Mahjong Tiles (Unicode block) explained

Mahjong Tiles is a Unicode block containing characters depicting the standard set of tiles used in the game of Mahjong.

Block

Emoji

The Mahjong Tiles block contains one emoji: U+1F004.^{[3] [4]}

It defaults to an emoji presentation and has two standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15).^[5]

Emoji variation sequences

U+	1F004
base code point
base+VS15 (text)
base+VS16 (emoji)

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mahjong Tiles block:

		Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.1	U+1F000..1F02B	44		N2975
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				N3147
				N3162
				N3171
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				N4182

External links

• Test for Unicode support in Web browsers: Mahjong Tiles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicode character database. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
2. Web site: Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard. The Unicode Standard. 2023-07-26.
3. Web site: UTR #51: Unicode Emoji. Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-05.
4. Web site: UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51. Unicode Consortium. 2023-02-01.
5. Web site: UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences . The Unicode Consortium.