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Pipeline Table Page 1 of 15 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 1 of 15 Character Proposals Home | Site Map | Search Contents Proposed New Characters: Pipeline Characters Table and Scripts Accepted for The following is a summary of the characters, scripts and variation Unicode sequences that the Unicode Technical Committee has accepted Variation for inclusion in future versions of the Unicode Standard. It is Sequences presented here to help implementers track future additions to the Accepted for Unicode Standard. For more information, including the planned use of remaining code space, see About the Pipeline Table. Experts Named Sequences interested in reviewing proposed scripts should consult the Accepted for Proposed New Scripts page. Unicode This page was last updated 21-May-2008 Related Links Caution: use of proposed or accepted characters is at About the implementers' own risk; the composition and allocation of the Pipeline Table characters may change before they are adopted in the Unicode Characters Standard. Under Investigation NOTE: If the Proposed Allocation or Character Sequence field Rejected below is marked with a "*", there is a pending change in the code Characters points for the proposed allocation, a pending name change, or and Scripts both. Action by a subsequent UTC meeting is required to resolve Where is My such differences, and the results will be posted back into this table Character? once the differences between the UTC and ISO positions are Roadmaps formally reconciled by the UTC. As Yet Unsupported Entries in active technical ballot (Stage 4 and Stage 5 in the ISO Scripts Status fields) have a light green background. Entries not yet in Supported active technical ballot (N/A, Stages 1 - 3 in the ISO Status fields) Scripts have a light yellow background. Entries which have completed Proposed New technical ballotting and which are either in JTC 1 consideration Scripts ballot or pending publication (Stages 6 - 7 in the ISO Status fields) Submitting have a white background. New Characters or Scripts About the Characters and Scripts Accepted for Unicode Script Encoding Proposed ISO Count Name UTC Status Initiative Allocation Status Current Allocation CYRILLIC CAPITAL Unicode LETTER PE WITH 2008-May-16 0524..0525 2 N/A Policies DESCENDER Accepted Unicode CYRILLIC SMALL Technical LETTER PE WITH http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 2 of 15 Committee DESCENDER CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER SHHA WITH DESCENDER 2008-May-16 0526..0527 2 N/A CYRILLIC SMALL Accepted LETTER SHHA WITH DESCENDER 2008- Samaritan 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 0800..083E 61 (Samaritan block: Accepted Stage 0800..083F) 4 (Arabic Pedagogical Symbols block: 0880..089F) ARABIC SINGLE NUQTA ABOVE ARABIC SINGLE NUQTA BELOW ARABIC DOUBLE NUQTA ABOVE ARABIC DOUBLE NUQTA BELOW ARABIC TRIPLE NUQTA ABOVE 2008-May-16 0880..0889 10 ARABIC TRIPLE N/A Accepted NUQTA BELOW ARABIC TRIPLE INVERTED NUQTA ABOVE ARABIC TRIPLE INVERTED NUQTA BELOW ARABIC QUADRUPLE NUQTA ABOVE ARABIC QUADRUPLE NUQTA BELOW ARABIC DOUBLE DANDA BELOW ARABIC DOUBLE NUQTA VERTICAL 2008-May-16 088B..088D 3 N/A ABOVE Accepted ARABIC DOUBLE NUQTA VERTICAL BELOW ARABIC SINGLE CIRCLE BELOW http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 