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 ⋯)
69 +0 ⊕ # 0+ already in use
72 0* ⊛ #XXX alternatively ⍟
74 0% ⦼ # no circled percent, but close
78 0! ⦶ # no circled exclamation mark
79 .1 ․ # obvious location, even though ‥ and … are at inconsistent .. and 3:
83 :* ☃ # unicodesnowmanforyou.com
85 0q ◕ # quarter not black, completes sequence 0m 0q 0R 0Q 0M
93 # control/modifier keys
94 >I ⇥ # tab = Ctrl-I (also arrow-to-bar lookalike)
96 <X ⌫ # erase left (bs)
97 X> ⌦ # erase right (del)
99 aV ⎀ # insertation, commonly represented as a with caron below (V)
100 88 ⌘ # command (apple, windows, super)
102 CO ⎄ # composition (shift+altgr)
104 +! ⇧ # white arrow (shift); like =!
105 Cr ↵ # ↵ (carriage return); CR in use for actual control
107 # software command icons
108 Cv 📋 # clipboard (Ctrl-V)
109 Cs 💾 # floppy (Ctrl-S)
110 Cl 📂 # open file (Ctrl-L/O but co in use)
111 Cn 🗋 # empty document (Ctrl-N)
112 Cp 🖶 # print (Ctrl-P)
113 -O 🔎 # magnifying glass (search/details)
117 <3 ♥ # rfc has trigraph cH-
118 :) ☺ # easy alias to 0u
120 FU 🖕 # common abbreviation for middle finger
121 #88 ∞ # alias to 00, prefer lookalike ⌘
128 >- ☮ # peace; yahoo :)>-
129 %) ☯ # yin yang; yahoo (%)
130 !P ⚐ # flag; yahoo **==
131 bd 👍 # thumbsup; ms (Y) yahoo :-bd github :+1:
132 pq 👎 # thumbsdown; ms (N) yahoo :-q github :-1:
133 /m ✊ # fist; gmail \m/
134 C) ☕ # coffee; ms (c) yahoo ~O)
135 ~@ 💩 # poo; gmail ~@~
136 +O 🍎 # apple (also private U+F8FF)
137 X) ❖ # turned microsoft logo (similar to ms (xx) xbox logo)
139 :o 😲 # astonished; ms surprised
140 :D 😃 # open mouth :smiley:
141 B) 😎 # sunglasses; cool; ms (H)
144 #:! 😞 # disappointed; ms :|
145 :! 😐 # neutral; gmail straight :-| yahoo straight :|
146 :/ 😕 # confused; gmail slant :-/ twitch undecided :/
147 :s 😖 # confounded; wordpress :? ms confused :s skype worried :s
148 :P 😝 # tongue; literally 😛
149 8O 😲 # astonished; ms/wordpress shocked 8O
150 >) 😈 # devil; gmail }:-) yahoo >:) facebook 3:)
151 >( 😠 # angry; ms :@ yahoo/skype X( facebook >:( twitch >(
152 :x 😚 # kissing; gmail :* or :-x (mad in ms)
153 :z 😴 # sleeping; twitch bored :z (sleepy 😪 tired 😫)
156 :@ 🐷 # pig; gmail :(:) ms yahoo :@)
157 #:3 🐱 # cat; ms (@) facebook/skype :3 (already in use, as is :X)
158 :> 🐔 # chicken; yahoo ~:>
159 <) 🐧 # penguin; facebook <(")
161 # obvious line drawing gaps
165 dD ╷ # goddamn! stupid arabic dad got there first
174 2- ╌ # exactly like to 3 and 4
178 BF ╳ # FD and BD combined; FB already in use
181 HW Ƕ # HV conflicts with vh line drawing
185 # old/middle english (uncommon)
186 WY Ƿ # replaced by UU, later W
191 s2 ʃ # can't use sh, keep es for subscript; no S-hook since (retroflex) hook is at S;
192 #S2 Ʃ # derived uppercase, not ipa; occupied by SHIFT-TWO control
193 l2 ɬ # only belt, but same place of articulation as r2 s2 d2
197 !C ǀ # corresponding zulu letter
198 !Q ǃ # idem; !. for lookalike (previously ʗ)
199 !X ǁ # idem; !/ for lookalike (previously ʖ)
