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Meaning of surrogate pair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The UTF-16 representation of a supplementary character, using one high surrogate and one low surrogate to encode the 20-bit offset above U+FFFF of the supplementary character's code point.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

surrogate parent surrogate proxy Surrogated Surrogates surrogateship Surrogating

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