3 of 15 ARABIC TOTA ABOVE 2008-May-16 0893..0895 3 N/A ARABIC TOTA Accepted BELOW 2008- DEVANAGARI 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 0900 1 SIGN INVERTED Accepted Stage CANDRABINDU 4 DEVANAGARI 2008- VOWEL SIGN 2008-Feb-08 Jan-28 094E 1 PRISHTHAMATRA Accepted Stage E 1 2008- DEVANAGARI 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 0955 1 VOWEL SIGN Accepted Stage CANDRA LONG E 4 DEVANAGARI 2008- SIGN PUSHPIKA 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 0973..0974 2 DEVANAGARI Accepted Stage CARET 4 DEVANAGARI 2008- LETTER ZHA 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 0979..097A 2 DEVANAGARI Accepted Stage LETTER HEAVY YA 4 2007- Sep- BENGALI GANDA 2007-Aug-09 09FB 1 21 MARK Accepted Stage 4 ORIYA FRACTION ONE QUARTER ORIYA FRACTION ONE HALF ORIYA FRACTION THREE QUARTERS 2008-May-16 0B72..0B77 6 N/A ORIYA FRACTION Accepted ONE SIXTEENTH ORIYA FRACTION ONE EIGHTH ORIYA FRACTION THREE SIXTEENTHS MALAYALAM 2008-May-16 0D29 1 N/A LETTER NNNA Accepted MALAYALAM 2008-May-16 0D3A 1 N/A LETTER TTTA Accepted http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 4 of 15 2008- Archaic Sinhala 2007-Feb-09 Apr-25 0DE7..0DEF 9 digits 1 - 9 Accepted Stage 3 2008- Archaic Sinhala 2007-Feb-09 Apr-25 0DF5..0DFF 11 numbers 10 - 1000 Accepted Stage 3 TIBETAN SYMBOL GYUNG DRUNG NANG -KHOR TIBETAN SYMBOL GYUNG DRUNG 2007- PHYI -KHOR Sep- TIBETAN SYMBOL 2007-May-18 0FD5..0FD8 4 21 GYUNG DRUNG Accepted Stage NANG -KHOR BZHI 4 MIG CAN TIBETAN SYMBOL GYUNG DRUNG PHYI -KHOR BZHI MIG CAN MYANMAR SIGN KHAMTI TONE-1 MYANMAR SIGN 2008- KHAMTI TONE-3 2008-May-16 Apr-25 109A..109D 4 MYANMAR VOWEL Accepted Stage SIGN AITON A 4 MYANMAR VOWEL SIGN AITON AI 2008- Old Hangul initial 2007-May-18 Apr-25 115A..115E 5 consonants Accepted Stage 6 2008- Old Hangul medial 2007-May-18 Apr-25 11A3..11A7 5 vowels Accepted Stage 6 2007-May-18 Accepted; 2008- Old Hangul final 2008-May-16 Apr-25 11FA..11FF 6 consonants Name Stage Correction 6 Reconfirmed CANADIAN 2008-May-16 2008- 1400 1 SYLLABICS Accepted Apr-25 HYPHEN Stage http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 5 of 15 4 2008- Canadian Syllabics 2008-May-16 Apr-25 1677..167F 9 syllable additions Accepted Stage 4 2008- NEW TAI LUE 2008-May-16 Apr-25 19DA 1 THAM DIGIT ONE Accepted Stage 4 2007-May-18 Accepted; 2008- Tai Tham (formerly 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 1A20..1AAF 127 "Lanna") Reconfirmed; Stage 2008-Feb-08 6 Reconfirmed 2007-Feb-09 2008- Meetei Mayek Accepted; Apr-25 1C80..1CCF 76 (formerly "Meitei 2008-May-16 Stage Mayek") Reconfirmed 4 MEETEI MAYEK 2008- DANDA 2008-May-16 Apr-25 1CAC..1CAD 2 MEETEI MAYEK Accepted Stage DOUBLE DANDA 4 VEDIC TONE KARSHANA 2008-Feb-08 VEDIC TONE Accepted; 2008- SHARA 2008-May-16 Apr-25 1CD0..1CD3 4 VEDIC TONE Name Stage PRENKHA Correction 4 VEDIC SIGN Reconfirmed NIHSHVASA VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC 2008-May-16 1CD4 1 N/A KASHMIRI Accepted SVARITA VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC AGGRAVATED INDEPENDENT SVARITA VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC INDEPENDENT SVARITA VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC KATHAKA http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 6 of 15 INDEPENDENT SVARITA VEDIC TONE CANDRA BELOW VEDIC TONE YAJURVEDIC KATHAKA