Version 5.1 of the Unicode standard was released in April 4, 2008. The previous version of the standard was Unicode 5.0, and the next is Unicode 5.2.

All the gory details can be found at http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.1.0/

The changes from 5.0 include the following.


New Code Blocks

17 new code blocks were added in 5.1


U+1B80 to U+1BBF Sundanese 55/64
U+1C00 to U+1C4F Lepcha 74/80
U+1C50 to U+1C7F Ol Chiki 48/48
U+2DE0 to U+2DFF Cyrillic Extended A 32/32
U+A500 to U+A63F Vai 300/320
U+A640 to U+A69F Cyrillic Extended B 78/96
U+A880 to U+A8DF Saurashtra 81/96
U+A900 to U+A92F Kayah Li 48/48
U+A930 to U+A95F Rejang 37/48
U+AA00 to U+AA5F Cham 83/96
U+10190 to U+101CF Ancient Symbols 12/64
U+101D0 to U+101FF Phaistos Disc 46/48
U+10280 to U+1029F Lycian 29/32
U+102A0 to U+102DF Carian 49/64
U+10920 to U+1093F Lydian 27/32
U+1F000 to U+1F02F Mahjong Tiles 44/48
U+1F030 to U+1F09F Domino Tiles 100/112

New Characters

Excluding those in the new code blocks, there were 481 new characters added in Unicode 5.1

Number of characters in each General Category :

Letter, Uppercase           Lu : 67
Letter, Lowercase           Ll : 80
Letter, Modifier            Lm :  9
Letter, Other               Lo : 79
Mark, Non-Spacing           Mn : 65
Mark, Spacing Combining     Mc : 22
Number, Decimal Digit       Nd : 10
Number, Letter              Nl :  4
Number, Other               No : 13
Punctuation, Dash           Pd :  1
Punctuation, Open           Ps :  6
Punctuation, Close          Pe :  6
Punctuation, Initial quote  Pi :  1
Punctuation, Final quote    Pf :  1
Punctuation, Other          Po : 16
Symbol, Math                Sm : 31
Symbol, Modifier            Sk :  3
Symbol, Other               So : 66
Other, Format               Cf :  1

Number of characters in each Bidirectional Category :

Left To Right                 L :260
Right To Left Arabic         AL : 24
European Number Terminator   ET :  2
Non Spacing Mark            NSM : 65
Boundary Neutral             BN :  1
Other Neutral                ON :129

The columns below should be interpreted as :

  1. The Unicode code for the character
  2. The character in question
  3. The Unicode name for the character
  4. The Unicode General Category for the character
  5. The Unicode Bidirectional Category for the character

If the characters below show up poorly, or not at all, see Unicode Support for possible solutions.

Greek and Coptic

Archaic letters

U+0370 Ͱ Greek capital letter heta Lu L
ref U+2C75 Latin capital letter half h (Latin Extended C)
U+0371 ͱ Greek small letter heta Ll L
ref U+2C76 Latin small letter half h (Latin Extended C)
U+0372 Ͳ Greek capital letter archaic sampi Lu L
U+0373 ͳ Greek small letter archaic sampi Ll L

Archaic letters

U+0376 Ͷ Greek capital letter pamphylian digamma Lu L
U+0377 ͷ Greek small letter pamphylian digamma Ll L

Variant letterforms

U+03CF Ϗ Greek capital kai symbol Lu L
ref U+03D7 ϗ Greek kai symbol (Greek and Coptic)

Cyrillic

Historic miscellaneous

U+0487 ҇ combining Cyrillic pokrytie Mn NSM
* used only with letter titlos
ref U+0311 ̑ combining inverted breve (Combining Diacritical Marks)
ref U+A66F combining Cyrillic vzmet (Cyrillic Extended B)

Cyrillic Supplement

Mordvin letters

U+0514 Ԕ Cyrillic capital letter lha Lu L
U+0515 ԕ Cyrillic small letter lha Ll L
aka voiceless l
U+0516 Ԗ Cyrillic capital letter rha Lu L
U+0517 ԗ Cyrillic small letter rha Ll L
aka voiceless r
U+0518 Ԙ Cyrillic capital letter yae Lu L
U+0519 ԙ Cyrillic small letter yae Ll L

Kurdish letters

U+051A Ԛ Cyrillic capital letter qa Lu L
U+051B ԛ Cyrillic small letter qa Ll L
U+051C Ԝ Cyrillic capital letter we Lu L
U+051D ԝ Cyrillic small letter we Ll L

Aleut letter

U+051E Ԟ Cyrillic capital letter aleut ka Lu L
U+051F ԟ Cyrillic small letter aleut ka Ll L
* used for q in Aleut

Chuvash letters
These are obsolete letters formerly used in Jakovlev's Chuvash orthography.

