# common meaning of second character ! Grave " Double acute accent ' Acute accent ( Breve ) +? Inverted Breve , Cedilla - Macron . Dot Above / Stroke 0 Ring above 2 Hook 8 +? Double Grave 9 Horn 9 + Curl : Diaeresis ; Ogonek (+Retroflex Hook/Tail) < Caron > Circumflex accent ? Tilde _ Line below c + Smallcaps I + Turned S Superscript s Subscript = Cyrillic * Greek % Greek/Cyrillic special + lc: Arabic, uc: Hebrew 3 some Latin/Greek/Cyrillic letters 4 Bopomofo 5 Hiragana (also lc + a/e/i/o/u) 6 Katakana (also uc + a/e/i/o/u) J + Korean Jamo (also K) p + IPA extensions # common first character " combining diacritic ' spacing diacritic R square # currency =e € # as found in vim Eu € # as found in zsh =d ₫ =N ₦ #XXX =n for consistency? =P ₱ #XXX =p? =t ₮ K/ ₭ Rs ₨ Sq ₪ m/ ₥ # useful characters 3: … # opposite of ⋮ (more logical would be to swap with .3 ⋯) () • (> ‣ (/ ⊄ # similar to (_ )/ ⊅ # similar to )_ (+ ∉ # (- with stroke +) ∌ # -) with stroke 0X ⊗ # *X like 0. +0 ⊕ # 0+ already in use 0/ ⊘ 0- ⊖ 0* ⊛ #XXX alternatively ⍟ 0: ⨸ 0% ⦼ # no circled percent, but close 0< ⧀ 0= ⊜ 0> ⧁ 0! ⦶ # no circled exclamation mark .1 ․ # obvious location, even though ‥ and … are at inconsistent .. and 3: ?! ‽ !? ⸘ # now we have everything <3 ♥ # easy alias to trigraph cH- :) ☺ # easy alias to 0u :( ☹ ** ⁑ *3 ⁂ # obvious line drawing gaps ll ╴ rr ╶ uu ╵ dD ╷ # goddamn! stupid arabic dad got there first LL ╸ RR ╺ UU ╹ DD ╻ Hh ╾ hH ╼ Vv ╿ vV ╽ 2- ╌ # exactly like to 3 and 4 2_ ╍ 2! ╎ 2/ ╏ BF ╳ # FD and BD combined; FB already in use # additional letters sl ſ HW Ƕ # HV conflicts with vh line drawing hw ƕ db ȸ qp ȹ # old/middle english (uncommon) WY Ƿ # replaced by UU, later W wy ƿ YG Ȝ # g-derived Y yg ȝ # common ipa S1 Ʃ # can't use SH or ES s1 ʃ # can't use sh; keep es for subscript ?. ʔ ?/ ʡ # clicks !C ǀ # corresponding zulu letter !Q ǃ # idem; !. for lookalike (previously ʗ) !X ǁ # idem; !/ for lookalike (previously ʖ) !A ǂ # Alveolar; !