Unown symbols

Unown symbols (Japanese: アンノーン characters), also known as Unown letters, are a form of ancient writing resembling the Pokémon that appear in the Johto and Sinnoh regions.
==In the games==
Unown text is present in the core series Pokémon games , , , , , , and , where it is used to write the with words separated by spaces. It is also used decoratively to spell out "CRYSTAL" during the game intro and on the .
The symbols used for Unown text in each game are displayed in the table below.
Games	Use 	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	!	?
 	Font 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Ruins of Alph wall 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Hidden chambers 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Font 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Hidden chambers floor	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Font 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Font 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Inscriptions in Johto===
====Unown Mode====
In , the Unown Mode associates each form of Unown with a word written in Unown symbols that begins with the same letter. All language versions use the same English words.
In , the same words are included as regular text in the Unown Report, with three changes: the word "?????" is added, representing Unown ?; the word "!!!!!" is added, representing Unown !; and the word "ANGER" replaces "ANGRY" in non-Japanese versions.
Form	Unown	Text
A 	 	ANGRY
B 	 	BEAR
C 	 	CHASE
D 	 	DIRECT
E 	 	ENGAGE
F 	 	FIND
G 	 	GIVE
H 	 	HELP
I 	 	INCREASE
J 	 	JOIN
K 	 	KEEP
L 	 	LAUGH
M 	 	MAKE
N 	 	NUZZLE
O 	 	OBSERVE
P 	 	PERFORM
Q 	 	QUICKEN
R 	 	REASSURE
S 	 	SEARCH
T 	 	TELL
U 	 	UNDO
V 	 	VANISH
W 	 	WANT
X 	 	XXXXX
Y 	 	YIELD
Z 	 	ZOOM
====Ruins of Alph====
The walls of the Ruins of Alph feature Unown text as decoration.
In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, the four puzzle chambers in the Ruins of Alph have Unown text on the far wall that is a hint to unlocking a secret room, where there are inscriptions detailing the relationship between ancient people and the Unown. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver only, once the first seven pages of the report are complete and the 26 alphabetic Unown forms have been caught, a fifth inscription can be read in the entrance room. This text is localized into the language of the game, with Japanese and Korean games displaying romanized text.
=====Upper-right entrance=====
;Crystal
Unown	Text
 	ESCAPE
 	OUR WORDS SHALLREMAIN HERE FORTHE AGES
;HeartGold and SoulSilver
Unown	Text
 	ESCAPE
 	OUR CLANENGRAVED WORDSIN THIS PLACE
=====Lower-right entrance=====
;Crystal
Unown	Text
 	LIGHT
 	THUS WE SHALLERECT A POKEMONSTATUE OUTSIDE
;HeartGold and SoulSilver
Unown	Text
 	LIGHT
 	OUR CLANCREATED POKEMONSTATUE OUTSIDE
=====Lower-left entrance=====
;Crystal
Unown	Text
 	WATER
 	THEY POSSESSGREAT INSIGHTAND REFUSE THEOUTSIDE WORLD
;HeartGold and SoulSilver
Unown	Text
 	WATER
 	THEY POSSESSPOWER TO SENSEWITH MIND ANDREJECT OUTSIDE
=====Upper-left entrance=====
;Crystal
Unown	Text
 	HO OH
 	WE HUMANS MUSTLEARN TO WALK INHARMONY WITHTHEMWE DEPART FORTHEIR SAKES
;HeartGold and SoulSilver
Unown	Text
 	HO OH
 	WE HUMANSNEED TOWALK WITHTHEMWE LEAVEHEREFOR THE SAKEOF THEM
=====Hall entrance=====
;HeartGold and SoulSilver
Unown	Text
 	OUR FRIENDS LOOKUP AND HEARTILYCONGRATULATE US
===Inscriptions in Sinnoh/Hisui===
====Solaceon Ruins====
In , , , there are three inscriptions in the Solaceon Ruins. The first room on 1F has an inscription that indicates which sets of stairs to take to pass through the chambers containing Unown F, R, I, E, N, and D. In the last of these rooms on B4F, another inscription is located there. The room on 2F accessible from the Maniac Tunnel contains the last inscription.
In , only the inscription from the last room is present. The player must recover the lost Wall Fragment from the Miss Fortune sisters to make the carvings readable.
In Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish games, this text is localized into the language of the game, with Japanese games displaying romanized text. In Korean and Chinese games, the English text is displayed, except for "?!" which is written as "!?" in Korean instead.
;Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Floor	Unown	Text
1F 	 	TOP RIGHTLOWER LEFTTOP RIGHTTOP LEFTTOP LEFTLOWER LEFT
B4F 	 	FRIENDSHIPALL LIVESTOUCH OTHERLIVES TO CREATESOMETHINGANEW AND ALIVE
2F 	 	?!
;Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Floor	Unown	Text
1F 	 	TOP RIGHTLOWER LEFTTOP RIGHTTOP LEFTTOP LEFTLOWER LEFT
B4F 	 	FRIENDSHIPALL LIVES TOUCH OTHERLIVES TO CREATESOMETHING ANEWAND ALIVE
2F 	 	?!
;Legends: Arceus
Unown	Text
 	ALL LIVESTOUCH OTHERLIVES TO CREATESOMETHINGANEW AND ALIVE
====Unown Research Notes====
In Pokémon: Legends Arceus, the Unown Research Notes provide hints for the locations of each form of Unown. In Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish games, this text is localized into the language of the game, with Japanese games displaying romanized text. In Korean and Chinese games, the English text is displayed, though two of the phrases are modified to remove references to proper nouns ("of Celestica" is changed to "of the foothill temple", and "the greatest glacial legacy" is changed to "the largest ice block").
Form	Unown	Text
A 	 	WITHIN THESETTLEMENT WHERETIME RULES
B 	 	TURN YOUR EYESUP AT THEVOLCANIC ISLAND
C 	 	LOOK TO THE RUINEDPILLARS OF CELESTICA
D 	 	AMONG STUMPS ANDCAMPFIRE ASHES INFIELDS OF GOLD
E 	 	A LONE TREE IN APOND IN THE GROVE
F 	 	A STONY OUTCROPOVER POOLS OF MUDON A MIGHTY MOUNTAIN
G 	 	ATOP A WATERFALLOF OBSIDIAN
H 	 	A VILLAGE GATEWAY
I 	 	THE LAKE ISLAND WHEREEMOTION RESIDES
J 	 	A NOOK WITHIN A QUARRY
K 	 	WHERE STONES PILE HIGHAMID FOGBOUND RUINS
L 	 	AN IMPASSE IN A CAVEADORNED BY TWIN FALLS
M 	 	A TREE FELLED ON SLUDGE
N 	 	TWO HORNS RISINGFROM THE SEA
O 	 	THREE PILLARS INA WORLD OF ICE
P 	 	AMONG FLOWERS AT THESPRING WHERE FAIRIES DWELL
Q 	 	TWIN TREES AT THESPRING BY THE SEA
R 	 	BY THE GRAVE UPON THE CAPE
S 	 	WHERE STICK AND LOGDAM THE RIVER
T 	 	GAZE DOWN FROM ATOP THEGREATEST GLACIAL LEGACY
U 	 	THE UNUSUAL STONESTARING OUT ACROSSTHE SNOWFIELDS
V 	 	A WITHERED TREE IN THESPRAWLING RED SWAMP
W 	 	THE LEFT EYE ATOPTHE VILLAGE
X 	 	SCALE THE GRANDTREE
Y 	 	SCALE THE FROZEN FALLS
Z 	 	A TIMEWORN SHIPON A SANDY SHORE
! 	 	A DEAD TREEBY THE HOT SPRING
? 	 	WHERE THINGS HANG TO DRYAT LIVING QUARTERS
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series===
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky, the player, their partner, and find a stone tablet inscribed with Unown letters at the Old Ruins in the Hidden Land. Grovyle states that the runes are the written form of an ancient language, and that the text says to place the Relic Fragment in the Rainbow Stoneship in order to activate it and take it to Temporal Tower.
==In animation==
Unown text is used to spell "ENTEI" on the Japanese logo and English poster for Spell of the Unown: Entei.
Unown symbols were observed on a tablet located in Amity Square in Top-Down Training!, where Cynthia reads the text aloud. The same text appeared again at the Solaceon Ruins in Journey to the Unown!. It contains the Unown text from B4F of the Solaceon Ruins in the Japanese versions of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.