U+0520 Ԡ Cyrillic capital letter el with middle hook Lu L
U+0521 ԡ Cyrillic small letter el with middle hook Ll L
aka palatalized l
U+0522 Ԣ Cyrillic capital letter en with middle hook Lu L
U+0523 ԣ Cyrillic small letter en with middle hook Ll L
aka palatalized n

Arabic

Radix symbols

U+0606 ؆ Arabic indic cube root Sm ON
ref U+221B cube root (Mathematical Operators)
U+0607 ؇ Arabic indic fourth root Sm ON
ref U+221C fourth root (Mathematical Operators)

Letterlike symbol

U+0608 ؈ Arabic ray Sm AL

Punctuation

U+0609 ؉ Arabic indic per mille sign Po ET
ref U+2030 per mille sign (General Punctuation)
U+060A ؊ Arabic indic per ten thousand sign Po ET
ref U+2031 per ten thousand sign (General Punctuation)

Koranic annotation signs

U+0616 ؖ Arabic small high ligature alef with lam with yeh Mn NSM
U+0617 ؗ Arabic small high zain Mn NSM
U+0618 ؘ Arabic small fatha Mn NSM
* should not be confused with 064E FATHA
U+0619 ؙ Arabic small damma Mn NSM
* should not be confused with 064F DAMMA
U+061A ؚ Arabic small kasra Mn NSM
* should not be confused with 0650 KASRA

Additions for early Persian and Azerbaijani

U+063B ػ Arabic letter keheh with two dots above Lo AL
U+063C ؼ Arabic letter keheh with three dots below Lo AL
U+063D ؽ Arabic letter farsi yeh with inverted v Lo AL
* Azerbaijani
U+063E ؾ Arabic letter farsi yeh with two dots above Lo AL
U+063F ؿ Arabic letter farsi yeh with three dots above Lo AL

Arabic Supplement

Additions for Khowar

U+076E ݮ Arabic letter hah with small arabic letter tah below Lo AL
U+076F ݯ Arabic letter hah with small arabic letter tah and two dots Lo AL
U+0770 ݰ Arabic letter seen with small arabic letter tah and two dots Lo AL
U+0771 ݱ Arabic letter reh with small arabic letter tah and two dots Lo AL

Addition for Torwali

U+0772 ݲ Arabic letter hah with small arabic letter tah above Lo AL

Additions for Burushaski

U+0773 ݳ Arabic letter alef with extended arabic indic digit two above Lo AL
U+0774 ݴ Arabic letter alef with extended arabic indic digit three above Lo AL
U+0775 ݵ Arabic letter farsi yeh with extended arabic indic digit two above Lo AL
U+0776 ݶ Arabic letter farsi yeh with extended arabic indic digit three above Lo AL
U+0777 ݷ Arabic letter farsi yeh with extended arabic indic digit four below Lo AL
U+0778 ݸ Arabic letter waw with extended arabic indic digit two above Lo AL
U+0779 ݹ Arabic letter waw with extended arabic indic digit three above Lo AL
U+077A ݺ Arabic letter yeh barree with extended arabic indic digit two above Lo AL
U+077B ݻ Arabic letter yeh barree with extended arabic indic digit three above Lo AL
U+077C ݼ Arabic letter hah with extended arabic indic digit four below Lo AL
U+077D ݽ Arabic letter seen with extended arabic indic digit four above Lo AL

Additions for early Persian

U+077E ݾ Arabic letter seen with inverted v Lo AL
U+077F ݿ Arabic letter kaf with two dots above Lo AL

Devanagari

Devanagari-specific additions

U+0971Devanagari sign high spacing dot Lm L

Additional vowel for Marathi

U+0972Devanagari letter candra a Lo L
* Marathi

Gurmukhi

Various signs

U+0A51Gurmukhi sign udaat Mn NSM

Gurmukhi-specific additions

U+0A75Gurmukhi sign yakash Mn NSM

Oriya

Dependent vowel signs

U+0B44Oriya vowel sign vocalic rr Mn NSM

Dependent vowels

U+0B62Oriya vowel sign vocalic l Mn NSM
U+0B63Oriya vowel sign vocalic ll Mn NSM

Tamil

Various signs

U+0BD0Tamil om Lo L

Telugu

Addition for Sanskrit

U+0C3DTelugu sign avagraha Lo L

Historic phonetic variants

U+0C58Telugu letter tsa Lo L
U+0C59Telugu letter dza Lo L

Dependent vowels

U+0C62Telugu vowel sign vocalic l Mn NSM
U+0C63Telugu vowel sign vocalic ll Mn NSM

Telugu fractions and weights

U+0C78Telugu fraction digit zero for odd powers of four No ON
U+0C79Telugu fraction digit one for odd powers of four No ON
U+0C7ATelugu fraction digit two for odd powers of four No ON
U+0C7BTelugu fraction digit three for odd powers of four No ON
U+0C7CTelugu fraction digit one for even powers of four No ON
U+0C7DTelugu fraction digit two for even powers of four No ON
U+0C7ETelugu fraction digit three for even powers of four No ON
U+0C7F ౿ Telugu sign tuumu So L

Malayalam

Addition for Sanskrit

U+0D3DMalayalam sign avagraha Lo L
aka praslesham

Dependent vowel signs

U+0D44Malayalam vowel sign vocalic rr Mn NSM

Dependent vowels

U+0D62Malayalam vowel sign vocalic l Mn NSM
U+0D63Malayalam vowel sign vocalic ll Mn NSM

