It certainly looks that way. In just the next paragraph it mentions "U+2615 HOT BEVERAGE (introduced in Unicode 4.0)"
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Adam Renberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just read through the Unicode Technical Report #51 Unicode Emoji [1], > and I have a question. In section 3.3 Methodology [2], third paragraph, it > says: > > "This document takes a functional view regarding the identification of > emoji: pictographs are categorized as emoji when it is reasonable to give > them an emoji presentation, and where they are sufficiently distinct from > other emoji characters. Symbols with a graphical form that people may treat > as pictographs, such as U+2615 HELM SYMBOL (introduced in Unicode 3.0) may > be included." > > However, when I look up the HELM SYMBOL, it seems to have code U+2388 > [3][4][5]. The character with code U+2615 is HOT BEVERAGE [6][7]. > > Is this a mistake in the technical report? > > Best regards, > Adam Renberg > > [1]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html > [2]: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr51/index.html#Methodology > [3]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf > [4]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2388/ > [5]: http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/UnicodeData-3.0.0.txt > [6]: http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2600.pdf > [7]: http://unicode-table.com/en/2615/