Unown	Text 	Dub translation
 	FRIENDSUBETE NO INOCHI HABETSU NO INOCHI TO DEAINANIKA WO UMIDASU	 When every lifemeets another life,something will be born.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
========
While Bugsy searched for in Hurray for Heracross, he found two chambers in the Ruins of Alph with Unown markings. Using his device to translate them, they read the following, matching the Unown text from two of the chambers in the Japanese versions of Pokémon Crystal.
Unown	Text 	Translation
 	ANANUKE	ESCAPE (VIZ)ROPE ESCAPE (CY)
 	HOUOU 	HO-OH
==In the TCG==
The cards released during the Neo Series and Diamond & Pearl Series feature the Unown symbol corresponding to the form featured on the card as part of the card's name, followed by the corresponding letter as regular text in square brackets (such as "Unown [A]").
The Neo Series cards additionally write the name of the card's as Unown text, followed by the name as regular text in square brackets (such as " [Anger]"); these names are listed below. Most of them match the word associated with the given form in the Unown Mode in the games.
Unown	Text 	Card	EnglishExpansion	JapaneseExpansion
 	[Anger] 	 	 	
 	[Bear] 	 	 	
 	[Chase] 	 	 	
 	[Darkness]	 	 	
 	[Engage] 	 	 	
 	[Find] 	 	 	
 	[Give] 	 	 	
 	[Help] 	 	 	
 	[Increase]	 	 	
 	[Join] 	 	 	
 	[Keep] 	 	 	
 	[Laugh] 	 	 	
 	[Metal] 	 	 	
 	[Normal] 	 	 	
 	[Observe] 	 	 	
 	[Perform] 	 	 	
 	[Quicken] 	 	 	
 	[Reassure]	 	— 	
 	[Search] 	 	 	
 	[Tell] 	 	 	
 	[Undo] 	 	 	
 	[Vanish] 	 	 	
 	[Want] 	 	 	
 	[XXXXX] 	 	 	
 	[Yield] 	 	 	
 	[Zoom] 	 	 	
The cards have most of their text written in Unown letters, including the card type, the text box, and the collector card number (in Western languages). Each card features a key to decode the Unown text as its illustration.
Card type	Card type	Text box	Text box 	Collector card number	Collector card number	Card	Expansion
Unown 	Text 	Unown 	Text 	Unown 	Text 	Card	Expansion
 	TRAINER 	 	Look at youropponent'shand! 	 	ONE 	 	
 	TRAINER 	 	Shuffleyour deck! 	 	TWO 	 	
 	TRAINER 	 	Return anyStadium cardin play to itsplayer's hand!	 	THREE 	 	
 	TRAINER 	 	LOOK AT ALL OFYOUR FACE DOWNPRIZE CARDS! 	 	FOUR 	 	
==Trivia==
* Artwork of Whitney and in the Ruins of Alph from the Game Freak website features the Unown text "WELCOME TO GAMEFREAK".
* Unused text in Pokémon Crystal would have displayed "It's <sc>Unown</sc> text!" when the inscriptions in the puzzle chambers in the Ruins of Alph are examined. In the final games, only "Patterns appeared on the walls..." is shown.
* Although most Unown text is written without punctuation apart from spaces, exclamation marks, or question marks, it has rarely been written mixed with regular letters or punctuation.
** The French versions of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus include regular punctuation in the inscription in the Solaceon Ruins.
::
Unown	Text
 	CHAQUE VIE ENGENDREDE NOUVELLES CHOSESEN S'UNISSANTA D'AUTRES VIES.
:* Prior to version 1.1.3, the French versions of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl letter additionally rendered the letter "À" as regular text.
::
Unown 	Text
À À À À À À	EN HAUT À DROITEEN BAS À GAUCHEEN HAUT À DROITEEN HAUT À GAUCHEEN HAUT À GAUCHEEN BAS À GAUCHE
À 	FRIENDCHAQUE VIE ENGENDREDE NOUVELLES CHOSESEN S'UNISSANTÀ D'AUTRES VIES.
:* In version 1.0.0, the Spanish versions of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl displayed the inscription of the second floor of the Solaceon Ruins with parentheses. This was carried over from the original games, where they were present in the internal data, but were not displayed visibly.
::
Unown	Text
 	(?!)
==In other languages==
==See also==
* Braille
* Abyssal Ruins
Category:Writing systems
Category:Pokémon Gold and Silver
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