"ideographic description sequence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ideographic description sequences [plural]
Etymology: From ideographic + description + sequence. Etymology templates: {{com|en|ideographic|description|sequence}} ideographic + description + sequence Head templates: {{en-noun}} ideographic description sequence (plural ideographic description sequences)
  1. (Unicode) A sequence which describes the visual composition of a Chinese character; comprised of a ideographic description character that gives a layout (e.g. ⿰, ⿸) or transformation (e.g. ⿿), followed by one or more components which that character operates on, which may be encoded characters or other sequences in the same format. Related terms: ideographic description character
    Sense id: en-ideographic_description_sequence-en-noun-GHSgTC0E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Unicode

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Alternative forms

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