Bopomofo (Unicode block)
{{also|Bopomofo Extended|l1=Bopomofo Extended (Unicode block)}}
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|blockname = Bopomofo
|rangestart = 3100
|rangeend = 312F
|script1 = Bopomofo
|alphabets = Phonetic Chinese
|1_0_0 = 40
|5_1 = 1
|10_0 = 1
|11_0 = 1
|sources = GB 2312
|note = {{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
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Bopomofo is a Unicode block containing phonetic characters for Chinese. The original set of 40 Bopomofo characters is based on the Chinese standard GB 2312. Additional Bopomofo characters can be found in the Bopomofo Extended block.
Block
{{Unicode chart Bopomofo}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bopomofo block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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| rowspan="5" | 1.0.0 | rowspan="5" | U+3105..312C | rowspan="5" | 40 | (to be determined) | ||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14189-bopomofo-letter-l-moe.pdf L2/14-189]}} | {{Citation|title=BOPOMOFO LETTER I|date=2014-08-01|first=Ken|last=Lunde|author-link=Ken Lunde}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4609.pdf N4609] | {{Citation|title=Reply to your company's inquiry to usage of Bopomofo Letter I|date=2014-08-20}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14177.htm L2/14-177]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #140 Minutes|date=2014-10-17|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Bopomofo Letter I (B.15.1)}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16052-n4603.pdf L2/16-052]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4603.pdf N4603 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4603.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63|date=2015-09-01|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M63.11u|quote=Rotate the glyph for 3127 BOPOMOFO LETTER I by 90 degrees, with an appropriate change in the annotation, per request in document N4609}} | |||
| rowspan="4" | 5.1 | rowspan="4" | U+312D | rowspan="4" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06338-n3179-bopomofo.pdf L2/06-338]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3179.pdf N3179] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode one Bopomofo character in the UCS|date=2006-10-19|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|author-link1=Michael Everson|first2=H. W.|last2=Ho|first3=Andrew|last3=West|author-link3=Andrew West (linguist)}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06324.htm L2/06-324R2]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #109 Minutes|date=2006-11-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 109-C24}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07215-n3246.pdf L2/07-215]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3246.pdf N3246] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode two Bopomofo characters in UCS|date=2007-04-20}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07268-n3253.pdf L2/07-268]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.pdf N3253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27|date=2007-07-26|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M50.19}} | |||
| rowspan="3" | 10.0 | rowspan="3" | U+312E | rowspan="3" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15284-n4695-discussion-of-2CEF1.pdf L2/15-284]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4695-Discussion%20of%202CEF1.pdf N4695] | {{Citation|title=Discussion of 2CEF1|date=2015-10-22|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Hai|last2=Liang}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15254.htm L2/15-254]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #145 Minutes|date=2015-11-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 145-C20|quote=Approve U+312E BOPOMOFO LETTER O WITH DOT ABOVE for encoding in a future version of the standard. See document L2/15-270.}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4739-M64-Minutes.zip N4739] | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 64|date=2016-08-31|section=M64.05e}} | ||||
| rowspan="4" | 11.0 | rowspan="4" | U+312F | rowspan="4" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16106-n4717-bopomofo.pdf L2/16-106]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4717-BopomofoLetterNN.pdf N4717] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode one Bopomofo letter|date=2016-04-21|first=Andrew|last=West}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16121.htm L2/16-121]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #147 Minutes|date=2016-05-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.16}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4756_TCA_Feedback_on_N4717-Bopomofo.pdf N4756] | {{Citation|title=TCA Feedback on JTC1/SC2/WG2 N4717|date=2016-09-22}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65|date=2018-03-16|section=7.2.1 T1}} | ||||
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See also
- Spacing Modifier Letters (Unicode block) has two Bopomofo characters: U+02EA–U+02EB
References
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