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Unicode Status for Nüshu

In The Unicode Standard, Nüshu script implementation is discussed in Chapter 18: East Asia.

The Nüshu script was first encoded in The Unicode Standard version 10.0. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionDocumentation
Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation16FE110.0U16FE0
Nushu1B170..1B2FF10.0U1B170

A number of proposals for its inclusion have been submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:

  • 2007-09-08 Comments on Nüshu Proposal by the Chinese NB N3287 — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3322, L2/07-300)

  • 2007-09-16 Reply to WG2 N3322 - UC Berkeley’s comments on Nüshu — China N.B. (WG2 N3337, L2/07-303)

  • 2007-09-17 Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS (Powerpoint) — China N.B. (WG2 N3340, L2/07-315)

  • 2007-10-11 Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N3287, L2/07-293, L2/07-371)

  • 2008-03-02 Revised Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N3426, L2/08-171)

  • 2008-04-09 Comments on N3426: Revised Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS — US NB (WG2 N3433, L2/08-154)

  • 2008-04-23 Reply to N3433 and the explanatory revision to N3426 — China N.B. (WG2 N3462, L2/08-186)

  • 2008-06-06 Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N3463, L2/08-302)

  • 2008-08-10 Feedback on Revised Nushu Proposal L2/08-302 (N3463) — Deborah Anderson (L2/08-311)

  • 2008-09-01 Comments on N3463: Revised Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3497, L2/08-338)

  • 2008-09-15 Review of Nushu Proposal — United Kingdom N.B. (WG2 N3449, L2/08-345)

  • 2009-03-18 Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N3598, L2/09-155)

  • 2009-04-21 Ad hoc report on Nüshu — Nüshu Ad hoc, WG2#54 (WG2 N3635, L2/09-170)

  • 2009-04-30 Proposal to redefine the scope of Ideographic Description Sequences and to encode four additional Ideographic Description Characters — Andrew C West (WG2 N3643, L2/09-171)

  • 2009-09-05 Comments and Questions on N 3598 — Orie Endo (WG2 N3705.doc, L2/09-365)

  • 2009-10-26 A Quick Response to WG2n3705: Comments and Questions on N 3598 (Nushu) — China N.B. (WG2 N3719, L2/09-417)

  • 2012-09-10 Updated Proposal for encoding Nyushu in the SMP of the UCS — China N.B. (WG2 N4341, L2/12-362)

  • 2012-10-19 Input on encoding Nushu — Michael Everson (WG2 N4366, L2/12-330)

  • 2012-10-24 Nüshu ad hoc report — Tero Aalto (WG2 N4376, L2/12-370)

  • 2013-05-31 Comments on Nushu (N4376 and N4341) — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4442)

  • 2013-06-05 Mapping of Nushu characters (from N4376 and N4341) and Additional Comments — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4451)

  • 2013-06-12 Nushu ad hoc report — Tero Aalto (WG2 N4461)

  • 2013-09-12 Code table and names list for encoding Nüshu — Michael Everson, Zhao Liming, Chen Zhuang, Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4472, L2/13-160)

  • 2013-12-25 Comments on Nushu in WG2 N4484, /IEC 10646:2014/PDAM1 — Suzuki Toshiya (WG2 N4513, L2/14-012)

  • 2014-01-30 Additional Comments on N4484/PDAM1 — Suzuki Toshiya, Orie Endo (WG2 N4533, L2/14-050)

  • 2014-02-22 Reply to N4513 and N4533 (Suzuki and Endo’s comments on Nushu Encoding) — China N.B. (WG2 N4556)

  • 2014-02-25 Feedback To N4556 (Chinese Reply to N4513 and N4533). — suzuki toshiya (WG2 N462)

  • 2014-02-25 Nüshu ad hoc report — Tero Aalto (WG2 N4561, L2/14-075)

  • 2014-07-28 Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler, Rick McGowan, Roozbeh Pournader, Laurentiu Iancu (L2/14-170)

  • 2014-07-29 Progress Report of Nushu Code Chart Review by Japanese Experts — Suzuki Toshiya (L2/14-186)

  • 2014-09-02 Comments on Nushu in ISO/IEC 10646:2014 PDAM2 (WG2 N4569) — Suzuki Toshiya (WG2 N4610, L2/14-236)

  • 2014-09-19 Comments on N4561 (Nushu Ad-Hoc Meeting Report in WG2#62) — Orie Endo (English translation by suzuki toshiya) (WG2 N4626)

  • 2014-09-23 Theory and Rules of Nushu Character Unification — China NB (WG2 N4639, L2/14-244)

  • 2014-10-01 Ad Hoc Reports for Nushu — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4647, L2/14-247)

  • 2014-11-25 Nushu Ad Hoc Meeting Report — Deborah Anderson (L2/14-300)

  • 2015-01-12 Proposal of Nushu Code Chart based on WG2 N4610 — suzuki toshiya (WG2 N4652, L2/15-008)

  • 2015-10-20 Nushu Ad Hoc Report — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4693, L2/15-283)

  • 2015-10-22 Re-ordering Nushu following the disposition of comments on CD 10646 5th edition — Michael Everson (L2/15-245)

  • 2020-03-05 Updates for 8 values for 4 Nushu characters in UCD — Eiso Chan, Kushim Jiang (L2/20-075)

    • Recommendations to UTC #163 April-May 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-105) (See point 13.)

    • UTC #163 Minutes (L2/20-102) (See B.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2020-12-30 Updates for 3 values for 3 Nushu characters in UCD — Eiso Chan, Kushim Jiang (L2/21-024)

    • Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-073) (See point 13.)

    • UTC #167 Minutes (L2/21-067) (See B.1 167-A38 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-06-26 Proposal to update the reference glyphs in the Nüshu block and the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block — Kushim Jiang (L2/22-138)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 13.)

  • 2022-08-15 Nüshu feedback on L2/22-138 (Proposal to update the reference glyphs in the Nüshu block and the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block) — Endo Orie (L2/22-264)

    • Recommendations to UTC #173 November 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-248) (See point B 19.)

  • 2022-08-16 Feedback to Nushu glyph update proposed by L2/22-138 — Toshiya Suzuki (L2/22-263)

    • Recommendations to UTC #173 November 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-248) (See point B 19.)