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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.

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 Supplements18D00..18D7F13.0U18D00

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

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)