CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D is a Unicode block containing uncommon CJK ideographs for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, some of which are in current use. Much smaller than most Unicode blocks for CJK unified ideographs, Extension D consists of characters which were submitted to the Ideographic Research Group as "urgently needed characters" between 2006 and 2009. Characters submitted during the same period which were needed less urgently were included in CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E instead.[3]

The block has hundreds of ideographic variation sequences registered in the Unicode Ideographic Variation Database (IVD).[4][5] These sequences specify the desired glyph variant for a given Unicode character.

Block

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D[1][2]Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+2B74x𫝀𫝁𫝂𫝃𫝄𫝅𫝆𫝇𫝈𫝉𫝊𫝋𫝌𫝍𫝎𫝏
U+2B75x𫝐𫝑𫝒𫝓𫝔𫝕𫝖𫝗𫝘𫝙𫝚𫝛𫝜𫝝𫝞𫝟
U+2B76x𫝠𫝡𫝢𫝣𫝤𫝥𫝦𫝧𫝨𫝩𫝪𫝫𫝬𫝭𫝮𫝯
U+2B77x𫝰𫝱𫝲𫝳𫝴𫝵𫝶𫝷𫝸𫝹𫝺𫝻𫝼𫝽𫝾𫝿
U+2B78x𫞀𫞁𫞂𫞃𫞄𫞅𫞆𫞇𫞈𫞉𫞊𫞋𫞌𫞍𫞎𫞏
U+2B79x𫞐𫞑𫞒𫞓𫞔𫞕𫞖𫞗𫞘𫞙𫞚𫞛𫞜𫞝𫞞𫞟
U+2B7Ax𫞠𫞡𫞢𫞣𫞤𫞥𫞦𫞧𫞨𫞩𫞪𫞫𫞬𫞭𫞮𫞯
U+2B7Bx𫞰𫞱𫞲𫞳𫞴𫞵𫞶𫞷𫞸𫞹𫞺𫞻𫞼𫞽𫞾𫞿
U+2B7Cx𫟀𫟁𫟂𫟃𫟄𫟅𫟆𫟇𫟈𫟉𫟊𫟋𫟌𫟍𫟎𫟏
U+2B7Dx𫟐𫟑𫟒𫟓𫟔𫟕𫟖𫟗𫟘𫟙𫟚𫟛𫟜𫟝𫟞𫟟
U+2B7Ex𫟠𫟡𫟢𫟣𫟤𫟥𫟦𫟧𫟨𫟩𫟪𫟫𫟬𫟭𫟮𫟯
U+2B7Fx𫟰𫟱𫟲𫟳𫟴𫟵𫟶𫟷𫟸𫟹𫟺𫟻𫟼𫟽𫟾𫟿
U+2B80x𫠀𫠁𫠂𫠃𫠄𫠅𫠆𫠇𫠈𫠉𫠊𫠋𫠌𫠍𫠎𫠏
U+2B81x𫠐𫠑𫠒𫠓𫠔𫠕𫠖𫠗𫠘𫠙𫠚𫠛𫠜𫠝
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
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 CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D block:

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. "18.1: Han (§ Blocks Containing Han Ideographs)"(PDF). The Unicode Standard: Core Specification. Version 15.0. Unicode Consortium. 2022. pp. 741–744. ISBN 978-1-936213-32-0.
  4. "Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium.
  5. "UTS #37, Unicode Ideographic Variation Database". Unicode Consortium.