Unicode 10 New Characters
Unicode 10.0 is released on 2017 June 20.
Unicode 10.0 adds 8,518 characters, for a total of 136,690 characters. These additions include 4 new scripts, for a total of 139 scripts, as well as 56 new emoji characters.
The new scripts and characters in Version 10.0 add support for lesser-used languages and unique written requirements worldwide.
| Script | Number of Characters | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Masaram Gondi | 75 | Used to write Gondi in Central and Southeast India. Gondi writing |
| Nüshu | 396 | 女书. Used by women in China to write poetry and other discourses until the late twentieth century Nüshu script |
| Soyombo | 80 | Used in historic Buddhist texts to write Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian Soyombo alphabet |
| Zanabazar Square | 72 | Used in historic Buddhist texts to write Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian Zanabazar Square alphabet |
| Syriac letters | ? | Used for writing Suriyani Malayalam, also known as Garshuni and as Syriac Malayalam Syriac alphabet |
| Gujarati signs | 132 | Used for the transliteration of the Arabic script into Gujarati by Ismaili Khoja communities Gujarati alphabet |
| Hentaigana | 285 | Hentaigana (変体仮名) characters used in Japan (historic variants of Hiragana characters) Hentaigana |
| CJK Extension | 7,473 | Chinese characters |
| emoji | 56 | emoji |
- Bitcoin sign
- A set of Typicon marks and symbols
Unicode 10 New Emoji
Note: font won't become available until Google, Microsoft, Apple etc release them. Probably around end of 2017.
Here's a image rendering.
Here's the actual characters:
Faces
Person
Fantasy Creatures
Person with Situation
Hand Gesture
Clothing
Animals
Food
Things
Misc
[see Unicode Emoji 😄]
Rendering
Search Box
Try “heart face” (without quotes), or 9829, or U+1f60d, or paste emoji 😂. (If nothing happens, try Unicode Search for old browser)
Reference
http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/
Unicode Versions
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