200 !A ǂ # Alveolar; !- looks alike, != even more so but already occupied
202 !R ‼ # Retroflex (or Repeated); !! looks alike but occupied
204 R! Ȑ # no R-grave; double down
206 S! Ș # no S-grave; comma in use for cedilla, so misusing grave seems only fair
208 T! Ț # no T-grave; like S!
213 #es ₑ #TODO: move esh
226 #ts ₜ # both ts and Ts in use for Ћ
231 # superscripts (modifier letters)
232 AS ᵃ # alef was first for aS
237 #fS ᶠ # both fS and FS in use
245 #nS ⁿ # already present
258 # capital superscripts; avoid as most *S are in use
279 # expected but missing
282 #A0 Ǻ # normal A-ring already provided by AA
291 Y- Ȳ # conflicts with vim alternative for yen
293 'i ͺ # spacing iota subscript (like "i for combining)
296 Ac ℀ # prefer common A-smallcap for ac
297 As ℁ # prefer common a-subscript for as
298 cu ℆ # co ís present though
306 a" ǟ # a1 # long umlauted, very similar to double acute
308 jo ё # io # consistent with ja/ju
312 Z1 Ʒ # ED # doesn't make sense, put it with S1
313 z1 ʒ # ed # not in vim
314 =Y ¥ # Ye # also Y- in vim
334 l- ƚ # not really a macron, but wouldn't really make sense anyway otherwise
346 # middle tilde #XXX: not tilde above
351 ##n? ᵰ # already a tilde above
359 # not used all that much, better leave x) free
366 #I) Ȋ # )I exists, but should not confuse
376 # usage is similar to inverted breve, just as rare
399 #D2 Ɗ # in use by control char
405 F, Ƒ # described as hook, but similar to cedilla
406 f, ƒ # replaces more specialised f( and Fl, unified nowadays
409 H2 Ɦ # different hook from lowercase
411 HG Ꜧ # similar to NG, distinct from ꞕ ḩ ⱨ
421 #P2 Ƥ # in use by control char
438 Y; Ƴ # not a hook below, but Y2 hook above is already present
440 Z, Ȥ # prefer cedilla similarity like F,
444 # curls (9 is mostly free because horns are so rare)
447 j9 ʝ # crossed-tail actually
457 #2/ ƻ # rarely used, and double dash is far more logical
465 # turned/inverted (trailing I is uncommon for lowercase, and already used thusly for !I, ?I and NI)
469 #EI Ǝ # would be confusing, as it's not uppercase schwa eI
470 eI ə # schwa, not turned E (latter is very uncommon)
482 #nI ᴎ # reversed capital N, but NI already in use
484 #RI ᴚ # conflicts with RI control char
493 oE ɶ # Oe also available, but E looks capital
495 Ap ɒ #XXX Ao? (AO in use)
508 Op ɤ #XXX oy would look alike
512 #lp ɬ #XXX: lb for 'belt'
522 mL ɰ # like rL (XXX mp?)
524 # small caps (also possible at *s)
533 # more from phonetics extensions
545 sC ꜱ # sc/Sc/SC in use
551 # hangeul jamo consonants at *J
573 # hangeul jamo vowels at *J
592 # hangeul jamo iotized vowels at *K (for Korean)
599 # eastern arabic digits (0a-9a are persian variants)
611 # common formatting control
612 ZS # ZWSP; capitals like other Cc
613 ZN # ZWNJ; less obvious alt: 'Z
614 ZW # ZWJ; ZJ somewhy used for tsadi; less obvious alt: "Z
616 RL # RLM; keep rl for ɼ
619 # under development or temporary
622 $PR ► # current PR should be TR
623 $PL ◄ # current PL should be TL
624 $XX ✘ # current XX should be xx
625 $OK ✔ # current OK should be ok
626 $'> ˆ # where to put ^?
627 $'? ˜ # where to put ~?
629 $?" ΅ # tonos+dialytika
652 # rfc (incorrectly?) maps double to heavy