INDEPENDENT 2007-Oct-19 2008- SVARITA Accepted; Apr-25 1CD5..1CDD 9 SCHROEDER 2008-Feb-08 Stage VEDIC TONE Reconfirmed 4 DOUBLE SVARITA VEDIC TONE TRIPLE SVARITA VEDIC TONE KATHAKA ANUDATTA VEDIC TONE DOT BELOW VEDIC TONE TWO 2007-Oct-19 2008- DOTS BELOW Accepted; Apr-25 1CDE..1CDF 2 VEDIC TONE 2008-Feb-08 Stage THREE DOTS Reconfirmed 4 BELOW VEDIC TONE 2008- RIGVEDIC 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 1CE0 1 KASHMIRI Accepted Stage INDEPENDENT 4 SVARITA VEDIC TONE 2007-Oct-19 2008- ATHARVAVEDIC Accepted; Apr-25 1CE1 1 INDEPENDENT 2008-Feb-08 Stage SVARITA Reconfirmed 4 VEDIC TONE VISARGA SVARITA VEDIC TONE VISARGA UDATTA VEDIC TONE 2008-Feb-08 REVERSED Accepted; 2008- VISARGA UDATTA 2008-May-16 Apr-25 1CE2..1CE8 7 VEDIC TONE Name Stage VISARGA Corrections 4 ANUDATTA Reconfirmed VEDIC TONE REVERSED VISARGA ANUDATTA VEDIC TONE http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 7 of 15 VISARGA UDATTA WITH TAIL VEDIC TONE VISARGA ANUDATTA WITH TAIL VEDIC SIGN ANUSVARA ANTARGOMUKHA VEDIC SIGN ANUSVARA BAHIRGOMUKHA 2008-May-16 1CE9..1CEC 4 VEDIC SIGN N/A Accepted ANUSVARA VAMAGOMUKHA VEDIC SIGN ANUSVARA VAMAGOMUKHA WITH TAIL 2008- VEDIC SIGN 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 1CED 1 TIRYAK Accepted Stage 4 VEDIC SIGN HEXIFORM LONG ANUSVARA 2008- VEDIC SIGN LONG 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 1CEE..1CF0 3 ANUSVARA Accepted Stage VEDIC SIGN 4 RTHANG LONG ANUSVARA DEVANAGARI 2008-May-16 1CF1 1 SIGN ANUSVARA N/A Accepted UBHAYATOMUKHA 2008- VEDIC SIGN Apr-25 1CF1* 1 N/A ARDHAVISARGA Stage 4 2008-Feb-08 Accepted; VEDIC SIGN 1CF2 1 2008-May-16 N/A ARDHAVISARGA Code Point Changed 2008- COMBINING 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 1DFD 1 ALMOST EQUAL Accepted Stage TO BELOW 4 http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 8 of 15 2008- LIVRE TOURNOIS 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 20B6 1 SIGN Accepted Stage 4 2008- 2008-May-16 Apr-25 20B7 1 SPESMILO SIGN Accepted Stage 4 2008- 2008-May-16 Apr-25 20B8 1 TENGE SIGN Accepted Stage 4 VULGAR FRACTION ONE SEVENTH 2008- VULGAR 2008-May-16 Apr-25 2150..2152 3 FRACTION ONE Accepted Stage NINTH 4 VULGAR FRACTION ONE TENTH 2008- VULGAR 2008-May-16 Apr-25 2189 1 FRACTION ZERO Accepted Stage THIRDS 4 2008- DECIMAL 2008-Feb-08 Apr-25 23E8 1 EXPONENT Accepted Stage SYMBOL 4 THREE LINES CONVERGING 2008- RIGHT 2008-May-16 Apr-25 269E..269F 2 THREE LINES Accepted Stage CONVERGING 4 LEFT 2008- BASEBALL 2008-May-16 Apr-25 26BD..26BE 2 SQUARED KEY Accepted Stage 4 Weather, game, 2008- traffic, dictionary, 2008-May-16 Apr-25 26C4..26FF 60 and map symbols Accepted Stage from ARIB STD B24 4 2008- LATIN CAPITAL 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 2C70 1 LETTER TURNED Accepted Stage ALPHA 4 http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html 8/13/2008 Proposed New Characters -- Pipeline Table Page 9 of 15 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH 2008- SWASH TAIL 2007-Oct-19 Apr-25 2C7E..2C7F 2 LATIN CAPITAL Accepted Stage LETTER Z WITH 4 SWASH TAIL 2008- Coptic 2007-May-18 Apr-25 2CEB..2CEE 4 cryptogrammic Accepted Stage letters 6 COPTIC COMBINING NI ABOVE 2008- COPTIC 2007-May-18 Apr-25 2CEF..2CF1 3 COMBINING Accepted Stage SPIRITUS ASPER 6 COPTIC COMBINING SPIRITUS LENIS TIFINAGH
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