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As of [[Unicode]] version 16.0, there are 155292,063531 assigned [[character (computing)|characters]] with [[code point]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/stats/charcountv16_0.html |title=Unicode Version 16.0 Character Counts}}</ref> covering 168 modern and historical [[Script (Unicode)|scripts]], as well as multiple symbol sets. As it is [[WP:CHOKING|not technically possible]] to list all of these characters in a single Wikipedia page, this list is limited to a subset of the most important characters for English-language readers, with links to other pages which list the supplementary characters. This article includes the 1,062 characters in the Multilingual European Character Set 2 ([[MES-2]]) subset, and some additional related characters.

== Character reference overview ==

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| colheaderstyle=padding:0.15em 0.15em 0.25em;font-weight:normal; |colstyle=white-space:nowrap;

| col1header = [[Alphabet]]ic

| col1headercolspan = 2

| col1 = {{legend|#A9A9C0|[[#Latin script|Latin]]}} {{legend|#008899|[[#Cyrillic|Cyrillic]]}} {{legend|#2175D8|[[#Greek and Coptic|Greek]]}} {{legend|#003A66|[[#Armenian|Armenian]]}} {{legend|#0000FF|[[#Georgian|Georgian]]}} {{legend|#00FFFF|[[#Mongolian|Mongolian]]}} {{legend|#0090DA|[[#Other African scripts|Neo-Tifinagh]]}} {{legend|#97CBFF|[[#Other American scripts|Osage]]}} {{legend|#FF69B4|[[#East Asian writing systems|Hangul]]{{sup|a}}}}

| col2header = {{longitem|[[Logogram|Logographic]]<br />and [[Syllabary|Syllabic]]}}

| col2 = {{legend|#EE1C2500FFFF|[[#East Asian writing systemsMongolian|HanziMongolian]] {{smaller|[L]}}}} {{legend|#C715850090DA|[[#EastOther AsianAfrican writing systemsscripts|KanaNeo-Tifinagh]]}} {{smallerlegend|#97CBFF|[S]}}{{\}}[[#EastOther AsianAmerican writing systemsscripts|KanjiOsage]] {{smaller|[L]}}{{nbsp|2}}}} {{legend|#FF69B4|[[#East Asian writing systems|HanjaHangul]]{{sup|b}} {{smaller|[L]}}}} {{legend|#8B008B|[[#Other American scripts|Cherokee]] {{smaller|[S]a}}}}

| col3header = {{longitem|[[AbjadLogogram|Logographic]]<br />and [[Syllabary|Syllabic]]}}

| col3 = {{legend|#EE1C25|[[#East Asian writing systems|Hanzi]] {{smaller|[L]}}}} {{legend|#C71585|[[#East Asian writing systems|Kana]] {{smaller|[S]}}{{\}}[[#East Asian writing systems|Kanji]] {{smaller|[L]}}{{nbsp|2}}}} {{legend|#FF69B4|[[#East Asian writing systems|Hanja]]{{sup|b}} {{smaller|[L]}}}} {{legend|#8B008B|[[#Other American scripts|Cherokee]] {{smaller|[S]}}}}

| col3 = {{legend|#006624|[[#Semitic languages|Arabic]]}} {{legend|#38B800|[[#Semitic languages|Hebrew]]}}

| col4header = [[AbugidaAbjad]]

| col4 = {{legend|#F4C430006624|[[#BrahmicSemitic (Indic) scriptslanguages|North IndicArabic]]}} {{legend|#FF671F38B800|[[#BrahmicSemitic (Indic) scriptslanguages|South IndicHebrew]]}} {{legend|#A0522D

| col5header = [[Abugida]]

| col5 = {{legend|#F4C430|[[#Brahmic (Indic) scripts|North Indic]]}} {{legend|#FF671F|[[#Brahmic (Indic) scripts|South Indic]]}} {{legend|#A0522D

|[[#African scripts|Ethiopic]]}} {{legend|#B8860B|[[#Thaana|Thaana]]}} {{legend|#F0E68C|[[#American scripts|Canadian syllabics]]}}

| below = {{nowrap|{{sup|a}} [[Featural alphabet|Featural-alphabetic]].{{nbsp|3}}{{sup|b}} Limited.}}

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where ''name'' is the case-sensitive name of the entity. The semicolon is required.

Because numbers are harder for humans to remember than names, character entity references are most often written by humans, while numeric character references are most often produced by computer programs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Carey|first=Patrick|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904969019|title=New perspectives on XML : comprehensive|date=2015|others=Sasha Vodnik|isbn=978-1-285-07582-2|edition=3rd|___location=|pages=36|publisher=Cengage Learning |oclc=904969019}}</ref>

== Control codes ==

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Footnotes:

:¹ Control-C has typically been used as a "break" or "interrupt" key.

:² Control-D has been used to signal "end of file" for text typed in at the terminal on Unix / Linux systems. Windows, DOSMsDOS, and older minicomputers used Control-Z for this purpose.

:³ Control-G is an artifact of the days when [[teletype]]s were in use. Important messages could be signalled by striking the bell on the teletype. This was carried over on PCs by generating a buzz sound.

:⁴ Line feed is used for "end of line" in text files on Unix / Linux systems.

:⁵ Carriage Return (accompanied by line feed, and thus usually written as 'CRLF') is used as "end of line" character by Windows, DOSMsDOS, and most minicomputers other than Unix- / Linux-based systems. [[Classic Mac OS]] and other vintage OS used CR only.

:⁶ Control-O has been the "discard output" key. Output is not sent to the terminal, but discarded, until another Control-o is typed.

:⁷ Control-Q has been used to tell a host computer to resume sending output after it was stopped by Control-S.

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:⁹ Control-U was originally used by [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] computers to cancel the current line of typed-in text. Other manufacturers used Control-X for this purpose.

:¹⁰ Control-X was commonly used to cancel a line of input typed in at the terminal.

:¹¹ Control-Z has commonly been used on minicomputers, Windows and DOSMsDOS systems to indicate "end of file" either on a terminal or in a text file. Unix / Linux systems use Control-D to indicate end-of-file at a terminal.

== Latin script ==

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| <small>0302 0246</small>

| &amp;brvbar;

|[[Vertical bar|Broken bar]]

| 0102

|-

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| <small>0302 0252</small>

| &amp;ordf;

|style="background: #ffebeb;"|[[Ordinal indicator#Italian, Portuguese, and SpanishUsage|Feminine Ordinal Indicator]]

| 0106

|-

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| <small>0302 0272</small>

| &amp;ordm;

|style="background: #ffebeb;"|[[Ordinal indicator#Italian, Portuguese, and SpanishUsage|Masculine ordinal indicator]]

| 0122

|-

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== Dingbats ==

{{Main|Dingbat|l1=DingbatDingbats (Unicode block)}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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=== Chess Symbols ===

{{Main|Chess Symbols (Unicode block)}}

{{Unicode chart Chess Symbolschess}}

== Special areas and format characters ==