Supported ScriptsThe Unicode Standard encodes scripts rather than languages. When writing systems for more than one language share sets of graphical symbols that have historically related derivations, the union of all of those graphical symbols is treated as a single collection of characters for encoding and is identified as a single script. Each script then serves as an inventory of graphical symbols, which are drawn upon for the writing systems of particular languages. In many cases, a single script, such as the Latin script, may be used to write tens or even hundreds of languages. In other cases, only one language employs a particular script—for example, Hangul, which is typically used only to write the Korean language. The writing systems for some languages may also use more than one script; for example, Japanese traditionally makes use of the Han (Kanji), Hiragana, and Katakana scripts, and modern Japanese usage commonly mixes in the Latin script as well.
The scripts supported by the Unicode Standard include all of those listed in the following table. The listing in the table is ordered by the version of the Unicode Standard in which a particular script was first encoded. In many instances, supplemental characters for a given script have been encoded in subsequent versions of the standard, after the initial addition of the script. Details about most of these scripts can be looked up at the ScriptSource website.
Version (Year) Scripts Added Totals 1.1 (1993) 23 Arabic Gujarati Lao Armenian Gurmukhi Latin Bengali Han Malayalam Bopomofo Hangul Oriya Cyrillic Hebrew Tamil Devanagari Hiragana Telugu Georgian Kannada Thai Greek Katakana 2.0 (1996) +1, = 24 Tibetan 3.0 (1999) +13, = 37 Braille (patterns) Mongolian Syriac Canadian Syllabics Myanmar Thaana Cherokee Ogham Yi Ethiopic Runic Khmer Sinhala 3.1 (2001) +3, = 40 Deseret Gothic Old Italic 3.2 (2002) +4, = 44 Buhid Tagalog Hanunóo Tagbanwa 4.0 (2003) +7, = 51 Cypriot Osmanya Ugaritic Limbu Shavian Linear B Tai Le 4.1 (2005) +8, = 59 Buginese Kharoshthi Syloti Nagri Coptic New Tai Lue Tifinagh Glagolitic Old Persian Cuneiform 5.0 (2006) +5, = 64 Balinese Phags-pa Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform N'Ko Phoenician 5.1 (2008) +11, = 75 Carian Lycian Saurashtra Cham Lydian Sundanese Kayah Li Ol Chiki Vai Lepcha Rejang 5.2 (2009) +15, = 90 Avestan Inscriptional Parthian Old South Arabian Bamum Javanese Old Turkic Egyptian Hieroglyphs Kaithi Samaritan Imperial Aramaic Lisu Tai Tham Inscriptional Pahlavi Meetei Mayek Tai Viet 6.0 (2010) +3, = 93 Batak Brahmi Mandaic 6.1 (2012) +7, = 100 Chakma Miao Takri Meroitic Cursive Sharada Meroitic Hieroglyphs Sora Sompeng 7.0 (2014) +23, = 123 Bassa Vah Mahajani Pahawh Hmong Caucasian Albanian Manichaean Palmyrene Duployan (shorthand) Mende Kikakui Pau Cin Hau Elbasan Modi Psalter Pahlavi Grantha Mro Siddham Khojki Nabataean Tirhuta Khudawadi Old North Arabian Warang Citi Linear A Old Permic 8.0 (2015) +6, = 129 Ahom Hatran Old Hungarian Anatolian Hieroglyphs Multani Sutton SignWriting 9.0 (2016) +6, = 135 Adlam Marchen Osage Bhaiksuki Newa Tangut 10.0 (2017) +4, = 139 Masaram Gondi Soyombo Nushu Zanabazar Square 11.0 (2018) +7, = 146 Dogra Makasar Sogdian Gunjala Gondi Medefaidrin Hanifi Rohingya Old Sogdian 12.0 (2019) +4, = 150 Elymaic Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Nandinagari Wancho 13.0 (2020) +4, = 154 Chorasmian Khitan Small Script Dives Akuru Yezidi 14.0 (2021) +5, = 159 Cypro-Minoan Tangsa Vithkuqi Old Uyghur Toto 15.0 (2022) +2, = 161 Kawi Nag Mundari 16.0 (2024) +7, = 168 Garay Gurung Khema Kirat Rai Ol Onal Sunuwar Todhri Tulu-TigalariIn addition to the scripts listed above, a large number of other collections of characters are also encoded by Unicode. These collections include the following:
- Numbers
- General Diacritics
- General Punctuation
- General Symbols
- Mathematical Symbols (Western and Arabic)
- Musical Symbols (Western, Byzantine, Ancient Greek, and other)
- Technical Symbols
- Emoji: For details, see Emoji Versions
- Dingbats
- Arrows, Blocks, Box Drawing Forms, and Geometric Shapes
- Game Symbols
- Miscellaneous Symbols
- Presentation Forms
- Kangxi and other CJK radicals
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