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 ⋯)
70 +0 ⊕ # 0+ already in use
75 0% ⦼ # no circled percent, but close
79 0! ⦶ # no circled exclamation mark
81 0T ⍉ # circle backslash = APL Transpose
83 *0 ⍟ # circle star, 0* is asterisk
89 *f ϕ # stroked f* symbol
90 *p ϖ # omega p* symbol
91 *k ϗ # k* abbreviation
92 *R ϱ # tailed r* symbol
93 *h ϑ # script h* symbol
94 .1 ․ # obvious location, even though ‥ and … are at inconsistent .. and 3:
98 :* ☃ # unicodesnowmanforyou.com
100 0q ◕ # quarter not black, completes sequence 0m 0q 0R 0Q 0M
108 # control/modifier keys
109 >I ⇥ # tab = Ctrl-I (also arrow-to-bar lookalike)
111 <X ⌫ # erase left (bs)
112 X> ⌦ # erase right (del)
114 aV ⎀ # insertation, commonly represented as a with caron below (V)
115 88 ⌘ # command (apple, windows, super)
117 CO ⎄ # composition (shift+altgr)
119 +! ⇧ # white arrow (shift); like =!
120 Cr ↵ # ↵ (carriage return); CR in use for actual control
122 # software command icons
123 Cv 📋 # clipboard (Ctrl-V)
124 Cs 💾 # floppy (Ctrl-S)
125 Cl 📂 # open file (Ctrl-L/O but co in use)
126 Cn 🗋 # empty document (Ctrl-N)
127 Cp 🖶 # print (Ctrl-P)
128 -O 🔎 # magnifying glass (search/details)
132 <3 ♥ # rfc has trigraph cH-
133 :) ☺ # easy alias to 0u
135 FU 🖕 # common abbreviation for middle finger
136 #88 ∞ # alias to 00, prefer lookalike ⌘
143 >- ☮ # peace; yahoo :)>-
144 %) ☯ # yin yang; yahoo (%)
145 !P ⚐ # flag; yahoo **==
146 bd 👍 # thumbsup; ms (Y) yahoo :-bd github :+1:
147 pq 👎 # thumbsdown; ms (N) yahoo :-q github :-1:
148 /m ✊ # fist; gmail \m/
149 C) ☕ # coffee; ms (c) yahoo ~O)
150 ~@ 💩 # poo; gmail ~@~
151 +O 🍎 # apple (also private U+F8FF)
152 X) ❖ # turned microsoft logo (similar to ms (xx) xbox logo)
154 :o 😲 # astonished; ms surprised
155 :D 😃 # open mouth :smiley:
156 B) 😎 # sunglasses; cool; ms (H)
159 #:! 😞 # disappointed; ms :|
160 :! 😐 # neutral; gmail straight :-| yahoo straight :|
161 :/ 😕 # confused; gmail slant :-/ twitch undecided :/
162 :s 😖 # confounded; wordpress :? ms confused :s skype worried :s
163 :P 😝 # tongue; literally 😛
164 8O 😲 # astonished; ms/wordpress shocked 8O
165 >) 😈 # devil; gmail }:-) yahoo >:) facebook 3:)
166 >( 😠 # angry; ms :@ yahoo/skype X( facebook >:( twitch >(
167 :x 😚 # kissing; gmail :* or :-x (mad in ms)
168 :z 😴 # sleeping; twitch bored :z (sleepy 😪 tired 😫)
171 :@ 🐷 # pig; gmail :(:) ms yahoo :@)
172 #:3 🐱 # cat; ms (@) facebook/skype :3 (already in use, as is :X)
173 :> 🐔 # chicken; yahoo ~:>
174 <) 🐧 # penguin; facebook <(")
176 # obvious line drawing gaps
180 dD ╷ # goddamn! stupid arabic dad got there first
189 2- ╌ # exactly like to 3 and 4
193 BF ╳ # FD and BD combined; FB already in use
196 HW Ƕ # HV conflicts with vh line drawing
200 # old/middle english (uncommon)
201 WY Ƿ # replaced by UU, later W
206 s2 ʃ # can't use sh, keep es for subscript; no S-hook since (retroflex) hook is at S;
207 #S2 Ʃ # derived uppercase, not ipa; occupied by SHIFT-TWO control
208 l2 ɬ # only belt, but same place of articulation as r2 s2 d2
212 !C ǀ # corresponding zulu letter
213 !Q ǃ # idem; !. for lookalike (previously ʗ)
214 !X ǁ # idem; !/ for lookalike (previously ʖ)
