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data-astro-cid-sckkx6r4> <ul class="root" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/preface/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> Preface </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-1/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 1 Introduction </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-1/#G6600" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Coverage</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-1/#G7110" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Design Goals</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-1/#G9708" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Text Handling</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 2 General Structure </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G12888" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Architectural Context</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G128" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Design Principles</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G11062" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Compatibility Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G25564" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Code Points and Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G13708" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Encoding Forms</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G19273" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Encoding Schemes</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G18444" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Strings</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G16417" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Allocation</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G16482" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Details of Allocation</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G6318" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Writing Direction</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G1708" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Combining Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G287424" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Equivalent Sequences</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G27981" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Special Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-2/#G13854" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Conforming to the Unicode Standard</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 3 Conformance </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G2131" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Versions of the Unicode Standard</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G29705" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Conformance Requirements</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G19002" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Semantics</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G2212" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Characters and Encoding</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G43463" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Properties</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G30602" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Combination</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G729" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Decomposition</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G2630" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Surrogates</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G7404" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Encoding Forms</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G28070" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Encoding Schemes</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G49537" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Normalization Forms</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G24646" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Conjoining Jamo Behavior</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-3/#G33992" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Default Case Algorithms</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 4 Character Properties </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124718" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Character Database</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124722" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Case</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G32493" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Combining Classes</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G130746" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Directionality</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124142" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>General Category</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124206" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Numeric Value</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G30078" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bidi Mirrored</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G2082" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Name</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G131216" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode 1.0 Names</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G91002" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Letters, Alphabetic, and Ideographic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124804" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Properties for Text Boundaries</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124820" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Characters with Unusual Properties</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-4/#G124821" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Characters and Sequences That Should Not Be Emitted</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 5 Implementation Guidelines </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G11079" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Data Structures for Character Conversion</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G23927" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Programming Languages and Data Types</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G7730" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unknown and Missing Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G11318" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Handling Surrogate Pairs in UTF-16</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G34360" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Handling Numbers</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G7889" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Normalization</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G518" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Compression</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G10213" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Newline Guidelines</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G12107" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Regular Expressions</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G11552" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Language Information in Plain Text</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G3067" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Editing and Selection</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G1050" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Strategies for Handling Nonspacing Marks</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G1095" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Rendering Nonspacing Marks</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G780" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Locating Text Element Boundaries</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G3248" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Identifiers</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G664" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sorting and Searching</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G21249" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Binary Order</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G21180" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Case Mappings</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G37346" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mapping Compatibility Variants</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G37318" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Security</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G40025" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ignoring Characters in Processing</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-5/#G40630" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>U+FFFD Substitution in Conversion</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-6/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 6 Writing Systems and Punctuation </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-6/#G7382" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Writing Systems</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-6/#G7981" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>General Punctuation</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 7 Europe-I </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G4321" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Latin</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G10832" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Greek</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G16256" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Coptic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G10850" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Cyrillic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G15862" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Glagolitic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G3334" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Armenian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G3360" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Georgian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G15832" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Modifier Letters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-7/#G18195" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Combining Marks</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 8 Europe-II </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G27575" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Linear A</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G29566" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Linear B</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G26417" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Cypriot Syllabary</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G39686" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Cypro-Minoan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G26505" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ancient Anatolian Alphabets</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G27379" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Italic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G26624" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Runic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G33926" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Hungarian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G33932" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Gothic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G27032" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Elbasan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G32223" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Caucasian Albanian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G40863" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Vithkuqi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G746332" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Todhri</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G31220" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Permic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G29182" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ogham</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-8/#G27260" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Shavian</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 9 Middle East-I </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G6528" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hebrew</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G20596" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Arabic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G13005" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Syriac</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G34422" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Samaritan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G46613" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mandaic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-9/#G59804" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Yezidi</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 10 Middle East-II </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G26432" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old North Arabian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G29209" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old South Arabian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G26686" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Phoenician</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G29567" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Imperial Aramaic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G27561" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Manichaean</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G32800" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Pahlavi and Parthian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G29021" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Avestan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G43165" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Chorasmian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G41970" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Elymaic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G29596" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Nabataean</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G29599" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Palmyrene</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-10/#G34825" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hatran</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 11 Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G26852" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sumero-Akkadian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G26461" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ugaritic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G26474" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Persian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G26607" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Egyptian Hieroglyphs</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G26724" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Meroitic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/#G27920" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Anatolian Hieroglyphs</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 12 South and Central Asia-I </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G12284" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Devanagari</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G664195" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bengali (Bangla)</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G668388" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Gurmukhi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G34334" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Gujarati</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G10153" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Oriya (Odia)</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G10162" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tamil</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G81985" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Telugu</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G38298" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kannada</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-12/#G22346" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Malayalam</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 13 South and Central Asia-II </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G26451" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Thaana</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G26561" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sinhala</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G31609" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Newa</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G31615" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tibetan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27803" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mongolian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27263" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Limbu</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27615" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Meetei Mayek</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27701" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mro</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27702" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Warang Citi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G29195" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ol Chiki</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G746334" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ol