters in block: 96
Kanbun

Block number: 66

Characters in block: 16
Bopomofo extended

Block number: 67

Characters in block: 32
Enclosed CJK letters and months

Block number: 68

Characters in block: 256
CJK compatibility

Block number: 69

Characters in block: 256
CJK unified ideographs extension A

Block number: 70

Characters in block: 6592
CJK unified ideographs

Block number: 71

Characters in block: 20992
Yi syllables

Block number: 72

Characters in block: 1168
Yi radicals

Block number: 73

Characters in block: 64
Hangul syllables

Block number: 74

Characters in block: 11184
High surrogates

Block number: 75

Characters in block: 896
High private use surrogates

Block number: 76

Characters in block: 128
Low surrogates

Block number: 77

Characters in block: 1024
Private use

Block number: 78

Characters in block: 6400
CJK compatibility ideographs

Block number: 79

Characters in block: 512
Alphabetic presentation

Block number: 80

Characters in block: 80
Arabic presentation forms A

Block number: 81

Characters in block: 688
Combining half marks

Block number: 82

Characters in block: 16
CJK compatibility forms

Block number: 83

Characters in block: 32
Small form variants

Block number: 84

Characters in block: 32
Arabic presentation forms B

Block number: 85

Characters in block: 144
Specials

Block number: 86

Characters in block: 16
Halfwidth and fullwidth forms

Block number: 87

Characters in block: 240
Old Italic

Block number: 88

Characters in block: 48
Gothic

Block number: 89

Characters in block: 32
Deseret

Block number: 90

Characters in block: 80
Byzantine musical symbols

Block number: 91

Characters in block: 256
Musical symbols

Block number: 92

Characters in block: 256
Mathematical alphanumeric symbols

Block number: 93

Characters in block: 1024
CJK unified ideographs extension B

Block number: 94

Characters in block: 42720
CJK compatibility ideographs supplement

Block number: 95

Characters in block: 544
Tags

Block number: 96

Characters in block: 128
Cyrillic supplementary

Block number: 97

Characters in block: 48
Tagalog

Block number: 98

Characters in block: 32
Hanunoo

Block number: 99

Characters in block: 32
Buhid

Block number: 100

Characters in block: 32
Tagbanwa

Block number: 101

Characters in block: 32
Miscellaneous mathematical symbols A

Block number: 102

Characters in block: 48
Supplemental arrows A

Block number: 103

Characters in block: 16
Supplemental arrows B

Block number: 104

Characters in block: 128
Miscellaneous mathematical symbol B

Block number: 105

Characters in block: 128
Supplemental mathematical operators

Block number: 106

Characters in block: 256
Katakana phonetic extensions

Block number: 107

Characters in block: 16
Variation selectors

Block number: 108

Characters in block: 16
Supplementary private use area A

Block number: 109

Characters in block: 65536
Supplementary private use area B

Block number: 110

Characters in block: 65535
Limbu

Block number: 111

Characters in block: 80
Tai Le

Block number: 112

Characters in block: 48
Khmer symbols

Block number: 113

Characters in block: 32
Phonetic extensions

Block number: 114

Characters in block: 128
Miscellaneous symbols and arrows

Block number: 115

Characters in block: 256
Yijing hexagram symbols

Block number: 116

Characters in block: 64
Linear B syllabary

Block number: 117

Characters in block: 128
Linear B ideograms

Block number: 118

Characters in block: 128
Aegean numbers

Block number: 119

Characters in block: 64
Ugaritic

Block number: 120

Characters in block: 32
Shavian

Block number: 121

Characters in block: 48
Osmanya

Block number: 122

Characters in block: 48
Cypriot syllabary

Block number: 123

Characters in block: 64
Tai Xuan Jing symbols

Block number: 124

Characters in block: 96
Variation selectors supplement

Block number: 125

Characters in block: 240
Ancient Greek musical notation

Block number: 126

Characters in block: 80
Ancient Greek numbers

Block number: 127

Characters in block: 80
Arabic supplement

Block number: 128

Characters in block: 48
Buginese

Block number: 129

Characters in block: 32
CJK strokes

Block number: 130

Characters in block: 48
Combining diacritical marks supplement

Block number: 131

Characters in block: 64
Coptic

Block number: 132

Characters in block: 128
Ethiopic extended

Block number: 133

Characters in block: 96
Ethiopic supplement

Block number: 134

Characters in block: 32
Georgian supplement

Block number: 135

Characters in block: 48
Glagolitic

Block number: 136

Characters in block: 96
Kharoshthi

Block number: 137

Characters in block: 96
Modifier tone letters

Block number: 138

Characters in block: 32
New Tai Lue

Block number: 139

Characters in block: 96
Old Persian

Block number: 140

Characters in block: 64
Phonetic extensions supplement

Block number: 141

Characters in block: 64
Supplemental punctuation

Block number: 142

Characters in block: 128
Syloti Nagri

Block number: 143

Characters in block: 48
Tifinagh

Block number: 144

Characters in block: 80
Verical forms

Block number: 145

Characters in block: 16
Nko

Block number: 146

Characters in block: 64
Balinese

Block number: 147

Characters in block: 128
Latin extended C

Block number: 148

