| Bopomofo Extended | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+31A0..U+31BF (32 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Bopomofo |
| Major alphabets | phonetic Min Nan and Hakka |
| Assigned | 32 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 3.0 (1999) | 24 (+24) |
| 6.0 (2010) | 27 (+3) |
| 13.0 (2020) | 32 (+5) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. | |
Bopomofo Extended is a Unicode block containing additional Bopomofo characters for writing phonetic Min Nan, Hakka Chinese, Cantonese, Hmu, and Ge. The basic set of Bopomofo characters can be found in the Bopomofo block.
Block
| Bopomofo Extended Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+31Ax | ㆠ | ㆡ | ㆢ | ㆣ | ㆤ | ㆥ | ㆦ | ㆧ | ㆨ | ㆩ | ㆪ | ㆫ | ㆬ | ㆭ | ㆮ | ㆯ |
| U+31Bx | ㆰ | ㆱ | ㆲ | ㆳ | ㆴ | ㆵ | ㆶ | ㆷ | ㆸ | ㆹ | ㆺ | ㆻ | ㆼ | ㆽ | ㆾ | ㆿ |
Notes
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History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bopomofo Extended block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | U+31A0..31B7 | 24 | L2/98-090 | N1713R | Proposal to add 24 extended Bopomofo and 2 modifier letters for Minnan and Hakka, 1998-03-19 |
| L2/98-158 | Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Bopomofo Extensions", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998 | ||||
| L2/98-286 | N1703 | Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.25", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20 | |||
| L2/98-321 | N1905 | Revised text of 10646-1/FPDAM 23, AMENDMENT 23: Bopomofo Extended and other characters, 1998-10-22 | |||
| L2/18-255 | N4980 | Tung, Bobby; Ko, But; Wei, Selena (2018-06-13), Proposal to Fix Glyphs in Bopomofo Extended Block and Encode one Bopomofo Letter | |||
| 6.0 | U+31B8..31BA | 3 | L2/09-049 | N3570 | West, Andrew (2009-01-25), Proposal to encode three Bopomofo letters for Hmu and Ge |
| L2/09-003R | Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.15", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes | ||||
| L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.13f", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 | |||
| 13.0 | U+31BB | 1 | L2/18-255 | N4980 | Tung, Bobby; Ko, But; Wei, Selena (2018-06-13), Proposal to Fix Glyphs in Bopomofo Extended Block and Encode one Bopomofo Letter |
| L2/18-183 | Moore, Lisa (2018-11-20), "C.21", UTC #156 Minutes | ||||
| N5020 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2019-01-11), "10.3.16", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 67 | ||||
| U+31BC..31BF | 4 | L2/19-100 | Chan, Eiso (2019-04-08), Preliminary proposal to encode four extended Bopomofo letters for Cantonese | ||
| L2/19-173 | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "18", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/19-177R | N5052 | Yang, Ben; Chan, Eiso (2019-05-02), Proposal to encode Cantonese Bopomofo Characters | |||
| L2/19-122 | Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "Consensus 159-C21", UTC #159 Minutes | ||||
| N5122 | "M68.10 and M68.19", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 68, 2019-12-31 | ||||
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See also
- Spacing Modifier Letters (Unicode block) has two Bopomofo characters: U+02EA–U+02EB
References
- "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.