Unicode Status for Han
In The Unicode Standard, Han implementation is discussed in Chapter 18: East Asia
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A Unicode summary of documents related to this script is available here: Topical Document List: CJK & Unihan Working Group Reports
Blocks
Section titled “Blocks”Han was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 1.0. The script is now encoded in the following blocks:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Code charts |
|---|---|---|---|
| CJK Radicals Supplement | 2E80..2EFF | 3.0 | U2E80 |
| CJK Radicals / KangXi Radicals | 2F00..2FDF | 3.0 | U2F00 |
| CJK Symbols and Punctuation | 3000..303F | 1.0 | U3000 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A | 3400..4DBF | 3.0 | U3400 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs | 4E00..9FFF | 1.1 | U4E00 |
| CJK Compatibility Ideographs | F900..FAFF | 1.1 | UF900 |
| Enclosed Ideographic Supplement | 1F200..1F2FF | 5.2 | U1F200 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B | 20000..2A6DF | 3.1 | U20000 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C | 2A700..2B73F | 5.2 | U2A700 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D | 2B740..2B81F | 6.0 | U2B740 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E | 2B820..2CEAF | 8.0 | U2B820 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F | 2CEB0..2CEBF | 10.0 | U2CEB0 |
| CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 2F800..2FA1F | 3.1 | U2F800 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G | 30000..3134F | 14.0 | U30000 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension H | 31350..323AF | 15.0 | U31350 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension I | 2EBF0..2EE5D | 15.1 | U2EBF0 |
| CJK Unified Ideographs Extension J | 323B0..33479 | 17.0 | U323B0 |
Characters
Section titled “Characters”The following are in the “Common” category, but they do relate to the Han script.
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Code charts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ideographic Description Characters | 2FF0..2FFF | 3.0 | U2FF0 |
| CJK Strokes | 31C0..31EF | 4.1 | U31C0 |
| Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | 3200..32FF | 1.0 | U3200 |
Proposals and documents
Section titled “Proposals and documents”None listed at this time.
Several documents for inclusion have Kanbun been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee:
- 2020-10-10 Suggestion concerning tentative roadmap placement of Kanbun Extended block — Mika Moist (L2/20-276)
- Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250) (See point 18.)
- UTC #165 Minutes (L2/20-237) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
- Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-016) (See point 23.)
- UTC #166 Minutes (L2/21-009) (See C.1 — 4 for decision and action items)
- Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-250
- 2021-01-06 Proposal to Encode 20 Additional Kanbun Marks — Wang Yifan (L2/21-082)
- Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-073) (See point 12.)
- UTC #167 Minutes (L2/21-067) (See B.1 167-A36, 167-A37 for decision and action items)