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Unicode Status for Miao

In The Unicode Standard, Miao script implementation is discussed in Chapter 18: East Asia and in UTN#56 Representing Miao in Unicode.

The Miao script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 6.1. The script is encoded in the following block:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode Chart
Miao16F00..16F9F6.1U16F00.pdf

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

  • 1997-05-21 Proposal to add Pollard to ISO/IEC 10646 — John H. Jenkins (L2/97-104)

  • 2007-09-14 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao script — China N.B. (WG2 N3335, L2/07-299)

  • 2007-10-10 Feedback on L2/07-299 Preliminary Proposal for Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao (WG2 N3335) — Deborah Anderson (L2/07-352)

  • 2009-10-01 Proposal for encoding the Miao Script — China N.B. (WG2 N3669, L2/09-253)

  • 2009-10-28 Miao Ad-Hoc Meeting Report — WG2 (WG2 N3730, L2/09-415)

  • 2010-01-28 Toward a proposal for encoding the Miao script in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Erich Fickle, Martin Hosken (WG2 N3761, L2/10-049)

  • 2010-03-26 Final proposal for encoding the Miao script in the SMP of the UCS — China, Ireland, UK (WG2 N3789, L2/10-093)

  • 2010-08-08 Proposal for encoding additional Miao characters in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Erich Fickle (WG2 N3877, L2/10-302)

  • 2017-10-03 Proposal for additions to the Miao script — Adrian Cheuk (L2/17-345)

    • Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals (L2/17-384) (See point 11.)

    • UTC #153 Minutes (L2/17-362) (See C.17 for decision and action items)

  • 2018-02-27 Feedback on name for U+16F4F MIAO SIGN CONSONANT MODIFIER BAR — Deborah Anderson (L2/18-069)

    • Recommendations to UTC #155 April-May 2018 on Script Proposals (L2/18-168) (See point 2a.)

  • 2018-11-09 Annotation modifications for Miao block — Eiso Chan (L2/18-326)

    • Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-047) (See point 18.)

    • UTC #158 Minutes (L2/19-008) (See C.11 for decision and action items)

  • 2022-05-04 Preliminary proposal for additions for Hei Yi to Miao block — Eiso Chan (L2/23-198)

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

  • 2022-07-20 Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 25.)

    • UTC #172 Minutes (L2/22-121) (See D.1 SECTION 25 for decision and action items)

  • Recommendations to UTC #180 (July 2024) on Script Proposals (L2/24-166) (See point A.III.7.)

    • UTC #180 Minutes (L2/24-159) (See D.1 Section 7 for decision and action items)