Cyrillic (Unicode block)

Cyrillic
Range U+0400..U+04FF
(256 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Cyrillic (254 characters)
Inherited (2 characters)
Major alphabets Russian
Ukrainian
Belarusian
Bulgarian
Serbian
Macedonian
Abkhaz
Assigned 256 code points
Unused 0 reserved code points
Source standards ISO 8859-5
Unicode version history
1.0.0 192 (+192)
1.0.1 188 (-4)
1.1 226 (+38)
3.0 238 (+12)
3.2 246 (+8)
4.1 248 (+2)
5.0 255 (+7)
5.1 256 (+1)
Note: Four characters (two upper and lower case letter pairs) were removed from the Cyrillic block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646.[1][2][3]

Cyrillic is a Unicode block containing the characters used to write the most widely used languages with a Cyrillic orthography. The core of the block is based on the ISO 8859-5 standard, with additions for minority languages and historic orthographies.

Block

Cyrillic[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+040x Ѐ Ё Ђ Ѓ Є Ѕ І Ї Ј Љ Њ Ћ Ќ Ѝ Ў Џ
U+041x А Б В Г Д Е Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П
U+042x Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я
U+043x а б в г д е ж з и й к л м н о п
U+044x р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я
U+045x ѐ ё ђ ѓ є ѕ і ї ј љ њ ћ ќ ѝ ў џ
U+046x Ѡ ѡ Ѣ ѣ Ѥ ѥ Ѧ ѧ Ѩ ѩ Ѫ ѫ Ѭ ѭ Ѯ ѯ
U+047x Ѱ ѱ Ѳ ѳ Ѵ ѵ Ѷ ѷ Ѹ ѹ Ѻ ѻ Ѽ ѽ Ѿ ѿ
U+048x Ҁ ҁ ҂  ҃  ҄  ҅  ҆  ҇  ҈  ҉ Ҋ ҋ Ҍ ҍ Ҏ ҏ
U+049x Ґ ґ Ғ ғ Ҕ ҕ Җ җ Ҙ ҙ Қ қ Ҝ ҝ Ҟ ҟ
U+04Ax Ҡ ҡ Ң ң Ҥ ҥ Ҧ ҧ Ҩ ҩ Ҫ ҫ Ҭ ҭ Ү ү
U+04Bx Ұ ұ Ҳ ҳ Ҵ ҵ Ҷ ҷ Ҹ ҹ Һ һ Ҽ ҽ Ҿ ҿ
U+04Cx Ӏ Ӂ ӂ Ӄ ӄ Ӆ ӆ Ӈ ӈ Ӊ ӊ Ӌ ӌ Ӎ ӎ ӏ
U+04Dx Ӑ ӑ Ӓ ӓ Ӕ ӕ Ӗ ӗ Ә ә Ӛ ӛ Ӝ ӝ Ӟ ӟ
U+04Ex Ӡ ӡ Ӣ ӣ Ӥ ӥ Ӧ ӧ Ө ө Ӫ ӫ Ӭ ӭ Ӯ ӯ
U+04Fx Ӱ ӱ Ӳ ӳ Ӵ ӵ Ӷ ӷ Ӹ ӹ Ӻ ӻ Ӽ ӽ Ӿ ӿ
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
1.0.0U+0401..040C, 040E..044F, 0451..045C, 045E..0486, 0490..04C4, 04C7..04C8, 04CB..04CC188(to be determined)
L2/00-164Hudson, John (2000-05-01), Rendering Serbian italic forms with OpenType
L2/00-176Everson, Michael (2000-06-01), Some Türkmen alphabets
L2/00-219Everson, Michael (2000-07-09), The case of the Cyrillic letter PALOCHKA
L2/05-287Kryukov, Alexey (2005-10-02), U+047C/U+047D CYRILLIC OMEGA WITH TITLO
L2/06-011Cleminson, Ralph (2006-01-10), Cyrillic Omega with Titlo
L2/06-033McGowan, Rick (2006-01-30), PRI #83: Changing Glyph for U+047C/U+047D Cyrillic Omega with Titlo
L2/06-192Anderson, Deborah (2006-05-08), Request to Change Glyphs for U+0485 and U+0486
L2/06-292Anderson, Deborah (2006-08-07), Re: Public Review Issue #83: Glyph change for Cyrillic Omega with Titlo
L2/06-329Cleminson, Ralph (2006-10-11), Histoire d'O (omega with titlo)
L2/06-357N3184Everson, Michael; Birnbaum, David; Cleminson, Ralph; Derzhanski, Ivan; Dorosh, Vladislav; Kryukov, Alexey; Paliga, Sorin (2006-10-30), On CYRILLIC LETTER OMEGA WITH TITLO and on CYRILLIC LETTER UK
L2/06-389Birnbaum, David (2006-11-13), Diacritics for Early Cyrillic
L2/08-144N3435REverson, Michael; Priest, Lorna (2008-04-11), Proposal to encode two Cyrillic characters for Abkhaz
L2/15-014Andreev, Aleksandr; Shardt, Yuri; Simmons, Nikita (2015-01-26), Proposal to Change Annotations on Some Cyrillic Characters
