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Unicode Status for Khitan Small Script

In The Unicode Standard, Khitan Small Script implementation is discussed in Chapter 18: East Asia.

The Khitan Small Script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 13.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Khitan Small Script18B00..18CFF13.0U18B00.pdf

A number of proposals towards its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2010-04-15 Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N3820, L2/10-130)

  • 2010-09-24 Comments on Khitan proposal N3918 — Richard Cook, Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3925, L2/10-374)

  • 2010-10-04 A Comment on the proposal to unify Khitan script and CJK Ideograph, in N3925 — suzuki toshiya (WG2 N3934, L2/10-453)

  • 2010-10-06 Ad hoc report on Khitan Small Script — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3942, L2/10-400)

  • 2010-10-14 Proposal of Encode the Khitan Characters to UCS plane — Sun Bo-jun, Jing Yongshi, Liyang (WG2 N3918, L2/10-369)

  • 2016-04-21 Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson (WG2 N4725, L2/16-113)

    • Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Roozbeh Pournader, Andrew Glass, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/16-156) (See section 9 for recommendations)

    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See D.15 for decision and action items)

  • 2016-08-20 Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 20 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #1 — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4736, L2/16-243)

  • 2016-08-22 Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 22 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #2 — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4737, L2/16-244)

  • 2016-09-24 Discussion of 29 proposed Khitan Small Script characters — Viacheslav Zaytsev, Andrew West (WG2 N4765, L2/16-277)

  • 2016-09-24 Comments on Mongolian, Small Khitan, and other WG2 #65 documents — Deborah Anderson, et al (L2/16-266)

  • 2016-09-26 Final proposal to encode the Small Khitan Script in the SMP of the UCS — Sun Bojun, Wu Yingzhe, Jing Yongshi, Jiruhe, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Andrew West, Michael Everson (WG2 N4738, L2/16-245)

  • 2016-09-28 Summary of Ad Hoc Meeting on Khitan Small Script, 28 September 2016 — Lisa Moore (WG2 N4768, L2/16-338)

  • 2016-09-29 Khitan Small Script code chart based on the ad-hoc in San Jose — Michael Everson (WG2 N4771, L2/16-271)

    • UTC #150 Minutes (L2/17-016) (See B.1.3.1.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2016-10-27 Discussion of Cluster Formation in Khitan Small Script — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4775, L2/16-296)

    • Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals (L2/16-342) (See point 10.)

    • UTC #149 Minutes (L2/16-325) (See C.3.7 for decision and action items)

  • 2016-11-17 Layman’s comments on the encoding proposal Khitan small script — Snow Listener (L2/16-376)

    • Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-037) (See point 15.)

    • UTC #150 Minutes (L2/17-016) (See C.3.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-05-03 Towards an encoding of the Jurchen script and implications for Khitan Small Script — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4795, (L2/17-107)

    • Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-153) (See point 13.)

    • UTC #151 Minutes (L2/17-103) (See C.14 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-05-19 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson (WG2 N4943R, L2/18-121)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 14.)

    • UTC #155 Minutes (L2/18-115) (See C.12 for decision and action items)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #156 Minutes (L2/18-183) (See C.12 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-06-20 Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London) — Deborah Anderson, Peter Constable (WG2 N5002, L2/18-213)

    • Recommendations to UTC #156 July 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-241) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #156 Minutes (L2/18-183) (See C.12 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-08-31 Further information on Khitan Small Script clusters — Deborah Anderson (L2/18-285)

    • Recommendations to UTC #157 September 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-300) (See point 9.)

    • UTC #157 Minutes (L2/18-272) (See C.10 for decision and action items)

  • 2021-08-16 Request to modify U+18CCA glyph in Khitan Small Script block — Eiso Chan, Jerry You, Fitzgerald Yu, Victor Wong (L2/21-182)

    • Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-174) (See point 14.)

    • UTC #169 Minutes (L2/21-167) (See B.1 Section 14 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-03-01 Proposal to encode a blank character for Khitan Small Script — Andrew West (L2/23-065)

    • Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-083) (See point A.ii.3.)

    • UTC #175 Minutes (L2/23-076) (See D.1.1.3 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-05-18 Khitan Small Script (L2/23-159 Public feedback, ID20230518114242) — Charlotte Buff (L2/23-159)

    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point A.VIII.12.)

    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 12 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-07-29 Glyph correction for Khitan Small Script U+18BD2 — Andrew West (L2/23-199)

    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point A.IV.6.)

    • UTC #177 Minutes (L2/23-231) (See D.1.1 Section 6 and D.8 for decision and action items)