Unicode letters with more than 1 alphabetic latin character? - unicode

Question

I'm not really sure how to express it but I'm searching for unicode letters which are more than one visual latin letter.
I found this in Word so far:
DZ
Dz
dz
NJ
Lj
LJ
Nj
nj
Any others?

Answer 1

Here are some of the characters I've found. I'd first done this manually by looking at some probable blocks. However I've later written a Python script to do this automatically that you can find at the end of this answer
Digraphs
Two Glyphs
Digraph
Unicode Code Point
HTML
DZ, Dz, dz
DZ, Dz, dz
U+01F1 U+01F2 U+01F3
DZ Dz dz
DŽ, Dž, dž
DŽ, Dž, dž
U+01C4 U+01C5 U+01C6
DŽ Dž dž
IJ, ij
IJ, ij
U+0132 U+0133
IJ ij
LJ, Lj, lj
LJ, Lj, lj
U+01C7 U+01C8 U+01C9
LJ Lj lj
NJ, Nj, nj
NJ, Nj, nj
U+01CA U+01CB U+01CC
NJ Nj nj
Ligatures
Non-ligature
Ligature
Unicode
HTML
AA, aa
Ꜳ, ꜳ
U+A732, U+A733
Ꜳ ꜳ
AE, ae
Æ, æ
U+00C6, U+00E6
Æ æ
AO, ao
Ꜵ, ꜵ
U+A734, U+A735
Ꜵ ꜵ
AU, au
Ꜷ, ꜷ
U+A736, U+A737
Ꜷ ꜷ
AV, av
Ꜹ, ꜹ
U+A738, U+A739
Ꜹ ꜹ
AV, av (with bar)
Ꜻ, ꜻ
U+A73A, U+A73B
Ꜻ ꜻ
AY, ay
Ꜽ, ꜽ
U+A73C, U+A73D
Ꜽ ꜽ
et
🙰
U+1F670
🙰
f‌f
ff
U+FB00
ff
f‌f‌i
ffi
U+FB03
ffi
f‌f‌l
ffl
U+FB04
ffl
f‌i
fi
U+FB01
fi
f‌l
fl
U+FB02
fl
OE, oe
Œ, œ
U+0152, U+0153
Œ œ
OO, oo
Ꝏ, ꝏ
U+A74E, U+A74F
Ꝏ ꝏ
ſs, ſz
ẞ, ß
U+1E9E, U+00DF
ß
st
st
U+FB06
st
ſt
ſt
U+FB05
ſt
TZ, tz
Ꜩ, ꜩ
U+A728, U+A729
Ꜩ ꜩ
ue
ᵫ
U+1D6B
ᵫ
VY, vy
Ꝡ, ꝡ
U+A760, U+A761
Ꝡ ꝡ
There are a few other ligatures that are used for phonetic transcription but looks like Latin characters
Non-ligature
Ligature
Unicode
HTML
db
ȸ
U+0238
ȸ
dz
ʣ
U+02A3
ʣ
IJ, ij
IJ, ij
U+0132, U+0133
IJ ij
ls
ʪ
U+02AA
ʪ
lz
ʫ
U+02AB
ʫ
qp
ȹ
U+0239
ȹ
ts
ʦ
U+02A6
ʦ
ui
ꭐ
U+AB50
ꭐ
turned ui
ꭑ
U+AB51
ꭑ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_precomposed_Latin_characters_in_Unicode#Digraphs_and_ligatures
Edit:
There are more letterlike symbols beside ℻ and ℡ like what the OP found in the comment:
℀ ℁ ⅍ ℅ ℆ ℔ ℠ ™
Longer letters are mainly from the CJK Compatibility block
U+XXXX
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
U+338x
㎀
㎁
㎂
㎃
㎄
㎅
㎆
㎇
㎈
㎉
㎊
㎋
㎌
㎍
㎎
㎏
U+339x
㎐
㎑
㎒
㎓
㎔
㎕
㎖
㎗
