Unicode plane

range of consecutive 65 536 code points for the universal character set defined by ISO/CIE 10646 and The Unicode® Standard
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Unicode plane

Summary

Unicode plane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (752 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Unicode plane is a type of Unicode range[2].
  • Unicode plane is part of Unicode[3].
  • Unicode plane is part of Universal Character Set[4].
  • Unicode plane's Commons category is recorded as Unicode planes[5].
  • Unicode plane comprises Basic Multilingual Plane[6].
  • Unicode plane comprises Supplementary Multilingual Plane[7].
  • Unicode plane comprises Supplementary Ideographic Plane[8].
  • Unicode plane comprises Tertiary Ideographic Plane[9].
  • Unicode plane comprises Supplementary Special-purpose Plane[10].
  • Unicode plane comprises Supplementary Private Use Plane — A[11].
  • Unicode plane comprises Supplementary Private Use Plane — B[12].
  • Unicode plane comprises Q109615047[13].
  • Unicode plane comprises Unicode block[14].
  • Unicode plane comprises noncharacter[15].
  • Unicode plane comprises noncharacter[16].
  • Unicode plane comprises supplementary plane[17].
  • Unicode plane comprises private-use character[18].
  • Unicode plane comprises private-use character[19].
  • Unicode plane comprises allocated plane[20].
  • Unicode plane comprises reserved plane[21].
  • Unicode plane's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Unicode planes[22].
  • Unicode plane's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+17'}[23].
  • Unicode plane's model item is recorded as Basic Multilingual Plane[24].

Body

Definition and Type

Unicode plane is a type of Unicode range[2].

Use and Application

Components include Basic Multilingual Plane[6], Supplementary Multilingual Plane[7], Supplementary Ideographic Plane[8], Tertiary Ideographic Plane[9], Supplementary Special-purpose Plane[10], and Supplementary Private Use Plane — A[11]. Part of include Unicode[3], a character encoding[25] and Universal Character Set[4], an ISO standard[26].

Why It Matters

Unicode plane ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (752 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description range of consecutive 65 536 code points for the universal character set defined
    Part of Unicode, Universal Character Set
    Has part(s) Basic Multilingual Plane, Supplementary Multilingual Plane, Supplementary Ideographic Plane +13
    Described by source ['Q8819', 'Q777955']
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2670]]: [[Q109615173]]"
  2. 4w ago · Verdy p · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Model item Basic Multilingual Plane
    Entityschema for this class {'id': 'E245', 'entity-type': 'entity-schema'}
    Part of Unicode, Universal Character Set
    Has part(s) Basic Multilingual Plane, Supplementary Multilingual Plane, Supplementary Ideographic Plane +13
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q841177]]"
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