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Unicode Status for Tangut

In The Unicode Standard, Tangut script implementation is discussed in Chapter 18: East Asia and in UTN 42: Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections.

Blocks

Section titled “Blocks”

The Tangut script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 9.0. The script is now encoded in the following blocks:

BlocksCharacter RangeAdded in Unicode VersionUnicode chart
Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation16FE0..16FFF9.0U16FE0
Tangut17000..187FF9.0U17000
Tangut Components18800..18AFF9.0U18800
Tangut Supplement18D00..18D7F13.0U18D00
Tangut Components Supplement18D80..18DFF17.0U18D80

Characters

Section titled “Characters”

Subsequent to version 9.0, the following characters have been added to the Tangut script:

CharactersUnicode VersionDocumentation
187ED..187F111.0WG2 N4724, L2/16-095

Pending indicates codepoint assignments are not final; Documentation refers to ISO Working Group and Unicode proposals

Proposals and documents

Section titled “Proposals and documents”

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

  • 2007-05-09 Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 — Richard Cook (WG2 N3297, L2/07-143)
  • 2007-05-10 Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #43, A User’s Guide to the UniTangut Database — Richard Cook (L2/07-158)
  • 2007-07-24 Tangut Proposal - Multi Column Chart — Richard Cook (WG2 N3297a, L2/07-144)
  • 2007-07-24 Tangut Proposal - Single Column Chart — Richard Cook (WG2 N3297b, L2/07-145)
  • 2007-07-24 Tangut Proposal Code Chart Update — Richard Cook (L2/07-229)
  • 2007-09-01 Tangut Background — Richard Cook (WG2 N3307, L2/07-289)
  • 2007-09-17 Expert feedback on Chinese NB input on WG2/N3297 Tangut Encoding Proposal — Richard Cook (WG2 N3343, L2/07-302)
  • 2007-09-18 Response to UC Berkeley’s proposals on Tangut — China N.B. (WG2 N3338, L2/07-301)
  • 2007-09-24 Proposed Draft Unicode Technical Report #43, A User’s Guide to the UniTangut Database [2nd revision; replaces L2/07-158] — Richard Cook — L2/07-290)
  • 2007-09-24 UniTangut.txt draft data file — Richard Cook (L2/07-291)
  • 2008-04-19 Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and Charts — UK National Body (WG2 N3448, L2/08-175)
  • 2008-04-22 Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and charts — Joint contribution from China and US (WG2 N3467, L2/08-187)
  • 2008-07-15 Tangut 5 column chart — Richard Cook (L2/08-259)
  • 2008-09-01 Poposal to encode Tangut Radicals and CJK Strokes in the UCS — Michael Everson, Andrew West (WG2 N3495, L2/08-335)
  • 2008-09-01 Review of Proposed Tangut Repertoire — United Kingdom (WG2 N3496, L2/08-337)
  • 2008-09-03 Single-Column Tangut Code Chart — Richard Cook (L2/08-336)
  • 2008-09-24 Expert Feedback on the proposed Tangut character set in PDAM 6.2 — Michael Everson, Andrew West (WG2 N3498, L2/08-341)
  • 2008-10-10 The UCS Tangut Repertory — Richard Cook, Ken Lunde (WG2 N3521, L2/08-349)
  • 2008-10-13 Response from Tangut scholars of China on the Tangut Unicode proposal — China N.B. (WG2 N3539.doc, L2/08-376)
  • 2008-10-13 Report from the Ad Hoc on Tangut — Erkki I. Kolehmainen, (WG2 N3541.doc, L2/08-377)
  • 2008-10-29 Comments on the Tangut radicals and strokes proposal (N3495 = L2/08-335) — Richard Cook, Deborah Anderson — L2/08-399)
  • 2009-03-04 Request for Tangut font and mappings from N3577 to Amendment 7 repertoire — Deborah Anderson, Richard Cook (WG2 N3586)
  • 2009-04-08 Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS — Michael Everson, Nathan Hill, Guillaume Jacques, Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N3577, L2/09-095, L2/09-115)
  • 2009-04-08 Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS - Appendix A — Michael Everson, Nathan Hill, Guillaume Jacques, Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N3577-a, L2/09-116)
  • 2009-04-08 Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS - Appendix B — Michael Everson, Nathan Hill, Guillaume Jacques, Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N3577-b, L2/09-117)
  • 2009-04-20 Tangut Ad-Hoc Meeting Report — Tangut Ad-hoc committee (WG2 N3629, L2/09-169)
  • 2009-04-30 Proposal to redefine the scope of Ideographic Description Sequences and to encode four additional Ideographic Description Characters — Andrew West (WG2 N3643, L2/09-171)
  • 2010-04-05 Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS — China, Ireland, and UK (WG2 N3797, WG2 N3797-a, WG2 N3797-b, L2/10-095)
  • 2010-04-16 Comments on Tangut proposal N3797 — Deborah Anderson, Richard Cook (WG2 N3821, L2/10-131)
  • 2010-04-21 Tangut Ad hoc report — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N3833, L2/10-141)
  • 2011-05-22 Report on Tangut Encoding — UK via Andrew West “(WG2 N4033, WG2 N4033a, WG2 N4033b, L2/11-214)
  • 2011-05-26 Tangut chart to supplement N4033 “Report on Tangut Encoding” — Michael Everson, Andrew West (WG2 N4083, L2/11-204)
  • 2011-05-26 Comments on Tangut report N4033 — Richard Cook and Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4094)
