> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:29 -0500
> From: "Buchs, Kevin" <buchs.kevin@mayo...>
>
> I am very naive in regard to coding, so please excuse my ignorance. I
> would guess these are 16-bit (Unicode16) characters. Can someone
> enlighten me as to how I can determine what these characters are (after
> pasted into a buffer)

With cursor on that character, type "C-u C-x =", and Emacs will show
everything it knows about that character, including its canonical
name.