Variation Selectors (Unicode block)

Variation Selectors
Range	U+FE00..U+FE0F (16 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Inherited
Assigned	16 code points
Unused	0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.2	16 (+16)
Note: [1][2]

Variation Selectors is a Unicode block containing 16 Variation Selector format characters (designated VS1 through VS16). They are used to specify a specific glyph variant for a Unicode character. They are currently used to specify standardized variation sequences for mathematical symbols, emoji symbols, 'Phags-pa letters, and CJK unified ideographs corresponding to CJK compatibility ideographs. At present only standardized variation sequences with VS1, VS2, VS3, VS15 and VS16 have been defined.^[3]

Variation Selectors^[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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9

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C

D

E

F

U+FE0x

VS  1

VS  2

VS  3

VS  4

VS  5

VS  6

VS  7

VS  8

VS  9

VS  10

VS  11

VS  12

VS  13

VS  14

VS  15

VS  16

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 9.0

See also

• Variation Selectors Supplement (Unicode block)

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
3. "StandardizedVariants.txt". Unicode Consortium. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2016-08-28.