Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation

|rangestart = 16FE0

|rangeend = 16FFF

|script1 = {{nowrap|Han (4 char.)}}

|script2 = {{nowrap|Khitan small script (1 char.)}}

|script3 = {{nowrap|Nüshu (1 char.)}}

|script4 = {{nowrap|Tangut (1 char.)}}

|alphabets =

|9_0 = 1

|10_0 = 1

|12_0 = 2

|13_0 = 3

|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}}

}}

{{Contains special characters|Tangut}}

Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation is a Unicode block containing symbols and punctuation marks used by ideographic scripts such as Tangut and Nüshu.

{{Unicode chart Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation}}

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block:

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Version{{nobr|Final code points}}CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
rowspan="9" | 9.0rowspan="9" | U+16FE0rowspan="9" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10095-n3797-tangut.pdf L2/10-095]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3797.pdf N3797], {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3797-a.pdf N3797-A],}} {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3797-b.pdf N3797-B]}}{{Citation|title=Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2010-04-05}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10131-n3821.pdf L2/10-131]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3821.pdf N3821]{{Citation|title=Comments on Tangut proposal N3797|date=2010-04-16|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Richard|last2=Cook}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11214-4033-tangut-report.pdf L2/11-214]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033.pdf N4033], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033a.pdf N4033A], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033b.pdf N4033B]{{Citation|title=Report on Tangut Encoding|date=2011-05-22|first=Andrew|last=West|author-link=Andrew West (linguist)}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12313-n4325.pdf L2/12-313]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4325.pdf N4325]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS|date=2012-10-02|first1=Andrew|last1=West|display-authors=etal}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14023-n4522-tangut.pdf L2/14-023]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4522.pdf N4522]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS|date=2014-01-21|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|author-link2=Michael Everson|first3=Han|last3=Xiaomang|first4=Changye|last4=Jia|first5=Yongshi|last5=Jing|first6=Viacheslav|last6=Zaytsev}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14100.htm L2/14-100]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #139 Minutes|date=2014-05-13|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 139-C14}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553.pdf N4553 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc doc]){{Citation|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA|date=2014-09-16|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M62.12b}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16129-tangut-char-name-chg.pdf L2/16-129]}}{{Citation|title=Name change for U+16FE0|date=2016-05-05|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler}}
{{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=Consensus 147-C20|quote=Change the name of U+16FE0 from TANGUT REPETITION MARK to TANGUT ITERATION MARK for Unicode 9.0.}}
rowspan="7" | 10.0rowspan="7" | U+16FE1rowspan="7" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09170-n3635-nushu-adhoc.pdf L2/09-170]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3635.pdf N3635 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3635.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Ad hoc report on Nüshu|date=2009-04-21}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09234-n3603-wg2-54-min.pdf L2/09-234]}}{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.pdf N3603 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3603.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54|date=2009-07-08|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M54.18}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12362-n4341.pdf L2/12-362]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4341.pdf N4341]{{Citation|title=Updated Proposal for encoding Nyushu in the SMP|date=2012-09-10}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12370-n4376.pdf L2/12-370]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4376.pdf N4376]{{Citation|title=Nüshu ad hoc report|date=2012-10-24|first=Tero|last=Aalto}}
[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4451.pdf N4451]{{Citation|title=Mapping of Nushu characters (from N4376 and N4341) and Additional Comments|date=2013-06-05|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}}
{{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=M63.03f|quote=Rename 1B100 to NUSHU ITERATION MARK and move it to 16FE1 in Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16203.htm L2/16-203]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #148 Minutes|date=2016-08-18|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=B.11.3.2}}
rowspan="4" | 12.0rowspan="4" | U+16FE2..16FE3rowspan="4" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17310-n4847-two-marks.pdf L2/17-310]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4847-TwoMarksAncientChinese.pdf N4847]{{Citation|title=Proposal to encode two marks for ancient Chinese texts|date=2017-09-07|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Eiso|last2=Chan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17367-n4885-script-rec.pdf L2/17-367]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4885-ScriptRecommendations.pdf N4885]{{Citation|title=Comments on WG2 #66 (Sept. 2017) documents|date=2017-09-18|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|section=4. Iteration/Punctuation marks}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.pdf N4953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4953-M66-Minutes.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66|date=2018-03-23|section=M66.16h}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #153 Minutes|date=2018-02-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 153-C11}}
rowspan="15" | 13.0rowspan="9" | U+16FE4rowspan="9" | 1{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18121r-n4943-khitan-cluster.pdf L2/18-121R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4943R-KhitanSmallScriptLayout.pdf N4943R]{{Citation|title=Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script|date=2018-05-19|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Michael|last3=Everson}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18210-n4977-expert-cmts.pdf L2/18-210]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4977-CommentsFromExperts4.pdf N4977]{{Citation|title=Comments on WG2 #67 documents (June 2018)|date=2018-06-09|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Peter|last5=Constable|first6=Lisa|last6=Moore|first7=Marek|last7=Jeziorek|first8=Ben|last8=Yang|section=1}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18213-n5002-khitan-small-ad-hoc.pdf L2/18-213]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5002-KhitanSmallScriptAdHoc.pdf N5002]{{Citation|title=Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)|date=2018-06-20|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Peter|last2=Constable}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18214-feedback-chars.pdf L2/18-214]}}{{Citation|title=Feedback on: Additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2017 (5th ed.) beyond Amendment 2 (L2/18-211)|date=2018-06-27|first=Eduardo Marín|last=Silva|section=KHITAN SMALL SCRIPT FILLER}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18241-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/18-241]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC # 156 July 2018 on Script Proposals|date=2018-07-20|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=9}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18300-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/18-300]}}{{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #157 on Script Proposals|date=2018-09-14|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=9. b.}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18272.htm L2/18-272]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #157 Minutes|date=2018-10-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.10}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18183.htm L2/18-183]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #156 Minutes|date=2018-11-20|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.12 Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.pdf N5020 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67|date=2019-01-11|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=9.2.3}}
rowspan="6" | U+16FF0..16FF1rowspan="6" | 2{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17373r-viet-alt-reading-marks.pdf L2/17-373R]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4915-17373r-viet-alt-reading-marks.pdf N4915]{{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode Two Vietnamese Alternate Reading Marks|date=2017-11-06|first1=Lee|last1=Collins|author-link1=Lee Collins (Unicode)|first2=Ngô Thanh|last2=Nhàn}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #153 Minutes|date=2018-02-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 153-C20}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18281-viet-reading-mark-cmt.pdf L2/18-281]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5011-CommentsOnVietnameseReadingMark.pdf N5011]{{Citation|title=Comments on proposed Vietnamese Reading Marks|date=2018-08-31|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=John|last2=Knightley|first3=Eiso|last3=Chan}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18318-reading-mark-cmt.pdf L2/18-318]}}[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5026-18318-reading-mark-cmt.pdf N5026]{{Citation|title=Response to L2/18-281 (Comments on proposed Vietnamese Reading Marks)|date=2018-10-20|first1=Lee|last1=Collins|first2=Ngô Thanh|last2=Nhàn}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18272.htm L2/18-272]}}{{Citation|title=UTC #157 Minutes|date=2018-10-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.6}}
{{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.pdf N5020 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5020-M67-Minutes.doc doc]){{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67|date=2019-01-11|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=9.1.1}}
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