Unicode 3.0

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Unicode 3.0 is a major version of the Unicode Standard that significantly expanded character coverage, particularly for additional writing systems and symbols used worldwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character encoding standard
version of the Unicode Standard
addsBlocks Arabic Presentation Forms extensions
Basic Multilingual Plane extensions
Braille Patterns
linked to: Braille

Buhid
CJK Compatibility Forms extensions
CJK Symbols and Punctuation extensions
Cherokee
linked to: Cherokee language

Ethiopic
linked to: Ge'ez

Hanunoo
Khmer
Khmer Symbols
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows extensions
Mongolian
linked to: Mongolic languages

Myanmar
Myanmar Extensions (initial)
linked to: Myanmar Extended-B

Ogham
linked to: Ogham script

Runic
Sinhala
Specials
Supplemental Arrows-A
Supplemental Arrows-B
Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Syriac
Tagalog
Tagbanwa
Thaana
linked to: Thaana script

Yi Radicals
Yi Syllables
linked to: Yi script
addsCharactersOverUnicode2.1 10493
addsScripts Burmese (Myanmar script)
Cherokee
linked to: Cherokee language

Ethiopic
Khmer
Mongolian
Myanmar
Ogham
linked to: Ogham script

Runic
Sinhala
linked to: Sinhala script

Syriac
Thaana
linked to: Thaana script

Yi
appliesTo data interchange
software internationalization
web standards
backwardCompatibleWith Unicode 2.0
Unicode 2.1
compatibilityWith ISO/IEC 10646
defines Universal Character Set repertoire
linked to: Unicode Standard
definesEncodingForm UTF-16
UTF-32 (conceptually, as 32-bit form)
linked to: UTF-32

UTF-8
documentedIn The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0 (book)
expandsCoverageFor East Asian scripts
mathematical notation
phonetic symbols
technical symbols
follows Unicode 2.1
linked to: Unicode 2.0
goal to provide a unique code for every character regardless of platform, program, or language
hasCodeSpace 0 to 10FFFF (hex)
introduces Braille Patterns block
Specials block
additional dingbats and arrows
additional mathematical symbols
additional technical symbols
language English
maintainedBy Unicode Consortium
partOf Unicode Standard
precedes Unicode 3.1
primaryDomain text encoding
publicationYear 1999
publisher Unicode Consortium
releaseDate 1999-09-01
standardizedAs ISO/IEC 10646:2000 alignment (largely)
status superseded by later Unicode versions
supportsWritingSystems many additional modern scripts
several historic scripts
various minority languages
totalCharacters 49111
usesPlane Basic Multilingual Plane
Supplementary Ideographic Plane (partially reserved)
Supplementary Multilingual Plane (partially reserved)
versionNumber 3.0

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