Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation

Unicode character block
(2016)1 (+1)10.0 (2017)2 (+1)12.0 (2019)4 (+2)13.0 (2020)7 (+3) Unicode documentationCode chart ∣ Web pageNote: [1][2]
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Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation is a Unicode block containing symbols and punctuation marks used by ideographic scripts such as Tangut and Nüshu.

Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+16FEx 𖿠 𖿡 𖿢 𖿣  KSS 
F
U+16FFx 𖿰 𖿱
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
9.0 U+16FE0 1 L2/10-095 N3797, N3797-A, N3797-B Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS, 2010-04-05
L2/10-131 N3821 Anderson, Deborah; Cook, Richard (2010-04-16), Comments on Tangut proposal N3797
L2/11-214 N4033, N4033A, N4033B West, Andrew (2011-05-22), Report on Tangut Encoding
L2/12-313 N4325 West, Andrew; et al. (2012-10-02), Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS
L2/14-023 N4522 West, Andrew; Everson, Michael; Xiaomang, Han; Jia, Changye; Jing, Yongshi; Zaytsev, Viacheslav (2014-01-21), Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS
L2/14-100 Moore, Lisa (2014-05-13), "Consensus 139-C14", UTC #139 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.12b", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
L2/16-129 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2016-05-05), Name change for U+16FE0
L2/16-121 Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "Consensus 147-C20", UTC #147 Minutes, Change the name of U+16FE0 from TANGUT REPETITION MARK to TANGUT ITERATION MARK for Unicode 9.0.
10.0 U+16FE1 1 L2/09-170 N3635 (pdf, doc) Ad hoc report on Nüshu, 2009-04-21
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/12-362 N4341 Updated Proposal for encoding Nyushu in the SMP, 2012-09-10
L2/12-370 N4376 Aalto, Tero (2012-10-24), Nüshu ad hoc report
N4451 Anderson, Deborah (2013-06-05), Mapping of Nushu characters (from N4376 and N4341) and Additional Comments
L2/16-052 N4603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.03f", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63, Rename 1B100 to NUSHU ITERATION MARK and move it to 16FE1 in Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block
L2/16-203 Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "B.11.3.2", UTC #148 Minutes
12.0 U+16FE2..16FE3 2 L2/17-310 N4847 West, Andrew; Chan, Eiso (2017-09-07), Proposal to encode two marks for ancient Chinese texts
L2/17-367 N4885 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa (2017-09-18), "4. Iteration/Punctuation marks", Comments on WG2 #66 (Sept. 2017) documents
N4953 (pdf, doc) "M66.16h", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C11", UTC #153 Minutes
13.0 U+16FE4 1 L2/18-121R N4943R West, Andrew; Zaytsev, Viacheslav; Everson, Michael (2018-05-19), Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script
L2/18-210 N4977 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Moore, Lisa; Jeziorek, Marek; Yang, Ben (2018-06-09), "1", Comments on WG2 #67 documents (June 2018)
L2/18-213 N5002 Anderson, Deborah; Constable, Peter (2018-06-20), Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)
L2/18-214 Silva, Eduardo Marín (2018-06-27), "KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT FILLER", Feedback on: Additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2017 (5th ed.) beyond Amendment 2 (L2/18-211)
L2/18-241 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-07-25), "9", Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals
L2/18-300 Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2018-09-14), "9. b.", Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals
L2/18-272 Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.10", UTC #157 Minutes
L2/18-183 Moore, Lisa (2018-11-20), "C.12 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script", UTC #156 Minutes
N5020 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "9.2.3", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67
U+16FF0..16FF1 2 L2/17-373R N4915 Collins, Lee; Nhàn, Ngô Thanh (2017-11-06), Proposal to Encode Two Vietnamese Alternate Reading Marks
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C20", UTC #153 Minutes
L2/18-281 N5011 West, Andrew; Knightley, John; Chan, Eiso (2018-08-31), Comments on proposed Vietnamese Reading Marks
L2/18-318 N5026 Collins, Lee; Nhàn, Ngô Thanh (2018-10-20), Response to L2/18-281 (Comments on proposed Vietnamese Reading Marks)
L2/18-272 Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.6", UTC #157 Minutes
N5020 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "9.1.1", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

  • CJK Unified Ideographs
  • CJK Symbols and Punctuation
  • Khitan Small Script (Unicode block)
  • Nushu (Unicode block)
  • Tangut (Unicode block)
  • Tangut Components (Unicode block)
  • Tangut Supplement (Unicode block)

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.