The week before last, the Unicode Consortium which manages standards for Unicode and Locale published the 6.0 version of Unicode
| 0840..085F | Mandaic |
| 1BC0..1BFF | Batak |
| AB00..AB2F | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| 11000..1107F | Brahmi |
| 16800..16A3F | Bamum Supplement |
| 1B000..1B0FF | Kana Supplement |
| 1F0A0..1F0FF | Playing Cards |
| 1F300..1F5FF | Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs |
| 1F600..1F64F | Emoticons |
| 1F680..1F6FF | Transport And Map Symbols |
| 1F700..1F77F | Alchemical Symbols |
| 2B740..2B81F | CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D |
The new blocks in version 6.0.0 are:
Specifically added:
- 2,088 characters, including
- over 1,000 additional symbols which are especially important for mobile phones
- the new official Indian currency symbol: the Indian Rupee Sign
- 222 additional CJK Unified Ideographs in common use in China, Taiwan, and Japan
- 603 additional characters for African language support, including extensions to the Tifinagh, Ethiopic, and Bamum scripts
- three additional scripts: Mandaic, Batak, and Brahmi
To view all components of this release browse here.
