Kawi (Unicode block)

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Kawi
RangeU+11F00..U+11F5F
(96 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsKawi
Assigned86 code points
Unused10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
15.0 (2022)86 (+86)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Kawi is a Unicode block containing characters for Kawi script. The script was used historically in insular Southeast Asia to write the Old Javanese, Sanskrit, Old Malay, Old Balinese, and Old Sundanese languages.[3]

Block[edit]

Kawi[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+11F0x 𑼀 𑼁  𑼂  𑼃 𑼄 𑼅 𑼆 𑼇 𑼈 𑼉 𑼊 𑼋 𑼌 𑼍 𑼎 𑼏
U+11F1x 𑼐 𑼒 𑼓 𑼔 𑼕 𑼖 𑼗 𑼘 𑼙 𑼚 𑼛 𑼜 𑼝 𑼞 𑼟
U+11F2x 𑼠 𑼡 𑼢 𑼣 𑼤 𑼥 𑼦 𑼧 𑼨 𑼩 𑼪 𑼫 𑼬 𑼭 𑼮 𑼯
U+11F3x 𑼰 𑼱 𑼲 𑼳 𑼴 𑼵 𑼶 𑼷 𑼸 𑼹 𑼺 𑼾 𑼿
U+11F4x 𑽀 𑽁  𑽂  𑽃 𑽄 𑽅 𑽆 𑽇 𑽈 𑽉 𑽊 𑽋 𑽌 𑽍 𑽎 𑽏
U+11F5x 𑽐 𑽑 𑽒 𑽓 𑽔 𑽕 𑽖 𑽗 𑽘 𑽙
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History[edit]

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kawi block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
15.0 U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 86 L2/12-125 N4266 Pandey, Anshuman (2012-04-25), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Kawi Script
L2/12-147 Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "XI. KAWI", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
L2/12-167 Ganesan, Naga (2012-05-03), Comment on L2/12-125: Encoding Model for Kawi Script
L2/13-028 Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-01-28), "22", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
L2/20-256 Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-09-30), Preliminary Proposal to encode Kawi
L2/20-250 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "15. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/21-026 Sinclair, Iain (2020-11-17), Comments on Kawi, L2/20-256
L2/20-283 Lindenberg, Norbert (2020-12-06), Repha representation for Kawi
L2/20-287 Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2020-12-08), Comments on L2/20-284 regarding disunificaton of KAWI VOWEL SIGN AA
L2/20-284R Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-12-22), Proposal to encode Kawi (revised)
L2/21-016R Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "18. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-009 Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "Consensus 166-C30", UTC #166 Minutes
L2/21-048 Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Lindenberg, Norbert (2021-02-16), Reply to 'On the Kawi Space Filler and the Names of Punctuation Characters'
L2/21-073 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-04-23), "Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-176 Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2021-07-30), Proposal to Unencode KAWI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L
L2/21-180 Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2021-09-23), Note on Kawi Sign Vocalic L U+11F3C and Possible Cognate of U+1B00
L2/21-174 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "12. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-167 Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C15", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169
L2/22-056 Silva, Eduardo Marín (2022-03-05), "Kawi", Review of the code charts of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442)
L2/22-093 Kinaṇṭi, Waṣkiṭa; Sh., Rikza F. (2022-03-21), Review of Kawi code chart of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442)
L2/22-068 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-04-15), "19. Kawi Name Change and Annotation, 20. Kawi Review of Code Chart for 15.0", Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals
L2/22-080R2 Lindenberg, Norbert; et al. (2022-08-22), Line breaking at orthographic syllable boundaries
L2/22-061 Constable, Peter (2022-07-27), "D.1 Section 18, D.1 Section 19, D.1 Section 20, D.2", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References[edit]

  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.
  3. ^ "Chapter 17: Southeast Asia-II: Indonesia and the Philippines". The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. September 2022. ISBN 978-1-936213-32-0.