Arabic Extended-B | |
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Range | U+0870..U+089F (48 code points) |
Plane | BMP |
Scripts | Arabic |
Major alphabets | Bosnian Javanese Sorabe Sundanese |
Assigned | 41 code points |
Unused | 7 reserved code points |
Unicode version history | |
14.0 (2021) | 41 (+41) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chart ∣ Web page | |
Note: [1] [2] |
Arabic Extended-B is a Unicode block encoding Qur'anic annotations and letter variants used for various non-Arabic languages. The block also includes currency symbols and an abbreviation mark. [3]
Arabic Extended-B [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+087x | ࡰ | ࡱ | ࡲ | ࡳ | ࡴ | ࡵ | ࡶ | ࡷ | ࡸ | ࡹ | ࡺ | ࡻ | ࡼ | ࡽ | ࡾ | ࡿ |
U+088x | ࢀ | ࢁ | ࢂ | ࢃ | ࢄ | ࢅ | ࢆ | ࢇ | ࢈ | ࢉ | ࢊ | ࢋ | ࢌ | ࢍ | ࢎ | |
U+089x | | | ࢘ | ࢙ | ࢚ | ࢛ | ࢜ | ࢝ | ࢞ | ࢟ | ||||||
Notes |
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Arabic Extended-B block:
Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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14.0 | U+0870..0888, 089D..089F | 28 | L2/19-306 | N5142 | Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2019-09-29), Arabic additions for Quranic orthographies |
L2/19-343 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-10-06), "a. Additions for Quranic orthographies", Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/19-323 | Moore, Lisa (2019-10-01), "Consensus 161-C4", UTC #161 Minutes | ||||
L2/20-105 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-04-20), "3f. Comments on L2/19-306", Recommendations to UTC #163 April 2020 on Script Proposals | ||||
U+0889..088A | 2 | L2/19-339 | Jacquerye, Denis Moyogo (2019-10-03), Proposal to encode Bosnian Arabic characters | ||
L2/19-343 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2019-10-06), "d. Bosnian Arabic characters", Recommendations to UTC #161 October 2019 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/19-323 | Moore, Lisa (2019-10-01), "C.6.5", UTC #161 Minutes | ||||
U+088B..088D | 3 | L2/19-340 | Jacquerye, Denis Moyogo (2019-10-03), Proposal to encode Javanese and Sundanese Arabic characters | ||
L2/19-323 | Moore, Lisa (2019-10-01), "C.6.6", UTC #161 Minutes | ||||
U+088E | 1 | L2/20-071R | Pournader, Roozbeh; Izadpanah, Borna (2020-05-01), Proposal to encode an Arabic tail character used for abbreviation | ||
L2/20-105 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-04-20), "3b. Arabic Tail Character", Recommendations to UTC #163 April 2020 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/20-102 | Moore, Lisa (2020-05-06), "Consensus 163-C26", UTC #163 Minutes | ||||
U+0890..0891 | 2 | L2/20-245 | Hosny, Khaled; Pournader, Roozbeh (2020-09-09), Proposal to encode three Arabic symbols | ||
L2/20-250 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "5a. Three Symbols", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/20-237 | Moore, Lisa (2020-10-27), "Consensus 165-C15", UTC #165 Minutes | ||||
U+0898..089C | 5 | L2/20-089 | Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2020-02-28), Proposal to Encode Characters from Indonesian Orthography of Quran | ||
L2/20-105 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-04-20), "3c. Indonesian Orthography of Quran", Recommendations to UTC #163 April 2020 on Script Proposals | ||||
L2/20-102 | Moore, Lisa (2020-05-06), "Consensus 163-C14", UTC #163 Minutes | ||||
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