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Unicode Status for Small Seal

The Small Seal script (sometimes called Shuowen) is not yet in Unicode. The Small Seal script has a tentative allocation at U+38000..U+3AB9F in the Roadmap to the TIP for the Unicode Standard.

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

  • 2014-09-30 Proposal to encode Small Seal Script in UCS — TCA and China NB (WG2 N4634, L2/14-242)

  • 2015-10-20 Proposal to encode Small Seal Script in UCS — TCA, China N.B. (WG2 N4688, L2/15-281)

  • 2016-04-28 Proposal to Apply Source-Based Variation Selector in Shuowen Small Seal Encoding — Suzuki Toshiya (WG2 N4716, (L2/16-092)

    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See B.16.1 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-06-18 Shuowen Seal Encoding Design Issues — Suzuki Toshiya, Richard Cook (WG2 N4834, L2/17-250)

    • UTC #152 Minutes (L2/17-222) (See C.21 for decision and action items)

  • 2017-08-24 Shuowen Seal Encoding Design Issues++ — Richard Cook (WG2 N4852, L2/17-317)

  • 2017-09-01 Shuowen Seal Ad Hoc Meeting Resolutions — Richard Cook, et al (WG2 N4853, L2/17-318)

  • 2017-10-05 Seal Script Naming Considerations — Richard Cook, Rick McGowan, Ken Whistler (WG2 N4909, L2/17-371)

  • 2019-06-19 Proposal to encode Small Seal Script (Appendix Zip file of charts here 31MB) — TCA, China NB (WG2 N5105, (L2/19-228)

    • Recommendations to UTC #160 July 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-286) (See point 16.)

  • 2019-06-19 Report of Seal Script discussion in WG2 #68 — Toshiya Suzuki (WG2 N5108, L2/19-245)

    • Recommendations to UTC #160 July 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-286) (See point 16.)

  • 2022-02-20 THX correction glyph summary table (WG2 N5190) — TCA / China (L2/22-142)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 15.)

  • 2022-06-17 About the future extension of other versions of Shuowen Seal (WG2 N5188) — TCA (L2/22-140)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 15.)

  • 2022-06-17 THX Seal glyph Correction Principles (WG2 N5189) — Selena / TCA (L2/22-141)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 15.)

  • 2022-06-20 TCA and China Feedback on N5133 (WG2 N5133) — Shouwen Seal Experts from China and TCA (L2/22-139)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 15.)

  • 2022-06-20 THX Property Table (14.5MB) (WG2 N5191) — TCA / China (L2/22-143)

    • Recommendations to UTC #172 July 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-128) (See point 15.)

  • 2022-11-08 UCS Seal Script Source Mapping Data — Richard Cook (L2/22-279)

    • Recommendations to UTC #174 January 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-012) (See point B.20.)

    • Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-083) (See point C.15.)

    • UTC #175 Minutes (L2/23-076) (See D.2. and E.1 Section 30 for decision and action items)

  • 2023-07-08 Glyph Image Chart to Review L2/22-279 Mapping (size: 76MB) — Toshiya Suzuki (L2/23-166)

    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point B.24.)

    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 24 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-01-26 Considerations concerning the Small Seal encoding initiative (revised) — Michel Suignard (L2/25-049)

    • UTC #182 Minutes (L2/25-003) (See D.5 for decision and action items)

  • 2025-03-31 Converging towards a Small Seal encoding proposal — Michel Suignard (L2/25-111)

    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 6.)

    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.4 for decision and action items)