Bopomofo Extended

Bopomofo Extended
Range U+31A0..U+31BF
(32 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Bopomofo
Major alphabets phonetic Min Nan and Hakka
Assigned 27 code points
Unused 5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
3.0 24 (+24)
6.0 27 (+3)

Note: [1][2]

Bopomofo Extended is a Unicode block containing additional Bopomofo characters for writing phonetic Min Nan, Hakka Chinese, Hmu, and Ge. The basic set of Bopomofo characters can be found in the Bopomofo block.

Block

Bopomofo Extended[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+31Ax
U+31Bx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 10.0
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 Extended block:

Version Final code points[lower-alpha 1] 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 
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 
  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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