Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A

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Short description: Unicode character block
Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
RangeU+1FA70..U+1FAFF
(144 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsEmoji
Assigned57 code points
Unused87 reserved code points
Unicode version history
12.016 (+16)
13.057 (+41)
Note: [1][2]

Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A is a Unicode block containing emoji characters. It extends the set of symbols included in the Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs block.

All of the characters in the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block are emoji.[3][4]

Chart

Template:Unicode chart Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A

Emoji modifiers

The Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block has twelve emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of skin tones using the Fitzpatrick scale:[4]

Human emoji
U+ 1FAC3 1FAC4 1FAC5 1FAF0 1FAF1 1FAF2 1FAF3 1FAF4 1FAF5 1FAF6 1FAF7 1FAF8
emoji 🫃 🫄 🫅 🫰 🫱 🫲 🫳 🫴 🫵 🫶 🫷 🫸
FITZ-1-2 🫃🏻 🫄🏻 🫅🏻 🫰🏻 🫱🏻 🫲🏻 🫳🏻 🫴🏻 🫵🏻 🫶🏻 🫷🏻 🫸🏻
FITZ-3 🫃🏼 🫄🏼 🫅🏼 🫰🏼 🫱🏼 🫲🏼 🫳🏼 🫴🏼 🫵🏼 🫶🏼 🫷🏼 🫸🏼
FITZ-4 🫃🏽 🫄🏽 🫅🏽 🫰🏽 🫱🏽 🫲🏽 🫳🏽 🫴🏽 🫵🏽 🫶🏽 🫷🏽 🫸🏽
FITZ-5 🫃🏾 🫄🏾 🫅🏾 🫰🏾 🫱🏾 🫲🏾 🫳🏾 🫴🏾 🫵🏾 🫶🏾 🫷🏾 🫸🏾
FITZ-6 🫃🏿 🫄🏿 🫅🏿 🫰🏿 🫱🏿 🫲🏿 🫳🏿 🫴🏿 🫵🏿 🫶🏿 🫷🏿 🫸🏿

Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs and Transport and Map Symbols.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A block:

References