㎘
㎙
㎚
㎛
㎜
㎝
㎞
㎟
U+33Ax
㎠
㎡
㎢
㎣
㎤
㎥
㎦
㎧
㎨
㎩
㎪
㎫
㎬
㎭
㎮
㎯
U+33Bx
㎰
㎱
㎲
㎳
㎴
㎵
㎶
㎷
㎸
㎹
㎺
㎻
㎼
㎽
㎾
㎿
U+33Cx
㏀
㏁
㏂
㏃
㏄
㏅
㏆
㏇
㏈
㏉
㏊
㏋
㏌
㏍
㏎
㏏
U+33Dx
㏐
㏑
㏒
㏓
㏔
㏕
㏖
㏗
㏘
㏙
㏚
㏛
㏜
㏝
㏞
㏟
Among the 3-letter-like symbols are ㎈ ㎑ ㎒ ㎓ ㎔㏒ ㏕ ㏖ ㏙ ㎪ ㎫ ㎬ ㎭ ㏆ ㏿ ㍱... Probably the ones with most characters are ㎉ and ㎯
Unicode even have codepoints for Roman numerals. Here another 4-letter-like character can be found: Ⅷ
U+XXXX
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
U+215x
⅐
⅑
⅒
⅓
⅔
⅕
⅖
⅗
⅘
⅙
⅚
⅛
⅜
⅝
⅞
⅟
U+216x
Ⅰ
Ⅱ
Ⅲ
Ⅳ
Ⅴ
Ⅵ
Ⅶ
Ⅷ
Ⅸ
Ⅹ
Ⅺ
Ⅻ
Ⅼ
Ⅽ
Ⅾ
Ⅿ
U+217x
ⅰ
ⅱ
ⅲ
ⅳ
ⅴ
ⅵ
ⅶ
ⅷ
ⅸ
ⅹ
ⅺ
ⅻ
ⅼ
ⅽ
ⅾ
ⅿ
U+218x
ↀ
ↁ
ↂ
Ↄ
ↄ
ↅ
ↆ
ↇ
ↈ
↉
↊
↋
If normal numbers can be considered then there are some other code points for multiple digits like ⒆ ⒇ ⓳ ⓴ in enclosed alphanumerics
U+XXXX
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
U+246x
①
②
③
④
⑤
⑥
⑦
⑧
⑨
⑩
⑪
⑫
⑬
⑭
⑮
⑯
U+247x
⑰
⑱
⑲
⑳
⑴
⑵
⑶
⑷
⑸
⑹
⑺
⑻
⑼
⑽
⑾
⑿
U+248x
⒀
⒁
⒂
⒃
⒄
⒅
⒆
⒇
⒈
⒉
⒊
⒋
⒌
⒍
⒎
⒏
U+249x
⒐
⒑
⒒
⒓
⒔
⒕
⒖
⒗
⒘
⒙
⒚
⒛
⒜
⒝
⒞
⒟
U+24Ax
⒠
⒡
⒢
⒣
⒤
⒥
⒦
⒧
⒨
⒩
⒪
⒫
⒬
⒭
⒮
⒯
U+24Bx
⒰
⒱
⒲
⒳
⒴
⒵
Ⓐ
Ⓑ
Ⓒ
Ⓓ
Ⓔ
Ⓕ
Ⓖ
Ⓗ
Ⓘ
Ⓙ
U+24Cx
Ⓚ
Ⓛ
Ⓜ
Ⓝ
Ⓞ
Ⓟ
Ⓠ
Ⓡ
Ⓢ
Ⓣ
Ⓤ
Ⓥ
Ⓦ
Ⓧ
Ⓨ
Ⓩ
U+24Dx
ⓐ
ⓑ
ⓒ
ⓓ
ⓔ
ⓕ
ⓖ
ⓗ
ⓘ
ⓙ
ⓚ
ⓛ
ⓜ
ⓝ
ⓞ
ⓟ
U+24Ex
ⓠ
ⓡ
ⓢ
ⓣ
ⓤ
ⓥ
ⓦ
ⓧ
ⓨ
ⓩ
⓪
⓫
⓬
⓭
⓮
⓯
U+24Fx
⓰
⓱
⓲
⓳
⓴
⓵
⓶
⓷
⓸
⓹
⓺
⓻
⓼
⓽
⓾
⓿
and in Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
🅫, 🅪, 🆋, 🆌, 🆍, 🄭, 🄮, 🅊, 🅋, 🅌, 🅍, 🅎, 🅏
A few more:
Currency symbol group
₧ ₨ ₶ ₯ ₠ ₢ ₷
Miscellaneous technical group
⎂ ⏨
Control pictures (probably you'll need to zoom out to see)
U+XXXX
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
B
C
D
E
F
U+240x
␀
␁
␂
␃
␄
␅
␆
␇
␈
␉
␊
␋
␌
␍
␎
␏
U+241x
␐
␑
␒
␓
␔
␕
␖
␗
␘
␙
␚
␛
␜
␝
␞
␟
U+242x
␠
␡
␢
␣
␤
␥
␦
Alchemical Symbols
🜀 🜅 🜆 🜇 🜈 🝪 🝫 🝬 🝛 🝜 🝝
Musical Symbols
𝄶 𝄷 𝄸 𝄹 𝄉 𝄊 𝄫
And there are the emojis 🔟 💤🆔🚾🆖🆗🔢🔡🔠 💯🆘🆎🆑™🔙🔚🔜🔝🔛📆🗓🔞
Vertical bars may be considered uppercase i or lowercase L (like your 〷 example which is actually the TELEGRAPH LINE FEED SEPARATOR SYMBOL) and we have
Vai syllable see ꔖ 0xa516
Large triple vertical bar operator ⫼ 0x2afc
Counting rod tens digit three: 𝍫 0x1d36b
Suzhou numerals 〢 〣
Chinese river 川
║ BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL...
