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{{Short description|Named range of Unicode code points}}

A '''Unicode block''' is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ([[code point]]s) of the [[Unicode]] character set that are ordefined inby somethe general[[Unicode applicationConsortium]] for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, areaproposals such as [[mathematics]],the [[surveying]],addition decorativeof [[typesetting]],new socialglyphs forums,are discussed and evaluated by considering the relevant block or blocks as a etcwhole.

Each block is generally, but not always, meant to supply glyphs used by one or more specific languages, or in some general application area such as [[mathematics]], [[surveying]], decorative [[typesetting]], social forums, etc.

== Design and implementation ==

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In descriptions of the Unicode system, a block may be subdivided into more specific subgroups, such as the "[[Chess symbols in Unicode|Chess symbols]]" in the [[Miscellaneous Symbols]] block (not to be confused with the separate [[Chess Symbols]] block). Those subgroups are not "blocks" in the technical sense used by the Unicode consortium, and are named only for the convenience of users.

== List of blocks ==

=ntary Ideographic Plane ({{slink||SIP}})

Unicode 15.0 defines 327 blocks:<ref name=uniblocks/>

* 164 in plane 0, the Basic Multilingual Plane (in table below: {{slink||BMP}})

* 151 in plane 1, the Supplementary Multilingual Plane ({{slink||SMP}})

=ntary* 6 in plane 2, the Supplementary Ideographic Plane ({{slink||SIP}})

* 2 in plane 3, the Tertiary Ideographic Plane ({{slink||TIP}})

* 2 in plane 14 (E in [[hexadecimal]]), the Supplementary Special-purpose Plane ({{slink||SSP}})