- looks alike, != even more so but already occupied !B ʘ # Bilabial !R ‼ # Retroflex (or Repeated); !! looks alike but occupied # subscripts as ₐ #es ₑ #TODO: move esh @s ₔ hs ₕ is ᵢ js ⱼ ks ₖ ls ₗ ms ₘ ns ₙ os ₒ ps ₚ rs ᵣ Ss ₛ # ss is ß #ts ₜ # both ts and Ts in use for Ћ us ᵤ vs ᵥ xs ₓ # superscripts (modifier letters) AS ᵃ # alef was first for aS bS ᵇ CS ᶜ # cS is ♠ dS ᵈ eS ᵉ #fS ᶠ # both fS and FS in use gS ᵍ hS ʰ # ipa release iS ⁱ jS ʲ # ipa release kS ᵏ lS ˡ # ipa release mS ᵐ #nS ⁿ # already present oS ᵒ pS ᵖ rS ʳ sS ˢ tS ᵗ uS ᵘ vS ᵛ wS ʷ # ipa release xS ˣ yS ʸ zS ᶻ # capital superscripts; avoid as most *S are in use #AS ᴬ ##BS ᴮ ##DS ᴰ ##ES ᴱ ##GS ᴳ ##HS ᴴ ##IS ᴵ #JS ᴶ #KS ᴷ #LS ᴸ #MS ᴹ ##NS ᴺ ##OS ᴼ #PS ᴾ ##RS ᴿ ##TS ᵀ ##US ᵁ ##VS ⱽ #WS ᵂ # expected but missing A. Ȧ a. ȧ #A0 Ǻ # normal A-ring already provided by AA #a0 ǻ H< Ȟ h< ȟ j. ȷ O. Ȯ o. ȯ N! Ǹ n! ǹ Y- Ȳ y- ȳ 'i ͺ # spacing iota subscript (like "i for combining) =v ⇓ =! ⇑ Ac ℀ # prefer common A-smallcap for ac As ℁ # prefer common a-subscript for as cu ℆ # co ís present though 1/ ⅟ 03 ↉ 17 ⅐ 19 ⅑ 10 ⅒ # relocate a" ǟ # a1 # long umlauted, very similar to double acute A" Ǟ # A1 jo ё # io # consistent with ja/ju JO Ё # IO ji ї # yi # idem JI Ї # YI # bars and strokes A/ Ⱥ a/ ⱥ B/ Ƀ B- Ƃ b- ƃ b/ ƀ C/ Ȼ c/ ȼ E/ Ɇ e/ ɇ f/ ꞙ I/ Ɨ i/ ɨ J/ Ɉ j/ ɉ L- Ƚ l- ƚ # not really a macron, but wouldn't really make sense anyway otherwise l? ɫ # idem L? Ɫ P/ Ᵽ p/ ᵽ R/ Ɍ r/ ɍ U/ Ʉ u/ ʉ Y/ Ɏ y/ ɏ # middle tilde #XXX: not tilde above #b? ᵬ #d? ᵭ #f? ᵮ #m? ᵯ ##n? ᵰ # already a tilde above #p? ᵱ #r? ᵲ #s? ᵴ #t? ᵵ #z? ᵶ # inverted breves # not used all that much, better leave x) free #") #') #A) Ȃ #a) ȃ #E) Ȇ #e) ȇ #I) Ȋ # )I exists, but should not confuse #i) ȋ #O) Ȏ #o) ȏ #R) Ȓ #r) ȓ #U) Ȗ # )U exists #u) ȗ # double grave # usage is similar to inverted breve, just as rare #"8 #'8 #A8 Ȁ #a8 ȁ #E8 Ȅ #e8 ȅ #I8 Ȉ #i8 ȉ #O8 Ȍ #o8 ȍ #R8 Ȑ #r8 ȑ #U8 Ȕ #u8 ȕ # hooks #"2 #'2 B2 Ɓ b2 ɓ C2 Ƈ c2 ƈ #D2 Ɗ # in use by control char d2 ɗ # hook d; ɖ # R (tail) D; Ɖ E, Ȩ e, ȩ F2 Ƒ f2 ƒ # looks like a cedilla G2 Ɠ g2 ɠ h2 ɦ K2 Ƙ k2 ƙ l; ɭ # R m2 ɱ N2 Ɲ # left hook n2 ɲ n; ɳ # R #P2 Ƥ # in use by control char p2 ƥ Q; Ɋ # hook tail q; ɋ # hook tail q2 ʠ # hook R; Ɽ # R (tail) r; ɽ s; ʂ # R T2 Ƭ # hook t2 ƭ T; Ʈ # R t; ʈ V2 Ʋ v2 ʋ v; ⱱ W; Ⱳ w; ⱳ Y; Ƴ # not a hook below, but Y2 hook above is already present y; ƴ Z2 Ȥ # looks like a cedilla z2 ȥ z; ʐ # R # curls (9 is mostly free because horns are so rare) c9 ɕ d9 ȡ j9 ʝ # crossed-tail