Here's the automatic script to find the multi-character letters
import unicodedata
for c in range(0, 0x10FFFF + 1):
d = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', chr(c))
if len(d) > 1 and d.isascii() and d.isalpha():
print("U+%04X (%s): %s\n" % (c, chr(c), d))
It won't be able to find many ligatures like æ or œ because they're not considered orthographic ligatures and aren't decomposable in Unicode. Here's the result in Unicode 11.0.0 (checked with unicodedata.unidata_version)
U+0132 (IJ): IJ
U+0133 (ij): ij
U+01C7 (LJ): LJ
U+01C8 (Lj): Lj
U+01C9 (lj): lj
U+01CA (NJ): NJ
U+01CB (Nj): Nj
U+01CC (nj): nj
U+01F1 (DZ): DZ
U+01F2 (Dz): Dz
U+01F3 (dz): dz
U+20A8 (₨): Rs
U+2116 (№): No
U+2120 (℠): SM
U+2121 (℡): TEL
U+2122 (™): TM
U+213B (℻): FAX
U+2161 (Ⅱ): II
U+2162 (Ⅲ): III
U+2163 (Ⅳ): IV
U+2165 (Ⅵ): VI
U+2166 (Ⅶ): VII
U+2167 (Ⅷ): VIII
U+2168 (Ⅸ): IX
U+216A (Ⅺ): XI
U+216B (Ⅻ): XII
U+2171 (ⅱ): ii
U+2172 (ⅲ): iii
U+2173 (ⅳ): iv
U+2175 (ⅵ): vi
U+2176 (ⅶ): vii
U+2177 (ⅷ): viii
U+2178 (ⅸ): ix
U+217A (ⅺ): xi
U+217B (ⅻ): xii
U+3250 (㉐): PTE
U+32CC (㋌): Hg
U+32CD (㋍): erg
U+32CE (㋎): eV
U+32CF (㋏): LTD
U+3371 (㍱): hPa
U+3372 (㍲): da
U+3373 (㍳): AU
U+3374 (㍴): bar
U+3375 (㍵): oV
U+3376 (㍶): pc
U+3377 (㍷): dm
U+337A (㍺): IU
U+3380 (㎀): pA
U+3381 (㎁): nA
U+3383 (㎃): mA
U+3384 (㎄): kA
U+3385 (㎅): KB
U+3386 (㎆): MB
U+3387 (㎇): GB
U+3388 (㎈): cal
U+3389 (㎉): kcal
U+338A (㎊): pF
U+338B (㎋): nF
U+338E (㎎): mg
U+338F (㎏): kg
U+3390 (㎐): Hz
U+3391 (㎑): kHz
U+3392 (㎒): MHz
U+3393 (㎓): GHz
U+3394 (㎔): THz
U+3396 (㎖): ml
U+3397 (㎗): dl
U+3398 (㎘): kl
U+3399 (㎙): fm
U+339A (㎚): nm
U+339C (㎜): mm
U+339D (㎝): cm
U+339E (㎞): km
U+33A9 (㎩): Pa
U+33AA (㎪): kPa
U+33AB (㎫): MPa
U+33AC (㎬): GPa
U+33AD (㎭): rad
U+33B0 (㎰): ps
U+33B1 (㎱): ns
U+33B3 (㎳): ms
U+33B4 (㎴): pV
U+33B5 (㎵): nV
U+33B7 (㎷): mV
U+33B8 (㎸): kV
U+33B9 (㎹): MV
U+33BA (㎺): pW
U+33BB (㎻): nW
U+33BD (㎽): mW
U+33BE (㎾): kW
U+33BF (㎿): MW
U+33C3 (㏃): Bq
U+33C4 (㏄): cc
U+33C5 (㏅): cd
U+33C8 (㏈): dB
U+33C9 (㏉): Gy
U+33CA (㏊): ha
U+33CB (㏋): HP
U+33CC (㏌): in
U+33CD (㏍): KK
U+33CE (㏎): KM
U+33CF (㏏): kt
U+33D0 (㏐): lm
U+33D1 (㏑): ln
U+33D2 (㏒): log
U+33D3 (㏓): lx
U+33D4 (㏔): mb
U+33D5 (㏕): mil
U+33D6 (㏖): mol
U+33D7 (㏗): PH
U+33D9 (㏙): PPM
U+33DA (㏚): PR
U+33DB (㏛): sr
U+33DC (㏜): Sv
U+33DD (㏝): Wb
U+33FF (㏿): gal
U+FB00 (ff): ff
U+FB01 (fi): fi
U+FB02 (fl): fl
U+FB03 (ffi): ffi
U+FB04 (ffl): ffl
U+FB05 (ſt): st
U+FB06 (st): st
U+1F12D (🄭): CD
U+1F12E (🄮): WZ
U+1F14A (🅊): HV
U+1F14B (🅋): MV
U+1F14C (🅌): SD
U+1F14D (🅍): SS
U+1F14E (🅎): PPV
U+1F14F (🅏): WC
U+1F16A (🅪): MC
U+1F16B (🅫): MD
U+1F190 (🆐): DJ