Malayalam numerics

U+0D70Malayalam number ten No L
U+0D71Malayalam number one hundred No L
U+0D72Malayalam number one thousand No L

Fractions

U+0D73Malayalam fraction one quarter No L
U+0D74Malayalam fraction one half No L
U+0D75Malayalam fraction three quarters No L

Date mark

U+0D79Malayalam date mark So L

Chillu letters

U+0D7AMalayalam letter chillu nn Lo L
U+0D7BMalayalam letter chillu n Lo L
U+0D7CMalayalam letter chillu rr Lo L
* historically derived from the full letter ra
* also used for chillu r
U+0D7DMalayalam letter chillu l Lo L
* historically derived from the full letter ta
* used for chillu t and chillu d
U+0D7EMalayalam letter chillu ll Lo L
U+0D7F ൿ Malayalam letter chillu k Lo L

Tibetan

Extensions for Balti

U+0F6BTibetan letter kka Lo L
U+0F6CTibetan letter rra Lo L

Astrological signs

U+0FCETibetan sign rdel nag rdel dkar So L
aka dena deka
* signifies good luck earlier, bad luck later

Marks

U+0FD2Tibetan mark nyis tsheg Po L
aka nyi tsek

Head marks

U+0FD3Tibetan mark initial brda rnying yig mgo mdun ma Po L
aka da nying yik go dun ma
U+0FD4Tibetan mark closing brda rnying yig mgo sgab ma Po L
aka da nying yik go kab ma

Myanmar

Independent vowels

U+1022Myanmar letter shan a Lo L
U+1028Myanmar letter mon e Lo L

Dependent vowel signs

U+102BMyanmar vowel sign tall aa Mc L
U+1033Myanmar vowel sign mon ii Mn NSM
U+1034Myanmar vowel sign mon o Mn NSM
U+1035Myanmar vowel sign e above Mn NSM

Various signs

U+103AMyanmar sign asat Mn NSM
aka killer (always rendered visibly)

Dependent consonant signs

U+103BMyanmar consonant sign medial ya Mc L
U+103CMyanmar consonant sign medial ra Mc L
U+103DMyanmar consonant sign medial wa Mn NSM
U+103EMyanmar consonant sign medial ha Mn NSM

Consonant

U+103FMyanmar letter great sa Lo L

Extensions for Mon

U+105AMyanmar letter mon nga Lo L
U+105BMyanmar letter mon jha Lo L
U+105CMyanmar letter mon bba Lo L
U+105DMyanmar letter mon bbe Lo L
U+105EMyanmar consonant sign mon medial na Mn NSM
U+105FMyanmar consonant sign mon medial ma Mn NSM
U+1060Myanmar consonant sign mon medial la Mn NSM

Extensions for S'gaw Karen

U+1061Myanmar letter sgaw karen sha Lo L
U+1062Myanmar vowel sign sgaw karen eu Mc L
U+1063Myanmar tone mark sgaw karen hathi Mc L
U+1064Myanmar tone mark sgaw karen ke pho Mc L

Extensions for Western Pwo Karen

U+1065Myanmar letter western pwo karen tha Lo L
U+1066Myanmar letter western pwo karen pwa Lo L
U+1067Myanmar vowel sign western pwo karen eu Mc L
U+1068Myanmar vowel sign western pwo karen ue Mc L
U+1069Myanmar sign western pwo karen tone 1 Mc L
U+106AMyanmar sign western pwo karen tone 2 Mc L
U+106BMyanmar sign western pwo karen tone 3 Mc L
U+106CMyanmar sign western pwo karen tone 4 Mc L
U+106DMyanmar sign western pwo karen tone 5 Mc L

Extensions for Eastern Pwo Karen

U+106EMyanmar letter eastern pwo karen nna Lo L
U+106FMyanmar letter eastern pwo karen ywa Lo L
U+1070Myanmar letter eastern pwo karen ghwa Lo L

Extension for Geba Karen

U+1071Myanmar vowel sign geba karen i Mn NSM

Extensions for Kayah

U+1072Myanmar vowel sign kayah oe Mn NSM
U+1073Myanmar vowel sign kayah u Mn NSM
U+1074Myanmar vowel sign kayah ee Mn NSM

Extensions for Shan

U+1075Myanmar letter shan ka Lo L
U+1076Myanmar letter shan kha Lo L
U+1077Myanmar letter shan ga Lo L
U+1078Myanmar letter shan ca Lo L
U+1079Myanmar letter shan za Lo L
U+107AMyanmar letter shan nya Lo L
U+107BMyanmar letter shan da Lo L
U+107CMyanmar letter shan na Lo L
U+107DMyanmar letter shan pha Lo L
U+107EMyanmar letter shan fa Lo L
U+107FMyanmar letter shan ba Lo L
U+1080Myanmar letter shan tha Lo L
U+1081Myanmar letter shan ha Lo L
U+1082Myanmar consonant sign shan medial wa Mn NSM
U+1083Myanmar vowel sign shan aa Mc L
U+1084Myanmar vowel sign shan e Mc L
U+1085Myanmar vowel sign shan e above Mn NSM
U+1086Myanmar vowel sign shan final y Mn NSM
U+1087Myanmar sign shan tone 2 Mc L
U+1088Myanmar sign shan tone 3 Mc L
U+1089Myanmar sign shan tone 5 Mc L
U+108AMyanmar sign shan tone 6 Mc L
U+108BMyanmar sign shan council tone 2 Mc L
U+108CMyanmar sign shan council tone 3 Mc L
U+108DMyanmar sign shan council emphatic tone Mn NSM

