Unicode 9.0 standard adopted

The Unicode Consortium has announced the release of the final version of the Unicode 9.0 standard. In the ninth version of Unicode exactly 7,500 new characters were added, so that the total number of written characters reached 128,172.

Six little-known alphabets , including the letter of American Indians and the ancient Chinese Tangut script - an extinct system of hieroglyphs, which was used in the Xi Xia State, have been refined and now standardized.
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Many people think that Emoji is playing an increasingly important role in communication, so experts at the Unicode consortium tried to expand the standard set of icons. In total, 72 new emoji are added to the standard.

New writing in Unicode 9.0

• Osage (72 symbols) is the dead Siouan language of Osage Indians who used to live in the Oklahoma Reservation (USA).
  
  
• Nevarsky (92 characters) is the language of the Nevarsians, the automotive industry of Nepal: it is now the sixth largest language speaker in Nepal.
  
  
• Fulani (87 characters) - Fula or Fulani, the language of the people of Fula living in West Africa.
  
  
• Bhaiksuki (97 characters) is an ancient alphabet based on the letter Brahmi.
  
  
• Marchen (68 characters) - a brahmic font that was used for Bon religious texts, the national religion of the Tibetans.
  
  
• Tangut Writing (6881 characters) is an extinct logographic (hieroglyphic) writing system used to write the dead Tangut language in the Xia Xia state that existed in northwest modern China.

New Emoji in Unicode 9.0

Full list of new emoji

All approved emoji are listed below. It is worth noting that the experts of the Unicode consortium did not heed the suggestion of Google employees to include in the standard set more emoji with female professions to reduce gender inequality.

Suggestion by Google employees


The proposal was ignored. For the "male" professions did not appear female Emoji. Moreover, the standard includes several new purely male Emoji, as well as one male alternative to the old female Emoji dancer - a dancing man!

For each Emoji there is a code, a standard black and white glyph from the table, examples of colored glyphs and the name of Emoji.

Smiles and people

Happy faces

No	Code	B / w glyph	Color Glyph Examples	Title
one	U + 1F923			Rolling on the floor with laughter

Neutral faces

2

U + 1F924

Face with drooling

Role faces

3	U + 1F920			Face with cowboy hat
four	U + 1F921			Clown face
five	U + 1F925			False face

Sick faces

6	U + 1F922			Nauseous face
7	U + 1F927			Sneezing face

Role people

eight	U + 1F934			Prince
9	U + 1F936			Mother Christmas
ten	U + 1F935			Man in tuxedo
eleven	U + 1F937			Shrug
12	U + 1F926			Feyspalm
13	U + 1F57A			Dancing man
14	U + 1F930			Pregnant woman

Body

15	U + 1F933			Selfies
sixteen	U + 1F91E			Palm with crossed index and middle fingers
17	U + 1F919			Sign palm "Call me"
18	U + 1F91B			Fist to the left
nineteen	U + 1F91C			Fist to the right
20	U + 1F91A			Raised back of the hand
21	U + 1F91D			Handshake

Emotions

21

U + 1F5A4

The black heart

Animals and nature

Mammals

23	U + 1F98D			Gorilla
24	U + 1F98A			Fox snout
25	U + 1F98C			Deer
26	U + 1F98F			Rhinoceros
27	U + 1F987			Bat

Birds

28	U + 1F985			Eagle
29	U + 1F986			Duck
thirty	U + 1F989			Owl

Reptiles

31

U + 1F98E

Lizard

Sea creatures

32	U + 1F988			Shark
33	U + 1F990			Shrimp
34	U + 1F991			Squid

Insects

35

U + 1F98B

Butterfly

Flowers

36

U + 1F940

Withered flower

Food and Drink

Fruits

37

U + 1F95D

Kiwi

Vegetables

38	U + 1F951			Avocado
39	U + 1F954			Potatoes
40	U + 1F955			Carrot
41	U + 1F952			Cucumber
42	U + 1F95C			Peanut

Dishes

43	U + 1F950			Croissant
44	U + 1F956			Baguette
45	U + 1F95E			Pancakes
46	U + 1F953			Bacon
47	U + 1F959			Stuffed cake (kebab, shawarma)
48	U + 1F95A			Egg
49	U + 1F958			Little pot of food
50	U + 1F957			Green salad

The drinks

51	U + 1F95B			A glass of milk
52	U + 1F942			Clinking glasses
53	U + 1F943			Glass of drink

Cutlery

54

U + 1F944

Spoon

Travel and places

Ground transportation

55	U + 1F6D1			Octagonal sign
56	U + 1F6F4			Scooter
57	U + 1F6F5			Moto scooter

Water transport

58

U + 1F6F6

Canoe

Activity

Medals

59	U + 1F947			Medal for first place
60	U + 1F948			Medal for second place
61	U + 1F949			Third place medal

Sport

62	U + 1F94A			Boxing glove
63	U + 1F94B			Form for martial arts
64	U + 1F938			The man doing somersaver wheel
65	U + 1F93C			Wrestlers
66	U + 1F93D			Water polo
67	U + 1F93E			Handball
68	U + 1F93A			Swordsman
69	U + 1F945			Net gate
70	U + 1F939			Juggling

Objects

Musical instruments

71

U + 1F941

Drum sticks

Other objects

72

U + 1F6D2

Shopping cart

In addition to the six scripts and 72 new emoji, Unocode 9.0 also added 19 characters for the new 4K television standard.

The consortium reports a change in three important specifications in Unicode version 9.0:

• UTS # 10, Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode text sorting
• UTS # 39, Unicode Security Mechanisms - Unicode anti-spoofing mechanisms
• UTS # 46, Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing - compatible URL processing with non-ASCII characters

The full version of the Unicode 9.0 standard is published on the official page .

The next update of the Emoji Kit and the release of the new Unicode Standard 10.0 will take place in 2017. Anyone can offer emoji for inclusion in the standard set.