  • 2012-10-02 Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson (WG2 N4325, L2/12-313)
  • 2012-10-02 Proposal to encode Tangut radicals in the UCS — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson (WG2 N4326, L2/12-314)
  • 2012-10-02 Code chart for Tangut ideographs and Tangut radicals — Michael Everson, Andrew West (WG2 N4327, L2/12-315)
  • 2012-10-20 Comments on N4325, 4326 and N4327 (Tangut) — China N.B. (WG2 N4370, WG2 N4370.doc)
  • 2013-06-10 Explanation on the Re-facture of Tangut Fonts — China N.B. (WG2 N4455)
  • 2013-12-10 Summary of Tangut meeting (Beijing, China) — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4516, L2/13-241)
  • 2014-01-21 Code chart for the Tangut script — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Han Xiaomang, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4525, L2/14-021)
  • 2014-01-21 Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Han Xiaomang, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4522, L2/14-023)
  • 2014-02-20 Character Name considerations — Michel Suignard (WG2 N4543, L2/14-022)
  • 2014-09-21 Tangut glyph corrections — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4588, L2/14-209)
  • 2014-09-29 Review of N4558R Tangut glyph corrections — China NB (WG2 N4640)
  • 2014-09-29 Ad Hoc Reports for Tangut and Khitan Large Script — Deborah Anderson (WG2 N4642, L2/14-246)
  • 2014-09-30 Proposal to encode Tangut radicals in the UCS — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, Michael Everson (WG2 N4636, L2/14-228)
  • 2014-10-01 Tangut glyph corrections — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, Michael Everson (WG2 N4588, L2/14-209)
  • 2014-10-10 Source references file for Tangut Ideographs — WG2 (L2/14-294)
  • 2014-12-01 Discussion of Tangut character L2008-4148 — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson (WG2 N4650, L2/14-301)
  • 2015-07-16 Review of Tangut repertoire in DAM ballot — Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev (L2/15-175)
  • 2015-10-13 Reply to WG2N4650 and WG2N4667 on Tangut — China N.B. (WG2 N4684, L2/15-279)
  • 2016-04-21 Glyph Corrections for 3 Tangut ideographs — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun (WG2 N4723, L2/16-112)
    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.14.3 for decision and action items)
  • 2016-04-21 Proposal to encode five additional Tangut ideographs Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun (WG2 N4724, L2/16-095)
    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.14.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2016-04-21 Preliminary proposal to define 357 variation sequences for Tangut ideographs — Andrew West (WG2 N4722, L2/16-111)
    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.14.2 for decision and action items)
  • 2016-05-05 Name change for U+16FE0 — Deborah Anderson, Ken Whistler (L2/16-129)
    • UTC #147 Minutes (L2/16-121) (See C.14.4 for decision and action items)
  • 2017-09-07 Glyph Corrections for 31 Tangut ideographs and one Tangut component — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4850, L2/17-313)
  • 2017-09-07 Proposal to encode six additional Tangut ideographs — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N4851, L2/17-314)
  • 2017-09-22 Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections (replaces L2/17-313 and L2/17-314; WG2 N4896) — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, Jerry You (WG2 N4896, L2/17-360)
    • UTC #153 Minutes (L2/17-362) (See B.1.1.4 for decision and action items)
  • 2018-06-01 Proposal to encode seven additional Tangut components — Andrew West (WG2 N4957, L2/18-194)
    • UTC #156 Minutes (L2/18-183) (See C.7 for decision and action items)
  • 2019-02-10 Investigation of Tangut unification issues — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N5031, L2/19-064)
    • Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals (L2/19-173) (See point 20.)
    • UTC #159 Minutes (L2/19-122) (See C.10.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2019-05-27 Proposal to encode nine Tangut ideographs and six Tangut components — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Sun Bojun (L2/19-207)
    • UTC #160 Minutes (L2/19-270) (See B.1.1.4 for decision and action items)
  • 2019-12-21 Additional Tangut Glyph Corrections — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (WG2 N5126, L2/19-403)
    • Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-046) (See point 12.)
    • UTC #162 Minutes (L2/20-015) (See C.7 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-07-07 Tangut Glyph Modifications and Corrections — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (L2/20-166)
    • Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals (L2/20-169) (See point 23.)
    • UTC #164 Minutes (L2/20-172) (See B.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2020-12-18 Feedback on L2/20-166 Tangut Glyph Modifications and Corrections — Sun Bojun, et al (L2/21-034)
    • Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals (L2/21-016) (See point 24.)
