Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline
last updated 2026-Sep-16
This page presents a summary of the characters, scripts, variation sequences,
and named character sequences that
the Unicode Technical Committee
has accepted for inclusion in future versions of the Unicode Standard
or code point ranges that have been provisionally assigned for possible encoding
of characters in mature proposals.
For current information about the status of publication and processing for
emoji characters, easier to understand information with
all of the emoji displayed can be found instead at
Emoji Recently Added
For more information, including the planned use of remaining code space, see
About the Pipeline Table and the Roadmaps.
Caution: Use of proposed or accepted characters is at implementers' own risk;
the repertoire, names and code points of some characters may change before they are finally
published in the Unicode Standard.
Note: If the Allocation or Character Sequence field below is marked with a "*",
there is a pending change in the code points for the proposed allocation, a pending name change,
or both. Action by a subsequent UTC meeting is required to resolve such differences,
and the results will be posted back into this table once the differences between the
UTC and ISO positions are formally reconciled by the UTC.
The following colors are used to indicate the entry status in the Pipeline tables:
| Color Code |
Entry Status |
| Not Yet Stable |
| light green |
accepted by UTC and in active ISO technical ballot (or on hold for ballot) |
| light yellow |
accepted by UTC, but not yet in ISO ballot |
| light tan |
code points reserved (and provisionally assigned) by the UTC for mature proposals not yet formally accepted |
| light blue |
code points reserved (and provisionally assigned) by the UTC for mature proposals not yet formally accepted, but in ISO ballot |
| Stable and Frozen for Publication |
| white |
frozen for publication, ISO technical balloting completed and either in ISO approval ballot
or pending ISO publication |
Characters accepted by the UTC which are approved and planned for publication in the next
version of the Unicode Standard are listed in the following table. The
term draft candidate is used to indicate that the accepted character has been
included in the repertoire targeted for publication in the next version.
Until the start of the official beta review, the code
points and character names for draft candidates are not immutable—the UTC
will consider feedback regarding proposed character names or other issues.
Draft candidates may also be reconsidered by the UTC. They may be removed from draft candidate
status and be postponed for consideration for a future version, instead.
Once the beta review for a particular version starts, code points and character names
for that repertoire are locked down
and become immutable. Watch the beta review page and
the list of Public Review Issues to check on the status of
beta review. After the start of beta review for this repertoire, please
follow the detailed instructions on the beta PRI to report any problem
regarding character properties or other issues.
Current Status Note:
The following repertoire is currently in preparation for alpha review.
Code points and character names
are not yet frozen, and feedback can be provided via the
contact form.
| Allocation |
Count |
Name |
UTC Status |
References |
| 2FA20..2FA96 |
119 |
CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A (CJK Unified Ideographs Components-A block: 2FA20..2FA9F) |
2026-Jul-30 Accepted |
188-C43 |
| 2FAA0..2FC16 |
375 |
CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B (CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B block: 2FAA0..2FC1F) |
The following table lists all other characters which have been accepted
by the UTC for a future release.
Feedback is welcome regarding all aspects of these characters, including whether
they are acceptable for eventual encoding and publication.
| Allocation |
Count |
Name |
UTC Status |
References |
The following table lists code point ranges provisionally assigned for specific repertoire
associated with proposals that the UTC has deemed mature and ready for encoding.
None of these characters has as yet been formally accepted and approved for a
future version of the Unicode Standard. Code point ranges are set aside, however,
to assist with planning and with proposal review.
These provisional code point assignments are not immutable, but should be considered
more stable than tentative allocation ranges noted in the
Roadmaps.
| Allocation |
Count |
Name |
UTC Status |
References |
| 0C70 |
1 |
TELUGU SIGN SPACING CANDRABINDU |
2025-Oct-27 Provisionally Assigned |
185-C5 |
| 0CF0 |
1 |
KANNADA SIGN ARDHANUSVARA |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C5 |
| 0CF4 |
1 |
KANNADA SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C4 |
| 1C8B |
1 |
CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER YERU WITH CONNECTING BAR |
2025-Apr-22 Provisionally Assigned |
183-C8 |
| 20C5 |
1 |
BELARUSIAN RUBLE SIGN |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C11 |
| 20F1..20F2 |
2 |
COMBINING LONG TRIPLE SOLIDUS OVERLAY
COMBINING SALTIRE OVERLAY |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C13 |
| AB6E |
1 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH LEFT HOOK |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C16 |
| 10EC0..10EC1 |
2 |
ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS HALF YEH
ARABIC LETTER HALF YEH |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C8 |
| 1107E |
1 |
BRAHMI MINIMIZING VIRAMA |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C9 |
| 113CB |
1 |
TULU-TIGALARI SIGN COMBINING ANUSVARA ABOVE |
2025-Oct-27 Provisionally Assigned |
185-C7 |
| 113D9..113DA |
2 |
TULU-TIGALARI SIGN OM PUSHPIKA WITH TAIL TULU-TIGALARI SIGN SHRII PUSHPIKA WITH TAIL |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C7 |
| 113DB |
1 |
TULU-TIGALARI LETTER ARCHAIC II |
