Unicode 11 New Characters

By Xah Lee. Date: 2018-02-20. Last updated: 2018-08-01.

Unicode 11.0 is released on 2018 June 12.

Unicode 11.0 adds 684 characters. (to a total of 137,374 characters.)

The new characters are:

618 character in obscure language's writing systems. (to a total of 146 writing systems.)
66 new emoji.

The new script (writing system):

Dogra, used to write historic Dogra in South Asia
Georgian Mtavruli capital letters, newly added to support modern casing practices
Gunjala Gondi, used to write the Adilabad dialect of the Gondi language in South Asia
Hanifi Rohingya, used to write the modern Rohingya language in Southeast Asia
Makasar, used to write historic Makasar in Indonesia
Medefaidrin, used for modern liturgical purposes in Africa
Old Sogdian, used to write historic Sogdian in the third to fifth centuries in Central Asia
Sogdian, used to write historic languages in the seventh to fourteenth centuries in Central Asia

Other new character are:

5 urgently needed CJK unified ideographs
66 emoji characters, including 4 new emoji components for hair color.
Copyleft symbol
Half stars for rating systems
Additional astrological symbols
Xiangyi Chinese chess symbols

Unicode 11 New Emoji Characters

face

🥰 U+1F970: SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES AND THREE HEARTS 🥵 U+1F975: OVERHEATED FACE 🥶 U+1F976: FREEZING FACE 🥳 U+1F973: FACE WITH PARTY HORN AND PARTY HAT 🥴 U+1F974: FACE WITH UNEVEN EYES AND WAVY MOUTH 🥺 U+1F97A: FACE WITH PLEADING EYES

[see Unicode Emoji 😄]

person

🦸 U+1F9B8: SUPERHERO 🦹 U+1F9B9: SUPERVILLAIN

body parts

🦵 U+1F9B5: LEG 🦶 U+1F9B6: FOOT 🦴 U+1F9B4: BONE 🦷 U+1F9B7: TOOTH

clothing

🥽 U+1F97D: GOGGLES 🥼 U+1F97C: LAB COAT 🥾 U+1F97E: HIKING BOOT 🥿 U+1F97F: FLAT SHOE

[see Clothing Emoji 👠]

animals

🦝 U+1F99D: RACCOON 🦙 U+1F999: LLAMA 🦛 U+1F99B: HIPPOPOTAMUS 🦘 U+1F998: KANGAROO 🦡 U+1F9A1: BADGER 🦢 U+1F9A2: SWAN 🦚 U+1F99A: PEACOCK 🦜 U+1F99C: PARROT 🦞 U+1F99E: LOBSTER

[see Animal Emoji 🐰]

insect

🦟 U+1F99F: MOSQUITO 🦠 U+1F9A0: MICROBE

[see Insect Emoji 🐞]

food

🥭 U+1F96D: MANGO 🥬 U+1F96C: LEAFY GREEN 🥯 U+1F96F: BAGEL 🥮 U+1F96E: MOON CAKE 🧁 U+1F9C1: CUPCAKE 🧂 U+1F9C2: SALT SHAKER

[see Food Emoji 🍺]

sports

🧭 U+1F9ED: COMPASS 🛹 U+1F6F9: SKATEBOARD 🥏 U+1F94F: FLYING DISC 🥍 U+1F94D: LACROSSE STICK AND BALL 🥎 U+1F94E: SOFTBALL

[see Sports Emoji ⚽]

[see Car, Train, Boat, Emoji 🚀]

things

🧱 U+1F9F1: BRICK 🧳 U+1F9F3: LUGGAGE 🧨 U+1F9E8: FIRECRACKER 🧧 U+1F9E7: RED GIFT ENVELOPE 🧿 U+1F9FF: NAZAR AMULET 🧩 U+1F9E9: JIGSAW PUZZLE PIECE 🧸 U+1F9F8: TEDDY BEAR 🧮 U+1F9EE: ABACUS 🧾 U+1F9FE: RECEIPT 🧰 U+1F9F0: TOOLBOX 🧲 U+1F9F2: MAGNET 🧪 U+1F9EA: TEST TUBE 🧫 U+1F9EB: PETRI DISH 🧯 U+1F9EF: FIRE EXTINGUISHER 🧴 U+1F9F4: LOTION BOTTLE 🧵 U+1F9F5: SPOOL OF THREAD 🧶 U+1F9F6: BALL OF YARN 🧷 U+1F9F7: SAFETY PIN 🧹 U+1F9F9: BROOM 🧺 U+1F9FA: BASKET 🧻 U+1F9FB: ROLL OF PAPER 🧼 U+1F9FC: BAR OF SOAP 🧽 U+1F9FD: SPONGE

🧬 U+1F9EC: DNA DOUBLE HELIX

[see Things Emoji 🔪]

Note: font won't become available until Google, Microsoft, Apple etc release them. Probably around end of 2018.