Characters in block: 32
Latin extended D

Block number: 149

Characters in block: 224
Phags Pa

Block number: 150

Characters in block: 64
Phoenician

Block number: 151

Characters in block: 32
Cuneiform

Block number: 152

Characters in block: 1024
Cuneiform numbers and punctuation

Block number: 153

Characters in block: 128
Counting Rod numerals

Block number: 154

Characters in block: 32
Sundanese

Block number: 155

Characters in block: 64
Lepcha

Block number: 156

Characters in block: 80
Ol Chiki

Block number: 157

Characters in block: 48
Cyrillic extended A

Block number: 158

Characters in block: 32
Vai

Block number: 159

Characters in block: 320
Cyrillic extended B

Block number: 160

Characters in block: 96
Saurashtra

Block number: 161

Characters in block: 96
Kayah Li

Block number: 162

Characters in block: 48
Rejang

Block number: 163

Characters in block: 48
Cham

Block number: 164

Characters in block: 96
Ancient symbols

Block number: 165

Characters in block: 64
Phaistos disc

Block number: 166

Characters in block: 48
Lycian

Block number: 167

Characters in block: 32
Carian

Block number: 168

Characters in block: 64
Lydian

Block number: 169

Characters in block: 32
Mahjong tiles

Block number: 170

Characters in block: 48
Domino tiles

Block number: 171

Characters in block: 112
Samaritan

Block number: 172

Characters in block: 64
Unified Canadian aboriginal syllabics extended

Block number: 173

Characters in block: 80
Tai Tham

Block number: 174

Characters in block: 144
Vedic extension

Block number: 175

Characters in block: 48
Lisu

Block number: 176

Characters in block: 48
Bamum

Block number: 177

Characters in block: 96
Common Indic number forms

Block number: 178

Characters in block: 16
Devanagari extended

Block number: 179

Characters in block: 32
Hangul Jamo extended A

Block number: 180

Characters in block: 32
Javanese

Block number: 181

Characters in block: 96
Myanmar extended A

Block number: 182

Characters in block: 32
Tai Viet

Block number: 183

Characters in block: 96
Meetei Mayek

Block number: 184

Characters in block: 64
Hangul Jamo extended B

Block number: 185

Characters in block: 80
Imperial Aramaic

Block number: 186

Characters in block: 32
Old South Arabian

Block number: 187

Characters in block: 32
Avestan

Block number: 188

Characters in block: 64
Inscriptional Parthian

Block number: 189

Characters in block: 32
Inscriptional Pahlavi

Block number: 190

Characters in block: 32
Old Turkic

Block number: 191

Characters in block: 80
Rumi numeral symbols

Block number: 192

Characters in block: 32
Kaithi

Block number: 193

Characters in block: 80
Egyptian hieroglyphs

Block number: 194

Characters in block: 1072
Enclosed alphanumeric supplement

Block number: 195

Characters in block: 256
Enclosed ideographic supplement

Block number: 196

Characters in block: 256
CJK unified ideographs extension C

Block number: 197

Characters in block: 4160
Mandaic

Block number: 198

Characters in block: 32
Batak

Block number: 199

Characters in block: 64
Ethiopic extended A

Block number: 200

Characters in block: 48
Brahmi

Block number: 201

Characters in block: 128
Bamum supplement

Block number: 202

Characters in block: 576
Kana supplement

Block number: 203

Characters in block: 256
Playing cards

Block number: 204

Characters in block: 96
Miscellaneous symbols and pictographs

Block number: 205

Characters in block: 768
Emoticons

Block number: 206

Characters in block: 80
Transport and map symbols

Block number: 207

Characters in block: 128
Alchemical symbols

Block number: 208

Characters in block: 128
CJK unified ideographs extension D

Block number: 209

Characters in block: 224
Arabic extended A

Block number: 210

Characters in block: 96
Arabic mathematical alphabetic symbols

Block number: 211

Characters in block: 256
Chakma

Block number: 212

Characters in block: 80
Meetei Mayek extensions

Block number: 213

Characters in block: 32
Meroitic cursive

Block number: 214

Characters in block: 96
Meroitic hieroglyphs

Block number: 215

Characters in block: 32
Miao

Block number: 216

Characters in block: 160
Sharada

Block number: 217

Characters in block: 96
Sora Sompeng

Block number: 218

Characters in block: 48
Sundanese supplement

Block number: 219

Characters in block: 16
Takri

Block number: 220

Characters in block: 80
Bassa Vah

Block number: 221

Characters in block: 48
Caucasian Albanian

Block number: 222

Characters in block: 64
Coptic Epact numbers

Block number: 223

Characters in block: 32
Combining diacritical marks extended

Block number: 224

Characters in block: 80
Duployan

Block number: 225

Characters in block: 160
Elbasan

Block number: 226

Characters in block: 48
Geometric shapes extended

Block number: 227

Characters in block: 128
Grantha

Block number: 228

Characters in block: 128
Khojki

Block number: 229

Characters in block: 80
Khudawadi

Block number: 230

Characters in block: 80
Latin extended E

Block number: 231

Characters in block: 64
Linear A

Block number: 232

Characters in block: 384
Mahajani

Block number: 233

Characters in block: 48
Manichaean

Block number: 234

Characters in block: 64
Mende Kikakui

Block number: 235

Characters in block: 224
Modi

