Vertical Forms

Vertical Forms
Range	U+FE10..U+FE1F (16 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Common
Symbol sets	Vertical punctuation
Assigned	10 code points
Unused	6 reserved code points
Source standards	GB 18030
Unicode version history
4.1 (2005)	10 (+10)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Graphical representation of the Vertical Forms Unicode block

Vertical Forms is a Unicode block containing vertical punctuation for compatibility characters with the Chinese Standard GB 18030.

In the Unicode specification, U+FE18︘PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET has a typo in its name; "BRACKET" is spelt as "BRAKCET". ^[3]

Vertical Forms [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0 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 Vertical Forms block:

Version	Final code points [a]	Count	L2  ID	WG2  ID	Document
4.1	U+FE10..FE19	10	L2/03-411		Goldsmith, Deborah; Muller, Eric (2003-10-31), Unencoded chars in GB 18030 & HK-SCS
			L2/04-161R	N2807	Suignard, Michel; Muller, Eric; Jenkins, John (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, background document
			L2/04-263	N2808	Suignard, Michel (2004-06-17), HKSCS and GB 18030 PUA characters, request for additional characters and related information
			L2/05-137		Freytag, Asmus (2005-05-10), Handling "defective" names
			L2/05-108R		Moore, Lisa (2005-08-26), "Consensus 103-C7", UTC #103 Minutes, Create a "Normative Name Alias" property and file in the UCD. Populate the property with names from the sections "Typos" and "Bad or misleading names" from document L2/05-137.
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

• CJK Compatibility Forms, contains additional vertical compatibility punctuation forms.

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. "4. Character Properties, Types of Character Name Aliases". The Unicode Standard, Version 13.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. March 2020.