215 !A ǂ # Alveolar; !- looks alike, != even more so but already occupied
217 !R ‼ # Retroflex (or Repeated); !! looks alike but occupied
219 R! Ȑ # no R-grave; double down
221 S! Ș # no S-grave; comma in use for cedilla, so misusing grave seems only fair
223 T! Ț # no T-grave; like S!
228 #es ₑ #TODO: move esh
241 #ts ₜ # both ts and Ts in use for Ћ
246 # superscripts (modifier letters)
247 AS ᵃ # alef was first for aS
252 #fS ᶠ # both fS and FS in use
260 #nS ⁿ # already present
273 # capital superscripts; avoid as most *S are in use
294 # expected but missing
297 #A0 Ǻ # normal A-ring already provided by AA
306 Y- Ȳ # conflicts with vim alternative for yen
308 'i ͺ # spacing iota subscript (like "i for combining)
311 Ac ℀ # prefer common A-smallcap for ac
312 As ℁ # prefer common a-subscript for as
313 cu ℆ # co ís present though
321 a" ǟ # a1 # long umlauted, very similar to double acute
323 jo ё # io # consistent with ja/ju
327 Z1 Ʒ # ED # doesn't make sense, put it with S1
328 z1 ʒ # ed # not in vim
329 =Y ¥ # Ye # also Y- in vim
349 l- ƚ # not really a macron, but wouldn't really make sense anyway otherwise
361 # middle tilde #XXX: not tilde above
366 ##n? ᵰ # already a tilde above
374 # not used all that much, better leave x) free
381 #I) Ȋ # )I exists, but should not confuse
391 # usage is similar to inverted breve, just as rare
414 #D2 Ɗ # in use by control char
420 F, Ƒ # described as hook, but similar to cedilla
421 f, ƒ # replaces more specialised f( and Fl, unified nowadays
424 H2 Ɦ # different hook from lowercase
426 HG Ꜧ # similar to NG, distinct from ꞕ ḩ ⱨ
436 #P2 Ƥ # in use by control char
453 Y; Ƴ # not a hook below, but Y2 hook above is already present
455 Z, Ȥ # prefer cedilla similarity like F,
459 # curls (9 is mostly free because horns are so rare)
462 j9 ʝ # crossed-tail actually
472 #2/ ƻ # rarely used, and double dash is far more logical
480 # turned/inverted (trailing I is uncommon for lowercase, and already used thusly for !I, ?I and NI)
484 #EI Ǝ # would be confusing, as it's not uppercase schwa eI
485 eI ə # schwa, not turned E (latter is very uncommon)
497 #nI ᴎ # reversed capital N, but NI already in use
499 #RI ᴚ # conflicts with RI control char
508 oE ɶ # Oe also available, but E looks capital
510 Ap ɒ #XXX Ao? (AO in use)
523 Op ɤ #XXX oy would look alike
527 #lp ɬ #XXX: lb for 'belt'
537 mL ɰ # like rL (XXX mp?)
539 # small caps (also possible at *s)
548 # more from phonetics extensions
560 sC ꜱ # sc/Sc/SC in use
566 # hangeul jamo consonants at *J
588 # hangeul jamo vowels at *J
607 # hangeul jamo iotized vowels at *K (for Korean)
614 # eastern arabic digits (0a-9a are persian variants)
626 # common formatting control
627 ZS # ZWSP; capitals like other Cc
628 ZN # ZWNJ; less obvious alt: 'Z
629 ZW # ZWJ; ZJ somewhy used for tsadi; less obvious alt: "Z
631 RL # RLM; keep rl for ɼ
634 # under development or temporary
637 $PR ► # current PR should be TR
638 $PL ◄ # current PL should be TL
639 $XX ✘ # current XX should be xx
640 $OK ✔ # current OK should be ok
641 $'> ˆ # where to put ^?
642 $'? ˜ # where to put ~?
644 $?" ΅ # tonos+dialytika
667 # rfc (incorrectly?) maps double to heavy