Extensions for Rumai Palaung

U+108EMyanmar letter rumai palaung fa Lo L
U+108FMyanmar sign rumai palaung tone 5 Mc L

Shan digits

U+1090Myanmar shan digit zero Nd L
U+1091Myanmar shan digit one Nd L
U+1092Myanmar shan digit two Nd L
U+1093Myanmar shan digit three Nd L
U+1094Myanmar shan digit four Nd L
U+1095Myanmar shan digit five Nd L
U+1096Myanmar shan digit six Nd L
U+1097Myanmar shan digit seven Nd L
U+1098Myanmar shan digit eight Nd L
U+1099Myanmar shan digit nine Nd L

Shan symbols

U+109EMyanmar symbol shan one So L
U+109FMyanmar symbol shan exclamation So L

Mongolian

Extensions for Sanskrit and Tibetan

U+18AAMongolian letter Manchu Ali Gali lha Lo L

Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement

Contour tone marks

U+1DCBcombining breve macron Mn NSM
* Lithuanian dialectology
U+1DCCcombining macron breve Mn NSM
* Lithuanian dialectology

Double diacritic

U+1DCDcombining double circumflex above Mn NSM

Medievalist additions

U+1DCEcombining ogonek above Mn NSM
U+1DCFcombining zigzag below Mn NSM
U+1DD0combining is below Mn NSM
U+1DD1combining ur above Mn NSM
U+1DD2combining us above Mn NSM

Medieval superscript letter diacritics

U+1DD3combining Latin small letter flattened open a above Mn NSM
U+1DD4combining Latin small letter ae Mn NSM
U+1DD5combining Latin small letter ao Mn NSM
U+1DD6combining Latin small letter av Mn NSM
U+1DD7combining Latin small letter C cedilla Mn NSM
U+1DD8combining Latin small letter insular d Mn NSM
U+1DD9combining Latin small letter eth Mn NSM
U+1DDAcombining Latin small letter G Mn NSM
U+1DDBcombining Latin letter small capital g Mn NSM
U+1DDCcombining Latin small letter K Mn NSM
U+1DDDcombining Latin small letter L Mn NSM
U+1DDEcombining Latin letter small capital l Mn NSM
U+1DDFcombining Latin letter small capital m Mn NSM
U+1DE0combining Latin small letter N Mn NSM
U+1DE1combining Latin letter small capital n Mn NSM
U+1DE2combining Latin letter small capital r Mn NSM
U+1DE3combining Latin small letter R rotunda Mn NSM
U+1DE4combining Latin small letter S Mn NSM
U+1DE5combining Latin small letter long s Mn NSM
U+1DE6combining Latin small letter Z Mn NSM

Latin Extended Additional

Medievalist additions

U+1E9CLatin small letter long s with diagonal stroke Ll L
U+1E9DLatin small letter long s with high stroke Ll L

Addition for German typography

U+1E9ELatin capital letter sharp s Lu L
* does not casemap to 00DF
ref U+00DF ß Latin small letter sharp s (Latin-1 Supplement)

Medievalist addition

U+1E9FLatin small letter delta Ll L

Medievalist additions

U+1EFALatin capital letter middle welsh ll Lu L
U+1EFBLatin small letter middle welsh ll Ll L
U+1EFCLatin capital letter middle welsh v Lu L
U+1EFDLatin small letter middle welsh v Ll L
U+1EFELatin capital letter Y with loop Lu L
U+1EFF ỿ Latin small letter Y with loop Ll L

General Punctuation

Invisible operators

U+2064invisible plus Cf BN
* contiguity operator indicating addition

Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols

Additional diacritical marks for symbols

U+20F0combining asterisk above Mn NSM

Letterlike Symbols

Biblical editorial symbol

U+214Fsymbol for samaritan source So L

Number Forms

Archaic Roman numerals

U+2185Roman numeral six late form Nl L
U+2186Roman numeral fifty early form Nl L
U+2187Roman numeral fifty thousand Nl L
U+2188Roman numeral one hundred thousand Nl L

Miscellaneous Symbols

Miscellaneous symbols

U+269Doutlined white star So ON
* symbol of Morocco

Astrological signs

U+26B3ceres So ON
U+26B4pallas So ON
U+26B5juno So ON
U+26B6vesta So ON
U+26B7chiron So ON
U+26B8black moon lilith So ON
U+26B9sextile So ON
ref U+002A * asterisk (Basic Latin)
U+26BAsemisextile So ON
ref U+22BB xor (Mathematical Operators)
U+26BBquincunx So ON
ref U+22BC nand (Mathematical Operators)
U+26BCsesquiquadrate So ON