Block number: 236

Characters in block: 96
Mro

Block number: 237

Characters in block: 48
Myanmar extended B

Block number: 238

Characters in block: 32
Nabataean

Block number: 239

Characters in block: 48
Old North Arabian

Block number: 240

Characters in block: 32
Old Permic

Block number: 241

Characters in block: 48
Ornamental Dingbats

Block number: 242

Characters in block: 48
Pahawh Hmong

Block number: 243

Characters in block: 144
Palmyrene

Block number: 244

Characters in block: 32
Pau Cin Hau

Block number: 245

Characters in block: 64
Psalter Pahlavi

Block number: 246

Characters in block: 48
Shorthand format controls

Block number: 247

Characters in block: 16
Siddham

Block number: 248

Characters in block: 128
Sinhala archaic numbers

Block number: 249

Characters in block: 32
Supplemental arrows C

Block number: 250

Characters in block: 256
Tirhuta

Block number: 251

Characters in block: 96
Warang Citi

Block number: 252

Characters in block: 96
253

Block number: 253

Characters in block: 64
254

Block number: 254

Characters in block: 640
255

Block number: 255

Characters in block: 80
256

Block number: 256

Characters in block: 5776
257

Block number: 257

Characters in block: 208
258

Block number: 258

Characters in block: 32
259

Block number: 259

Characters in block: 48
260

Block number: 260

Characters in block: 128
261

Block number: 261

Characters in block: 256
262

Block number: 262

Characters in block: 688
263

Block number: 263

Characters in block: 96
264

Block number: 264

Characters in block: 112
265

Block number: 265

Characters in block: 16
266

Block number: 266

Characters in block: 48
267

Block number: 267

Characters in block: 32
268

Block number: 268

Characters in block: 80
269

Block number: 269

Characters in block: 32
270

Block number: 270

Characters in block: 128
271

Block number: 271

Characters in block: 80
272

Block number: 272

Characters in block: 6144
273

Block number: 273

Characters in block: 768
274

Block number: 274

Characters in block: 7488
275

Block number: 275

Characters in block: 48
276

Block number: 276

Characters in block: 96
277

Block number: 277

Characters in block: 400
278

Block number: 278

Characters in block: 96
279

Block number: 279

Characters in block: 16
280

Block number: 280

Characters in block: 80
281

Block number: 281

Characters in block: 112
282

Block number: 282

Characters in block: 80
283

Block number: 283

Characters in block: 48
284

Block number: 284

Characters in block: 80
285

Block number: 285

Characters in block: 64
286

Block number: 286

Characters in block: 80
287

Block number: 287

Characters in block: 32
288

Block number: 288

Characters in block: 32
289

Block number: 289

Characters in block: 96
290

Block number: 290

Characters in block: 48
291

Block number: 291

Characters in block: 64
292

Block number: 292

Characters in block: 16
293

Block number: 293

Characters in block: 32
294

Block number: 294

Characters in block: 96
295

Block number: 295

Characters in block: 80
296

Block number: 296

Characters in block: 80
297

Block number: 297

Characters in block: 64
298

Block number: 298

Characters in block: 144
299

Block number: 299

Characters in block: 64
300

Block number: 300

Characters in block: 64
301

Block number: 301

Characters in block: 48
302

Block number: 302

Characters in block: 4944
303

Block number: 303

Characters in block: 96
304

Block number: 304

Characters in block: 512
305

Block number: 305

Characters in block: 16
306

Block number: 306

Characters in block: 256
307

Block number: 307

Characters in block: 144
308

Block number: 308

Characters in block: 64

A standardized system for displaying characters and symbols from different scripts and writing systems used all over the world is known as Unicode. Computers can display and handle text in various languages and writing systems because it gives each character a special number, known as a code point.

Each block of code points that makes up Unicode is assigned to a particular script or collection of symbols. The Basic Latin block, which contains the ASCII characters used in English, and the Greek and Coptic block, which contains characters used in the Greek alphabet, are two of the most well-known blocks.

In response to growing demand for a global character encoding that could accommodate a variety of languages and scripts, Unicode was initially created in the late 1980s and early 1990s. To manage the creation and upkeep of the Unicode standard, a non-profit organization was founded called the Unicode Consortium.

Today, a large number of operating systems, programs, and websites use Unicode as the default text encoding, making it feasible for users to interchange text written in many languages and scripts without running into compatibility issues.

In conclusion, Unicode blocks are incredibly important to the Unicode standard because they let computers interact with text written in many scripts and languages by grouping thousands of characters and symbols into manageable groups. Unicode continues to be essential to the internationalization of information technology thanks to its widespread adoption and expanding library of characters and symbols.