Bopomofo (Unicode block)

Bopomofo
Range U+3100..U+312F
(48 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Bopomofo
Major alphabets Phonetic Chinese
Assigned 43 code points
Unused 5 reserved code points
Source standards GB 2312
Unicode version history
1.0.0 40 (+40)
5.1 41 (+1)
10.0 42 (+1)
11.0 43 (+1)

Note: [1][2]

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

Bopomofo[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+310x
U+311x
U+312x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+3105..312C40(to be determined)
5.1U+312D1L2/06-338N3179Everson, Michael; Ho, H. W.; West, Andrew (2006-10-19), Proposal to encode one Bopomofo character in the UCS
L2/07-215N3246Proposal to encode two Bopomofo characters in UCS, 2007-04-20
L2/07-268N3253Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "8.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
10.0U+312E1L2/15-284N4695West, Andrew; Hai, Liang (2015-10-22), Discussion of 2CEF1
11.0U+312F1L2/16-106N4717West, Andrew (2016-04-21), Proposal to encode one Bopomofo letter
L2/16-121Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.16", UTC #147 Minutes
N4756TCA Feedback on JTC1/SC2/WG2 N4717, 2016-09-22
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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