Symbols for draughts and checkers

U+26C0white draughts man So ON
U+26C1white draughts king So ON
U+26C2black draughts man So ON
U+26C3black draughts king So ON

Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols A

Division operator

U+27CClong division Sm ON
* graphically extends over the dividend
ref U+00F7 ÷ division sign (Latin-1 Supplement)
ref U+2215 division slash (Mathematical Operators)
ref U+221A square root (Mathematical Operators)

Mathematical brackets

U+27ECmathematical left white tortoise shell bracket Ps ON
ref U+2997 left black tortoise shell bracket (Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols B)
ref U+3018 left white tortoise shell bracket (CJK Symbols and Punctuation)
U+27EDmathematical right white tortoise shell bracket Pe ON
ref U+2998 right black tortoise shell bracket (Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols B)
ref U+3019 right white tortoise shell bracket (CJK Symbols and Punctuation)
U+27EEmathematical left flattened parenthesis Ps ON
aka lgroup
U+27EFmathematical right flattened parenthesis Pe ON
aka rgroup

Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows

Squares

U+2B1Bblack large square So ON
ref U+25A0 black square (Geometric Shapes)
U+2B1Cwhite large square So ON
ref U+25A1 white square (Geometric Shapes)
U+2B1Dblack very small square So ON
ref U+25AA black small square (Geometric Shapes)
U+2B1Ewhite very small square So ON
ref U+25AB white small square (Geometric Shapes)

Pentagons

U+2B1Fblack pentagon So ON

Circle

U+2B24black large circle So ON
ref U+25CF black circle (Geometric Shapes)
ref U+25EF large circle (Geometric Shapes)

Diamonds and lozenges

U+2B25black medium diamond So ON
ref U+25C6 black diamond (Geometric Shapes)
U+2B26white medium diamond So ON
U+2B27black medium lozenge So ON
U+2B28white medium lozenge So ON
ref U+25CA lozenge (Geometric Shapes)
U+2B29black small diamond So ON
ref U+22C4 diamond operator (Mathematical Operators)
U+2B2Ablack small lozenge So ON
U+2B2Bwhite small lozenge So ON

Ellipses

U+2B2Cblack horizontal ellipse So ON
U+2B2Dwhite horizontal ellipse So ON
U+2B2Eblack vertical ellipse So ON
U+2B2Fwhite vertical ellipse So ON

Mathematical arrows
These provide the opposite direction complement for arrows for mathermatical use not originally encoded in both a leftwards and rightwards direction.

U+2B30left arrow with small circle Sm ON
ref U+21F4 right arrow with small circle (Arrows)
U+2B31three leftwards arrows Sm ON
ref U+21F6 three rightwards arrows (Arrows)
U+2B32left arrow with circled plus Sm ON
ref U+27F4 right arrow with circled plus (Supplemental Arrows A)
U+2B33long leftwards squiggle arrow Sm ON
ref U+27FF long rightwards squiggle arrow (Supplemental Arrows A)
ref U+21DC leftwards squiggle arrow (Arrows)
U+2B34leftwards two headed arrow with vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2900 rightwards two headed arrow with vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B35leftwards two headed arrow with double vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2901 rightwards two headed arrow with double vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B36leftwards two headed arrow from bar Sm ON
ref U+2905 rightwards two headed arrow from bar (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B37leftwards two headed triple dash arrow Sm ON
ref U+2910 rightwards two headed triple dash arrow (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B38leftwards arrow with dotted stem Sm ON
ref U+2911 rightwards arrow with dotted stem (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B39leftwards arrow with tail with vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2914 rightwards arrow with tail with vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3Aleftwards arrow with tail with double vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2915 rightwards arrow with tail with double vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3Bleftwards two headed arrow with tail Sm ON
ref U+2916 rightwards two headed arrow with tail (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3Cleftwards two headed arrow with tail with vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2917 rightwards two headed arrow with tail with vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3Dleftwards two headed arrow with tail with double vertical stroke Sm ON
ref U+2918 rightwards two headed arrow with tail with double vertical stroke (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3Eleftwards arrow through x Sm ON
ref U+2947 rightwards arrow through x (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B3F ⬿ wave arrow pointing directly left Sm ON
ref U+2933 wave arrow pointing directly right (Supplemental Arrows B)
ref U+219C leftwards wave arrow (Arrows)
U+2B40equals sign above leftwards arrow Sm ON
ref U+2971 equals sign above rightwards arrow (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B41reverse tilde operator above leftwards arrow Sm ON
* mirror image of "2972"
ref U+2972 tilde operator above rightwards arrow (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B42leftwards arrow above reverse almost equal to Sm ON
* mirror image of "2975"
ref U+2975 rightwards arrow above almost equal to (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B43rightwards arrow through greater than Sm ON
* mirror image of "2977"
ref U+2977 leftwards arrow through less than (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B44rightwards arrow through superset Sm ON
* mirror image of "297A"
ref U+297A leftwards arrow through subset (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B45leftwards quadruple arrow So ON
ref U+27F0 upwards quadruple arrow (Supplemental Arrows A)
U+2B46rightwards quadruple arrow So ON
U+2B47reverse tilde operator above rightwards arrow Sm ON
U+2B48rightwards arrow above reverse almost equal to Sm ON
U+2B49tilde operator above leftwards arrow Sm ON
U+2B4Aleftwards arrow above almost equal to Sm ON
U+2B4Bleftwards arrow above reverse tilde operator Sm ON
* mirror image of "2974"
ref U+2974 rightwards arrow above tilde operator (Supplemental Arrows B)
U+2B4Crightwards arrow above reverse tilde operator Sm ON
* mirror image of "2973"
ref U+2973 leftwards arrow above tilde operator (Supplemental Arrows B)