    • UTC #166 Minutes (L2/21-009) (See B.1 — 24 for decision and action items)
  • 2021-09-07 Feedback on IRGN2492 and the preliminary encoding method of early Chinese organic chemical character, Sanskrit transcription, Tibetan transcription, Tangut transcription and Jianzi Musical Notation (IRGN 2492) — Eiso Chan (L2/21-165)
    • Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals (L2/22-023) (See point 14.)
    • UTC #170 Minutes (L2/22-016) (See D.1 Section 14 for decision and action items)
  • 2023-03-01 Glyph Corrections for Eight Tangut Ideographs — Andrew West (L2/23-066)
    • Recommendations to UTC #175 April 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-083) (See point A.ii.4.)
    • UTC #175 Minutes (L2/23-076) (See D.1.1.4 for decision and action items)
  • 2023-05-31 Proposal to encode 2 Tangut components and 29 Tangut ideographs (WG2 N5217) — Andrew West (L2/23-149)
    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point A.IV.5.)
    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 5 for decision and action items)
  • 2023-05-31 Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components (WG2 N5218) — Andrew West (L2/23-150)
    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point A.IV.5.)
    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 5 for decision and action items)
  • 2023-06-21 Glyph corrections for four Tangut ideographs (WG2 N5237) — Andrew West (L2/23-148)
    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point B.25.)
    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 25 for decision and action items)
    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point A.IV.5a.)
    • UTC #177 Minutes (L2/23-231) (See D.1.1 Section 5a for decision and action items)
  • 2023-06-28 Evidence for Glyph Forms of U+17121 and U+17C51 — Andrew West (L2/23-155)
    • Recommendations to UTC #176 July 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-164) (See point B.25.)
    • UTC #176 Minutes (L2/23-157) (See D.1 Section 25 for decision and action items)
  • 2023-10-02 Proposal to encode 2 Tangut components and 28 Tangut ideographs — Andrew West (WG2 N5217R2 L2/23-246)
    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point A.IV.5c.)
    • UTC #177 Minutes (L2/23-231) (See D.1.1 Section 5c for decision and action items)
  • 2023-10-02 Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components — Andrew West (WG2 N5218R2, L2/23-247)
    • Recommendations to UTC #177 November 2023 on Script Proposals (L2/23-238) (See point A.IV.5b.)
    • UTC #177 Minutes (L2/23-231) (See D.1.1 Section 5b for decision and action items)
  • 2024-01-29 Review of Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components — Andrew West (L2/24-048)
    • Recommendations to UTC #179 April 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-068) (See point A.IV.6.)
    • UTC #179 Minutes (L2/24-061) (See D.1 Section IV-6 for decision and action items)
  • 2024-10-14 Proposal to encode two Tangut ideographs (WG2 N5286) — Eiso Chan, Jerry You, Viacheslav Zaytsev (L2/24-236)
  • 2024-11-11 Feedback on L2/24-236 — Andrew West (L2/25-040)
    • Recommendations to UTC #181 November 2024 on Script Proposals (L2/24-228) (See point 2.5.)
    • UTC #181 Minutes (L2/24-221) (See D.1 2.5 for decision and action items)
    • Recommendations to UTC #182 January 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-010) (See point 3.1.)
    • UTC #182 Minutes (L2/25-003) (See D.1 3.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2025-02-03 Proposal on adding kTangutNumeric property to UAX #60 — Eiso Chan (L2/25-055)
    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 6.)
  • 2025-03-25 Tangut Radical/Stroke Corrections — Andrew West (L2/25-120)
    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5.)
    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 3.3, D.1 3.4, and D.1 3.5 for decision and action items)
  • 2025-03-28 Proposal to encode one Tangut ideograph — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (L2/25-144)
    • Recommendations to UTC #183 April 2025 on Script Proposals (L2/25-091) (See point 1.4.)
    • UTC #183 Minutes (L2/25-085) (See D.1 1.4 for decision and action items)
  • 2025-04-18 Glyph changes for 18 Tangut ideographs and 1 Tangut Component — Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev (L2/25-143)
  • 2025-05-26 Proposal to encode one newly-identified Tangut ideograph — Andrew West (L2/25-165)
    • Recommendations to UTC #184 (July 2025) on Script Proposals (L2/25-187) (See point 1.1.)
    • UTC #184 Minutes (L2/25-181) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2025-06-05 Evidence for the glyph form of U+17F03 — Andrew West (L2/25-167)
    • Recommendations to UTC #184 (July 2025) on Script Proposals (L2/25-187) (See point 3.2.)
    • UTC #184 Minutes (L2/25-181) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)
  • 2025-07-18 Glyph Change for Tangut ideograph U+18355 (no document).
    • Recommendations to UTC #184 (July 2025) on Script Proposals (L2/25-187) (See point 3.3.)
    • UTC #184 Minutes (L2/25-181) (See D.1 1.1 for decision and action items)