actually l9 ȴ n9 ȵ t9 ȶ v9 ⱴ z9 ʑ #S9 ʆ #Z9 ʓ # tone letters #2/ ƻ # rarely used, and double dash is far more logical %2 Ƨ 2% ƨ %6 Ƅ 6% ƅ %5 Ƽ 5% ƽ # turned/inverted (trailing I is uncommon for lowercase, and already used thusly for !I, ?I and NI) AI Ɐ aI ɐ cI ɔ # open o #EI Ǝ # would be confusing, as it's not uppercase schwa eI eI ə # schwa, not turned E (latter is very uncommon) FI Ⅎ # not a letter fI ⅎ # idem gI ᵷ hI ɥ iI ᴉ KI Ʞ kI ʞ LI Ꞁ lI ꞁ MI Ɯ mI ɯ #nI ᴎ # reversed capital N, but NI already in use rI ɹ #RI ᴚ # conflicts with RI control char TI Ʇ tI ʇ VI Ʌ vI ʌ wI ʍ yI ʎ # open/ipa vowels oE ɶ # Oe also available, but E looks capital ap ɑ #XXX ao Ap ɒ #XXX Ao? (AO in use) ep ɛ #XXX eo # Ɛ #XXX Eo or EO 3p ɜ #XXX 3o up ʊ #XXX uo # Ʊ #XXX Uo or UO # ipa (*p) #:> ː # :p #:< ˑ # .p -p 8p ɞ Ep ɘ op ɵ Op ɤ #XXX oy would look alike ?p ʕ ww ʬ gp ɡ #lp ɬ #XXX: lb for 'belt' jp ɟ lz ɮ #XXX r2 ɾ #XXX: fishhook Jp ʄ Gp ɣ rl ɼ rL ɺ rp ɻ Rp ʁ mL ɰ # like rL (XXX mp?) # small caps (also possible at *s) bc ʙ gc ɢ hc ʜ ic ɪ lc ʟ nc ɴ rc ʀ yc ʏ # more from phonetics extensions ac ᴀ cc ᴄ dc ᴅ ec ᴇ fc ꜰ jc ᴊ kc ᴋ mc ᴍ oc ᴏ pc ᴘ tc ᴛ sC ꜱ # sc/Sc/SC in use uc ᴜ vc ᴠ wc ᴡ zc ᴢ # hangeul jamo consonants at *J gJ ㄱ GJ ㄲ xJ ㄳ nJ ㄴ dJ ㄷ DJ ㄸ rJ ㄹ mJ ㅁ bJ ㅂ BJ ㅃ sJ ㅅ SJ ㅆ 0J ㅇ jJ ㅈ JJ ㅉ cJ ㅊ kJ ㅋ tJ ㅌ pJ ㅍ hJ ㅎ # hangeul jamo vowels at *J aJ ㅏ AJ ㅐ eJ ㅓ EJ ㅔ oJ ㅗ OJ ㅚ uJ ㅜ UJ ㅝ iJ ㅣ vJ ㅝ VJ ㅞ wJ ㅘ WJ ㅙ yJ ㅑ YJ ㅒ -J ㅡ # qJ? +J ㅢ # QJ? # hangeul jamo iotized vowels at *K (for Korean) uK ㅠ UK ㆌ oK ㅛ eK ㅕ EK ㅖ ### # under development or temporary # incompatible $PR ► # current PR should be TR $PL ◄ # current PL should be TL $'> ˆ # where to put ^? $'? ˜ # where to put ~? $?' ΄ # tonos $?" ΅ # tonos+dialytika $!: ῏ # psili+peris $?, ῞ # dasia+oxia $,! ῝ # dasia+varia $,' ῾ # dasia $;! ῍ # psili+varia $;' ᾿ # psili $?: ῟ # dasia+peris $?; ῎ # psili+oxia # undecided $!D ‼ # !! in use $<> ♦ $ud ↨ # UD with base $FS   # figure space $!o ϕ # Ph? $D= ₯ $vv װ $vy ױ $yy ײ $g1 ׳ $g2 ״ $lr ‎ $rl ‏ $zw ‍ # rfc (incorrectly?) maps double to heavy $vL ╡ $Vl ╢ $Dl ╖ $dL ╕ $VL ╣ $VV ║ $DL ╗ $UL ╝ $Ul ╜ $uL ╛ $vR ╞ $Vr ╟ $UR ╚ $DR ╔ $UH ╩ $DH ╦ $VR ╠ $HH ═ $VH ╬ $uH ╧ $Uh ╨ $dH ╤ $Dh ╥ $Ur ╙ $uR ╘ $dR ╒ $Dr ╓ $Vh ╫ $vH ╪