Stars

U+2B50white medium star So ON
ref U+22C6 star operator (Mathematical Operators)
U+2B51black small star So ON
ref U+066D ٭ Arabic five pointed star (Arabic)
U+2B52white small star So ON

Pentagons

U+2B53black right pointing pentagon So ON
U+2B54white right pointing pentagon So ON

Latin Extended C

Miscellaneous additions

U+2C6DLatin capital letter alpha Lu L
* lowercase is 0251
U+2C6ELatin capital letter M with hook Lu L
* lowercase is 0271
U+2C6FLatin capital letter turned a Lu L
* lowercase is 0250
U+2C71Latin small letter V with right hook Ll L
U+2C72Latin capital letter W with hook Lu L
U+2C73Latin small letter W with hook Ll L

Additions for UPA

U+2C78Latin small letter E with notch Ll L
U+2C79Latin small letter turned r with tail Ll L
U+2C7ALatin small letter O with low ring inside Ll L
U+2C7BLatin letter small capital turned e Ll L
U+2C7CLatin subscript small letter J Ll L
U+2C7Dmodifier letter capital v Lm L

Supplemental Punctuation

General punctuation

U+2E18inverted interrobang Po ON
aka gnaborretni
ref U+203D interrobang (General Punctuation)
U+2E19palm branch Po ON
* used as a separator

Dictionary punctuation
These punctuation marks are used mostly in German dictionaries, to indicate umlaut or case changes with abbreviated stems.

U+2E1Ahyphen with diaeresis Pd ON
* indicates umlaut of the stem vowel of a plural form
U+2E1Btilde with ring above Po ON
* indicates change in case for derived form

Dictionary punctuation

U+2E1Etilde with dot above Po ON
* indicates derived form changes to uppercase
U+2E1Ftilde with dot below Po ON
* indicates derived form changes to lowercase

Brackets

U+2E20left vertical bar with quill Pi ON
U+2E21right vertical bar with quill Pf ON

Half brackets
These form a set of four corner brackets and are used editorially. They are distinguished from mathematical floor and ceiling characters. Occasionally quine corners are substituted for half brackets.

U+2E22top left half bracket Ps ON
ref U+2308 left ceiling (Miscellaneous Technical)
ref U+231C top left corner (Miscellaneous Technical)
ref U+300C left corner bracket (CJK Symbols and Punctuation)
U+2E23top right half bracket Pe ON
U+2E24bottom left half bracket Ps ON
U+2E25bottom right half bracket Pe ON

Brackets

U+2E26left sideways u bracket Ps ON
ref U+2282 subset of (Mathematical Operators)
U+2E27right sideways u bracket Pe ON
ref U+2283 superset of (Mathematical Operators)
U+2E28left double parenthesis Ps ON
ref U+2985 left white parenthesis (Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols B)
ref U+FF5F fullwidth left white parenthesis (Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms)
U+2E29right double parenthesis Pe ON

Medievalist punctuation

U+2E2Atwo dots over one dot punctuation Po ON
U+2E2Bone dot over two dots punctuation Po ON
U+2E2Csquared four dot punctuation Po ON
U+2E2Dfive dot mark Po ON
U+2E2Ereversed question mark Po ON
aka punctus percontativus
ref U+003F ? question mark (Basic Latin)
ref U+00BF ¿ inverted question mark (Latin-1 Supplement)
ref U+061F ؟ Arabic question mark (Arabic)
U+2E2Fvertical tilde Lm ON
* used for Cyrillic yerik
ref U+033E ̾ combining vertical tilde (Combining Diacritical Marks)
ref U+A67F Cyrillic payerok (Cyrillic Extended B)
U+2E30ring point Po ON
* used in Avestan
ref U+2218 ring operator (Mathematical Operators)
ref U+25E6 white bullet (Geometric Shapes)

Bopomofo

Miscellaneous addition

U+312DBopomofo letter ih Lo L
* for analytic representation of apical vowel

CJK Strokes

CJK strokes

U+31D0CJK stroke h So ON
U+31D1CJK stroke s So ON
U+31D2CJK stroke p So ON
U+31D3CJK stroke sp So ON
U+31D4CJK stroke d So ON
U+31D5CJK stroke hz So ON
U+31D6CJK stroke hg So ON
U+31D7CJK stroke sz So ON
U+31D8CJK stroke swz So ON
U+31D9CJK stroke st So ON
U+31DACJK stroke sg So ON
U+31DBCJK stroke pd So ON
U+31DCCJK stroke pz So ON
U+31DDCJK stroke tn So ON
U+31DECJK stroke szz So ON
U+31DFCJK stroke swg So ON
U+31E0CJK stroke hxwg So ON
U+31E1CJK stroke hzzzg So ON
U+31E2CJK stroke pg So ON
U+31E3CJK stroke q So ON

