surrogate pair

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsurrogate pair (plural surrogate pairs)

plural surrogate pairs

  1. UnicodecomputingThe 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.
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APA

surrogate pair. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrogate%20pair

MLA

“surrogate pair.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrogate%20pair. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surrogate pair,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surrogate%20pair.

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