Variation Selectors Supplement
E610199
Variation Selectors Supplement is a Unicode block that provides additional variation selector characters used to specify alternate glyph forms for existing Unicode code points.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Variation Selectors Supplement canonical | 2 |
| Variation Selector-43 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6668507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Variation Selectors Supplement Context triple: [Unicode 4.1, addsBlock, Variation Selectors Supplement]
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A.
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
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B.
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
The Supplementary Multilingual Plane is a range of Unicode code points (Plane 1) that contains historic scripts, musical notation, and various specialized characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
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C.
Supplementary Private Use Area-A
Supplementary Private Use Area-A is a Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 plane reserved for user-defined, non-standard characters outside the assigned public repertoire.
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D.
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement is a Unicode block that provides additional Han characters used mainly for compatibility with legacy East Asian encoding standards.
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E.
Supplementary Ideographic Plane
The Supplementary Ideographic Plane is a Unicode plane that contains additional CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic characters beyond those in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Variation Selectors Supplement Target entity description: Variation Selectors Supplement is a Unicode block that provides additional variation selector characters used to specify alternate glyph forms for existing Unicode code points.
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A.
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin-1 Supplement is a Unicode block that extends the basic Latin script with additional characters, including accented letters and symbols used in many Western European languages.
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B.
Supplementary Multilingual Plane
The Supplementary Multilingual Plane is a range of Unicode code points (Plane 1) that contains historic scripts, musical notation, and various specialized characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
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C.
Supplementary Private Use Area-A
Supplementary Private Use Area-A is a Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 plane reserved for user-defined, non-standard characters outside the assigned public repertoire.
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D.
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement is a Unicode block that provides additional Han characters used mainly for compatibility with legacy East Asian encoding standards.
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E.
Supplementary Ideographic Plane
The Supplementary Ideographic Plane is a Unicode plane that contains additional CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideographic characters beyond those in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unicode block ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VS Sup ⓘ |
| blockName | Variation Selectors Supplement ⓘ |
| category | Format characters ⓘ |
| codePointRangeEnd | U+E01EF ⓘ |
| codePointRangeStart | U+E0100 ⓘ |
| contains |
Variation Selector-17
ⓘ
Variation Selector-18 ⓘ Variation Selector-19 ⓘ Variation Selector-20 ⓘ Variation Selector-21 ⓘ Variation Selector-22 ⓘ Variation Selector-23 ⓘ Variation Selector-24 ⓘ Variation Selector-25 ⓘ Variation Selector-26 ⓘ Variation Selector-27 ⓘ Variation Selector-28 ⓘ Variation Selector-29 ⓘ Variation Selector-30 ⓘ Variation Selector-31 ⓘ Variation Selector-32 ⓘ Variation Selector-33 ⓘ Variation Selector-34 ⓘ Variation Selector-35 ⓘ Variation Selector-36 ⓘ Variation Selector-37 ⓘ Variation Selector-38 ⓘ Variation Selector-39 ⓘ Variation Selector-40 ⓘ Variation Selector-41 ⓘ Variation Selector-42 ⓘ Variation Selector-43 ⓘ
linked to:
Variation Selectors Supplement
Variation Selector-44 ⓘ Variation Selector-45 ⓘ Variation Selector-46 ⓘ Variation Selector-47 ⓘ Variation Selector-48 ⓘ Variation Selector-49 ⓘ Variation Selector-50 ⓘ Variation Selector-51 ⓘ Variation Selector-52 ⓘ Variation Selector-53 ⓘ Variation Selector-54 ⓘ Variation Selector-55 ⓘ Variation Selector-56 ⓘ variation selector characters ⓘ |
| introducedInUnicodeVersion | Unicode 3.2 ⓘ |
| numberOfCodePoints | 240 ⓘ |
| plane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane ⓘ |
| rangeNotation | E0100–E01EF ⓘ |
| script | Common ⓘ |
| use |
specify alternate glyph forms
ⓘ
support ideographic variation sequences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Variation Selectors Supplement Description of subject: Variation Selectors Supplement is a Unicode block that provides additional variation selector characters used to specify alternate glyph forms for existing Unicode code points.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Variation Selectors Supplement