CJK Unified Ideographs

U+9FBCCJK Ideograph 9FBC Lo L
U+9FBDCJK Ideograph 9FBD Lo L
U+9FBECJK Ideograph 9FBE Lo L
U+9FBF 龿 CJK Ideograph 9FBF Lo L
U+9FC0CJK Ideograph 9FC0 Lo L
U+9FC1CJK Ideograph 9FC1 Lo L
U+9FC2CJK Ideograph 9FC2 Lo L
U+9FC3CJK Ideograph 9FC3 Lo L

Modifier Tone Letters

Africanist tone letters

U+A71Bmodifier letter raised up arrow Lm ON
U+A71Cmodifier letter raised down arrow Lm ON
U+A71Dmodifier letter raised exclamation mark Lm ON
U+A71Emodifier letter raised inverted exclamation mark Lm ON
U+A71Fmodifier letter low inverted exclamation mark Lm ON

Latin Extended D

Egyptological additions

U+A722Latin capital letter egyptological alef Lu L
U+A723Latin small letter egyptological alef Ll L
U+A724Latin capital letter egyptological ain Lu L
U+A725Latin small letter egyptological ain Ll L
* this is a case pair
ref U+1D25 Latin letter ain (Phonetic Extensions)
ref U+1D5C modifier letter small ain (Phonetic Extensions)

Mayanist additions

U+A726Latin capital letter heng Lu L
U+A727Latin small letter heng Ll L
U+A728Latin capital letter tz Lu L
U+A729Latin small letter tz Ll L
U+A72ALatin capital letter tresillo Lu L
U+A72BLatin small letter tresillo Ll L
U+A72CLatin capital letter cuatrillo Lu L
U+A72DLatin small letter cuatrillo Ll L
U+A72ELatin capital letter cuatrillo with comma Lu L
U+A72FLatin small letter cuatrillo with comma Ll L

Medievalist additions

U+A730Latin letter small capital f Ll L
U+A731Latin letter small capital s Ll L
U+A732Latin capital letter aa Lu L
U+A733Latin small letter aa Ll L
U+A734Latin capital letter ao Lu L
U+A735Latin small letter ao Ll L
U+A736Latin capital letter au Lu L
U+A737Latin small letter au Ll L
U+A738Latin capital letter av Lu L
U+A739Latin small letter av Ll L
U+A73ALatin capital letter av with horizontal bar Lu L
U+A73BLatin small letter av with horizontal bar Ll L
U+A73CLatin capital letter ay Lu L
U+A73DLatin small letter ay Ll L
U+A73ELatin capital letter reversed c with dot Lu L
U+A73FLatin small letter reversed c with dot Ll L
U+A740Latin capital letter K with stroke Lu L
U+A741Latin small letter K with stroke Ll L
U+A742Latin capital letter K with diagonal stroke Lu L
U+A743Latin small letter K with diagonal stroke Ll L
U+A744Latin capital letter K with stroke and diagonal stroke Lu L
U+A745Latin small letter K with stroke and diagonal stroke Ll L
U+A746Latin capital letter broken l Lu L
U+A747Latin small letter broken l Ll L
U+A748Latin capital letter L with high stroke Lu L
U+A749Latin small letter L with high stroke Ll L
U+A74ALatin capital letter O with long stroke overlay Lu L
U+A74BLatin small letter O with long stroke overlay Ll L
U+A74CLatin capital letter O with loop Lu L
U+A74DLatin small letter O with loop Ll L
U+A74ELatin capital letter oo Lu L
U+A74FLatin small letter oo Ll L
U+A750Latin capital letter P with stroke through descender Lu L
U+A751Latin small letter P with stroke through descender Ll L
U+A752Latin capital letter P with flourish Lu L
U+A753Latin small letter P with flourish Ll L
U+A754Latin capital letter P with squirrel tail Lu L
U+A755Latin small letter P with squirrel tail Ll L
U+A756Latin capital letter Q with stroke through descender Lu L
U+A757Latin small letter Q with stroke through descender Ll L
U+A758Latin capital letter Q with diagonal stroke Lu L
U+A759Latin small letter Q with diagonal stroke Ll L
U+A75ALatin capital letter R rotunda Lu L
U+A75BLatin small letter R rotunda Ll L
U+A75CLatin capital letter rum rotunda Lu L
U+A75DLatin small letter rum rotunda Ll L
U+A75ELatin capital letter V with diagonal stroke Lu L
U+A75FLatin small letter V with diagonal stroke Ll L
U+A760Latin capital letter vy Lu L
U+A761Latin small letter vy Ll L
U+A762Latin capital letter visigothic z Lu L
U+A763Latin small letter visigothic z Ll L
U+A764Latin capital letter thorn with stroke Lu L
U+A765Latin small letter thorn with stroke Ll L
U+A766Latin capital letter thorn with stroke through descender Lu L
U+A767Latin small letter thorn with stroke through descender Ll L
U+A768Latin capital letter vend Lu L
U+A769Latin small letter vend Ll L
U+A76ALatin capital letter et Lu L
U+A76BLatin small letter et Ll L
U+A76CLatin capital letter is Lu L
U+A76DLatin small letter is Ll L
U+A76ELatin capital letter con Lu L
U+A76FLatin small letter con Ll L
U+A770modifier letter us Lm L
U+A771Latin small letter dum Ll L
U+A772Latin small letter lum Ll L
U+A773Latin small letter mum Ll L
U+A774Latin small letter num Ll L
U+A775Latin small letter rum Ll L
U+A776Latin letter small capital rum Ll L
U+A777Latin small letter tum Ll L
U+A778Latin small letter um Ll L