L2/15-182Whistler, Ken (2015-07-20), Suggested Responses to Suggestions re Cyrillic in L2/15-014
1.1U+04D0..04EB, 04EE..04F5, 04F8..04F938(to be determined)
3.0U+0400, 040D, 0450, 045D4N1323Kardalev, Ratislav; Jerman-Blazic, Borka; Everson, Michael (1996-01-16), Proposal and Summary for addition of Cyrillic characters
N1407Kardalev, Ratislav (1996-05-15), Reconsideration of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N 1323 document
U+0488..04892L2/98-211N1744Everson, Michael (1998-05-25), Additional Cyrillic characters for the UCS
L2/98-301N1847Everson, Michael (1998-09-12), Responses to NCITS/L2 and Unicode Consortium comments on numerous proposals
L2/98-372N1884Whistler, Ken; et al. (1998-09-22), Additional Characters for the UCS
U+048C..048D2L2/99-077.1N1975Irish Comments on SC 2 N 3210, 1999-01-20
(to be determined)
U+048E..048F, 04EC..04ED4L2/97-146N1590Trosterud, Trond (1997-06-09), Proposal to add 10 Cyrillic Sámi characters to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/98-211N1744Everson, Michael (1998-05-25), Additional Cyrillic characters for the UCS
L2/98-301N1847Everson, Michael (1998-09-12), Responses to NCITS/L2 and Unicode Consortium comments on numerous proposals
L2/98-372N1884Whistler, Ken; et al. (1998-09-22), Additional Characters for the UCS
3.2U+048A..048B, 04C5..04C6, 04C9..04CA, 04CD..04CE8L2/98-258N1813Trosterud, Trond (1997-06-09), Proposal to add 10 Cyrillic Sámi characters to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/98-276N1813Kuruch, Rimma; et al. (1998-07-20), Norwegian comments on Cyrillic Sámi
L2/99-255N2069Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 3309, ISO 10646-1/FPDAM 30 - Additional Latin and other characters, 1999-08-19
L2/00-082N2173Everson, Michael; et al. (2000-03-03), Proposal to add 8 Cyrillic Sámi characters to ISO/IEC 10646
4.1U+04F6..04F72L2/02-452N2560Brase, Jim; Constable, Peter (2002-12-06), Proposal for Encoding Additional Cyrillic Characters for Siberian Yupik
5.0U+04CF1N2942Freytag, Asmus; Whistler, Ken (2005-08-12), Proposal to add nine lowercase characters
U+04FA..04FF6L2/05-080R2Priest, Lorna (2005-08-02), Proposal to Encode Additional Cyrillic Characters (rev 2005/08/18)
L2/05-215Anderson, Deborah (2005-08-03), Feedback on Cyrillic letters EL WITH HOOK and HA WITH HOOK (L2/05-080)
L2/05-230Priest, Lorna (2005-08-11), Nameslist annotations for new Cyrillic letters
5.1U+04871L2/06-042Cleminson, Ralph (2006-01-26), Proposal for additional Cyrillic characters
L2/06-181Anderson, Deborah (2006-05-08), Responses to the UTC regarding L2/06-042, Proposal for Additional Cyrillic Characters
L2/06-359Cleminson, Ralph (2006-10-31), Proposal for additional Cyrillic characters
L2/07-003N3194Everson, Michael; Birnbaum, David; Cleminson, Ralph; Derzhanski, Ivan; Dorosh, Vladislav; Kryukov, Alexey; Paliga, Sorin; Ruppel, Klaas (2007-01-12), Proposal to encode additional Cyrillic characters in the BMP of the UCS
L2/07-055Cleminson, Ralph (2007-01-19), Comments on Additional Cyrillic Characters (L2/07-003 = WG2 N3194)
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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