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Wednesday, 18 April 2018
extended character set
Appreciating that as originally a Japanese convention, quite a lot culturally significant symbols would be represented in emoji, like the Great Wave off Kanagawa, Mount Fuji or a bento box. I was curious what the characters following zodiacal symbols meant.
Initially I felt a little underwhelmed with the list but took the chance to reflect on what strikes others as worthy of inclusion or shorthand for something else. For your edification: π is Koko for Here, π is Sa for Service Charge, π· is the sign for Moon and signifies a Monthly Amount, πΆ means Owned or Not Free of Charge, π― indicates Reserved, π signifies a bargain, πΉ a discount, π is for Free of Charge, π² means Prohibited, π signals acceptable, πΈ is the Japanese button for application, π΄ is used to advertise that one has earned a passing grade, π³ is empty and available and used to mean Vacancy, ㊗ is the icon for Congratulations, ㊙ marks a Secret, πΊ is the equivalent of “Yes, we’re Open,” and π΅ indicates No Vacancy. The Alpha through Omega Omicron following are incidentally blood-types.