Insular and Celticist letters

U+A779Latin capital letter insular d Lu L
U+A77ALatin small letter insular d Ll L
U+A77BLatin capital letter insular f Lu L
U+A77CLatin small letter insular f Ll L
U+A77DLatin capital letter insular g Lu L
* lowercase is 1D79
U+A77ELatin capital letter turned insular g Lu L
U+A77FLatin small letter turned insular g Ll L
U+A780Latin capital letter turned l Lu L
U+A781Latin small letter turned l Ll L
U+A782Latin capital letter insular r Lu L
U+A783Latin small letter insular r Ll L
U+A784Latin capital letter insular s Lu L
U+A785Latin small letter insular s Ll L
U+A786Latin capital letter insular t Lu L
U+A787Latin small letter insular t Ll L

Modifier letters

U+A788modifier letter low circumflex accent Sk ON
U+A789modifier letter colon Sk L
* used as a tone letter in some orthographies
* Budu (Congo), Sabaot (Kenya), and several Papua New Guinea languages
ref U+003A : colon (Basic Latin)
U+A78Amodifier letter short equals sign Sk L
* used as a tone letter in some orthographies
* Budu (Congo)
ref U+003D = equals sign (Basic Latin)

Orthographic letters for glottals

U+A78BLatin capital letter saltillo Lu L
U+A78CLatin small letter saltillo Ll L
* saltillos are used as a casing pair for glottal stop in some orthographies
* Huasteco and other languages of Mexico, Izere (Nigeria)
ref U+0027 ' apostrophe (Basic Latin)
ref U+0242 ɂ Latin small letter glottal stop (Latin Extended B)
ref U+0294 ʔ Latin letter glottal stop (IPA Extensions)
ref U+02BC ʼ modifier letter apostrophe (Spacing Modifier Letters)
ref U+02C0 ˀ modifier letter glottal stop (Spacing Modifier Letters)

Ancient Roman epigraphic letters

U+A7FBLatin epigraphic letter reversed f Lo L
U+A7FCLatin epigraphic letter reversed p Lo L
U+A7FDLatin epigraphic letter inverted m Lo L
U+A7FELatin epigraphic letter I longa Lo L
U+A7FFLatin epigraphic letter archaic m Lo L

Combining Half Marks

Continuous macrons for Coptic
These are used in combinations to represent continuous macrons over a sequence of Coptic letters.

U+FE24combining macron left half Mn NSM
U+FE25combining macron right half Mn NSM
U+FE26combining conjoining macron Mn NSM
ref U+0304 ̄ combining macron (Combining Diacritical Marks)
ref U+035E ͞ combining double macron (Combining Diacritical Marks)

Musical Symbols

Rest

U+1D129 𝄩 musical symbol multiple measure rest So L
* used to represent rests of arbitrary lengths, extending across multiple measures
ref U+1D13A 𝄺 musical symbol multi rest (Musical Symbols)

Altered Characters


In addition, 8 characters were altered in 5.1

A total of 3 characters changed their General Category
1 characters changed their General Category from Punctuation, Other to Punctuation, Dash
2 characters changed their General Category from Symbol, Modifier to Letter, Modifier
 
A total of 5 characters changed their Bidirectional Category
5 characters changed their Bidirectional Category from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number

 

Spacing Modifier Letters


U+02EC   ˬ   modifier letter voicing had its General Category changed from Symbol, Modifier to Letter, Modifier

 

Greek and Coptic


U+0374   ʹ   Greek numeral sign had its General Category changed from Symbol, Modifier to Letter, Modifier

 

Hebrew


U+05BE   ־   Hebrew punctuation maqaf had its General Category changed from Punctuation, Other to Punctuation, Dash

 

Arabic


U+0600   ؀   Arabic number sign had its Bidirectional Category changed from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number
U+0601   ؁   Arabic sign sanah had its Bidirectional Category changed from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number
U+0602   ؂   Arabic footnote marker had its Bidirectional Category changed from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number
U+0603   ؃   Arabic sign safha had its Bidirectional Category changed from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number
U+06DD   ۝   Arabic end of ayah had its Bidirectional Category changed from Right To Left Arabic to Arabic Number
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