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== Unicode tables ==

Many articles dealing with Unicode include tables of Unicode characters. The standard form for such tables is as given in the following example:.

=== Example table ===

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|+ Unicode Table Example

{{Unicode table header|Example caption}}

! [[Character (computing)|Char]]

! Image

! Name

! [[Hexadecimal|Hex]]

! [[Decimal]]

|-

| {{Unicode|☷}}

|

| [[Ba gua (concept)|Trigram]] for Earth

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| 9783

|-

| {{Unicode|☸}}

|

| [[Dharmacakra|Wheel of Dharma]]

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| 9784

|-

| {{Unicode|☹}}

|

| White frowning face ([[Emoticon]])

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| 9785

|-

| {{Unicode|☺}}

|

| White smiling face ([[Emoticon]])

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=== Legend ===

:''A copy of this legend, or something like it, will be linked from or displayed with all Unicode tables, once we figure out exactly how that should be done.''

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The Char column shows how the Unicode character would look in your browser when in an article. You can copy-and-paste the character from there. The Image column shows the standard image of the character, for comparison. Name is the Unicode name of the character. Hex and Decimal are the numeric code point for the character in the Unicode character set. The "U+" prefix in the Hex column is from the Unicode standard. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Typography/Unicode for further details

! Char

| The literal character. If your computer lacks [[Help:Special characters|Unicode support]], you may see [[mojibake|other symbols]] instead of the proper character.

|-

! Image

| A sample image of the character, rendered in an example font.

|-

! Name

| The official name of the character. Additional information may be given in parenthesis.

|-

! Hex

| The numeric [[code point]] for the character, in [[hexadecimal]] (base 16), with [[Unicode#Architecture and terminology|"U+" prefix]].

|-

! [[Decimal]]

| The same code point value, expressed in [[decimal]] (base 10).

|}

=== Design features ===

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* [[List of Unicode characters]]

* [[Unicode symbols]]

* [[OCR-A font]]

* [[Wikipedia:MOSNUM#Common_mathematical_symbols]]

* [[Linear_B#Unicode]] (note the link to the Unicode standard)