Onal</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G112439" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Nag Mundari</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27486" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Chakma</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G27253" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Lepcha</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G28198" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Saurashtra</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G33278" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Masaram Gondi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G39306" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Gunjala Gondi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G46061" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Wancho</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G50178" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Toto</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G51897" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tangsa</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G746336" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sunuwar</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G746338" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Gurung Khema</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-13/#G746340" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kirat Rai</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 14 South and Central Asia-III </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G39063" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Brahmi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G38474" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kharoshthi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G40424" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bhaiksuki</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G40430" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Phags-pa</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G38187" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Marchen</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G41935" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Zanabazar Square</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G41941" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Soyombo</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G41975" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Turkic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G49463" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Sogdian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G49476" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sogdian</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-14/#G58161" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Old Uyghur</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 15 South and Central Asia-IV </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G59104" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Syloti Nagri</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G69704" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kaithi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G81154" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sharada</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G81184" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Takri</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G80829" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Siddham</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G89564" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mahajani</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G81423" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Khojki</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G100066" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Dogra</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G80879" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Khudawadi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G95487" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Multani</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G95493" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tirhuta</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G80897" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Modi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G106413" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Nandinagari</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G81052" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Grantha</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G108027" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Dives Akuru</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G95570" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ahom</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G95556" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sora Sompeng</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-15/#G746412" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tulu-Tigalari</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 16 Southeast Asia-I </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G46485" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Thai</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G10988" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Lao</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G24999" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Myanmar</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G64642" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Khmer</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G32903" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tai Le</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G65706" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>New Tai Lue</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G53337" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tai Tham</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G59747" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tai Viet</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G61902" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kayah Li</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G55659" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Cham</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G68320" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Pahawh Hmong</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G81876" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G68308" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Pau Cin Hau</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-16/#G73728" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hanifi Rohingya</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 17 Southeast Asia-II </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G26433" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Philippine Scripts: Tagalog, Hanunóo, Buhid, and Tagbanwa</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G26727" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Buginese</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G26759" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Balinese</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G27153" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Javanese</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G27208" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Rejang</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G27226" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Batak</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G27244" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sundanese</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G29334" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Makasar</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-17/#G40419" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Kawi</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 18 East Asia </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G29086" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Han</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G28626" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ideographic Description Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G22467" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bopomofo</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G22462" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hiragana and Katakana</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G37555" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G31028" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hangul</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G13042" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Yi</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G42061" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Nüshu</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G44587" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Lisu</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G42236" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Miao</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G43635" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tangut</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-18/#G59285" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Khitan Small Script</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 19 Africa </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G14116" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ethiopic</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G16914" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Osmanya</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G43184" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tifinagh</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G18603" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>N’Ko</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G18604" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Vai</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G45398" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bamum</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G54402" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Bassa Vah</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G54425" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mende Kikakui</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G56860" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Adlam</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G58353" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Medefaidrin</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-19/#G746355" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Garay</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 20 Americas </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/#G26612" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Cherokee</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/#G26630" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/#G26674" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Osage</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-20/#G27507" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Deseret</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 21 Notational Systems </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G26597" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Braille</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G26709" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Western Musical Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G29047" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Byzantine Musical Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G35157" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Znamenny Musical Notation</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G26878" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Ancient Greek Musical Notation</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G27643" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Duployan</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-21/#G28865" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Sutton SignWriting</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 22 Symbols </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G13244" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Currency Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G14143" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Letterlike Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G12146" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Numerals</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G42931" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Superscript and Subscript Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G51347" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Mathematical Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G26223" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Invisible Mathematical Operators</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G12243" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Technical Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G27321" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Geometrical Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G12367" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Miscellaneous Symbols</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-22/#G41738" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Enclosed and Square</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 23 Special Areas and Format Characters </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G20365" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Control Codes</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G12985" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Layout Controls</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G19593" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Deprecated Format Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G19053" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Variation Selectors</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G19184" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Private-Use Characters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G24089" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Surrogates Area</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G12612" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Noncharacters</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G19635" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Specials</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-23/#G30110" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Tag Characters</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-24/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> 24 About the Code Charts </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-24/#G2841" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Character Names List</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-24/#G3563" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>CJK and Other Ideographs</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/chapter-24/#G8005" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Hangul Syllables</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-a/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> A Notational Conventions </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-a/#G12668" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Typographic Conventions</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-a/#G7146" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Extended BNF</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-a/#G7111" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Rendering</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-b/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> B Unicode Publications and Resources </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-b/#G5982" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>The Unicode Consortium</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-b/#G5406" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Unicode Publications</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-b/#G5934" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Other Unicode Online Resources</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> C Relationship to ISO/IEC 10646 </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G1824" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>History</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G8861" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Encoding Forms in ISO/IEC 10646</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G4651" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>UTF-8 and UTF-16</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G1864" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Synchronization of the Standards</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G1867" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Identification of Features for Unicode</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G5401" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Character Names</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-c/#G5447" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Character Functional Specifications</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-d/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> D Version History of the Standard </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-e/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> E Han Unification History </a> <p data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-e/#G1281" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Development of the URO</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-e/#G17834" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>Continuing Research on Ideographs</a> • <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-e/#G15393" data-astro-cid-og2xway5>CJK Sources</a> </p> </li><li data-astro-cid-og2xway5> <a href="/versions/Unicode16.0.0/core-spec/appendix-f/" class="primary" data-astro-cid-og2xway5> F Documentation of CJK Strokes </a> <p 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