2025-Apr-22 Provisionally Assigned 2026-Jul-28 Code Point Changed |
183-C5 188-C6 |
| 1183C..1183D |
2 |
DOGRA SIGN CANDRABINDU
DOGRA SIGN AVAGRAHA |
2025-Oct-27 Provisionally Assigned |
185-C6 |
| 11850..1188F |
55 |
Sirmauri (Sirmauri block: 11850..1188F) |
2025-Oct-27 Provisionally Assigned |
185-C4 |
| 11B0B..11B0C |
2 |
DEVANAGARI SIGN JIHVAMULIYA
DEVANAGARI SIGN UPADHMANIYA |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned |
186-C22 |
| 12690..12BFF |
1392 |
Proto-Cuneiform (Proto-Cuneiform block: 12690..12BFF) |
2025-Oct-27 Provisionally Assigned |
185-C2 |
16D80..16D81, 16D83..16DA9 |
39 |
Chisoi (Chisoi block: 16D80..16DAF) |
2023-Jan-26 Provisionally Assigned 2024-Nov-08 Accepted 2026-Jul-28 Reverted to Provisionally Assigned |
174-C21 181-C61 184-C2 188-C2 |
| 16D82 |
1 |
CHISOI LETTER AAI |
2023-Jan-26 Provisionally Assigned 2024-Nov-08 Accepted 2025-Jul-22 Name changed 2026-Jul-28 Reverted to Provisionally Assigned |
174-C21 181-C61 184-C2 184-C25 188-C2 |
| 16FE5 |
1 |
WHITE IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA |
2026-Jul-30 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C42 |
| 16FE6 |
1 |
DOUBLE IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP |
2026-Jul-30 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C41 |
| 1CED1 |
1 |
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR CALX-2 |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned |
186-C25 |
| 1CED5 |
1 |
ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL FOR RETORT-2 |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C12 |
| 1DC00..1DC35 |
54 |
Leibnizian ambiguous operator symbols (Leibnizian Ambiguous Signs block: 1DC00..1DC3F) |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C16 |
| 1DF82 |
1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER W WITH PALATAL HOOK |
2025-Apr-22 Provisionally Assigned |
183-C9 |
| 1DF83..1DF84 |
2 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH DOUBLE MIDDLE TILDE LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH DOUBLE MIDDLE TILDE |
2025-Apr-22 Provisionally Assigned |
183-C11 |
| 1DF85 |
1 |
LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL I WITH RETROFLEX HOOK |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C11 |
| 1DF86..1DF88 |
3 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN Q
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X WITH STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER X WITH STROKE |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C10 |
| 1DF89 |
1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER WAVY Y |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C12 |
| 1DF8A |
1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH RIGHT HOOK |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C14 |
| 1DFC5..1DFC8 |
4 |
DOUBLE GRAVE ACCENT
MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE ACUTE ACCENT
MODIFIER LETTER SOUTH EAST ARROW
MODIFIER LETTER LOW NORTH EAST ARROW |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C15 |
| 1DFC9..1DFCC |
4 |
MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD OVER UP ARROWHEAD
MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT ARROWHEAD OVER UP ARROWHEAD
MODIFIER LETTER LEFT ARROWHEAD OVER DOWN ARROWHEAD
MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT ARROWHEAD OVER DOWN ARROWHEAD |
2025-Jul-22 Provisionally Assigned |
184-C13 |
| Allocation |
Count |
Name |
UTC Status |
References |
| 1879 |
1 |
MONGOLIAN LETTER ALTERNATE UE |
2024-Jan-25 Provisionally Assigned 2025-Apr-22 Name changed 2025-Oct-29 Accepted 2026-Apr-21 Reverted to Provisionally Assigned |
178-C30 183-C6 185-C40 187-C4 |
| 1AF1 |
1 |
COMBINING GRAVE-ACUTE-MACRON |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned |
186-C23 |
| 1AF2..1AF3 |
2 |
COMBINING INVERTED LAZY S ABOVE
COMBINING COMMA ABOVE AND ACUTE |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C9 |
| 20CF |
1 |
RUBLE SIGN WITH DOUBLE VERTICAL STEM |
2024-Nov-07 Provisionally Assigned 2025-Apr-22 Code point changed |
181-C37 183-C3 |
| A7DE..A7DF |
2 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH OBLIQUE STROKE |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C14 |
| 10D90..10D92 |
3 |
ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH INVERTED V
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH WITH INVERTED V
ARABIC LETTER LAM WITH INVERTED V
(Arabic Extended-D block: 10D90..10E5F) |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C10 |
| 10EC8 |
1 |
ARABIC DOTLESS HALF JEEM |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C12 |
| 10EEF |
1 |
ARABIC ASTRONOMICAL KAF |
| 11462 |
1 |
NEWA LETTER HEAVY YA |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C8 |
| 11B80..11BA1, 11BA5..11BBA |
52 |
Leke (Leke block: 11B80..11BBF) |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned |
186-C21 |
| 11BA2..11BA4 |
3 |
LEKE SIGN SEUNG NU CEU
LEKE SIGN THAE WEE KLEU
LEKE SIGN DWAI THAE WEE |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned 2026-Jul-29 Names Changed |
186-C21 188-C32 |
| 16E00..16E3F |
64 |
Mwangwego (Mwangwego block: 16E00..16E3F) |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned |
186-C19 |
| 1C800..1CB2B |
804 |
Shaaldaa (Shaaldaa block: 1C800..1CB2F) |
2026-Jan-22 Provisionally Assigned 2026-Apr-21 Names Changed |
186-C20 187-C14 |
| 1D282 |
1 |
MUSICAL SYMBOL DOWN ARROWHEAD BREATH MARK |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C18 |
| 1DF8B..1DF8F |
5 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED SCRIPT R
LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH LEFT HALF STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH LEFT HALF STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH LEFT HALF STROKE
LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH LEFT HALF STROKE |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C9 |
| 1DF97 |
1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER M WITH RETROFLEX HOOK |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C9 |
| 1DF98 |
1 |
LATIN SMALL LETTER ZH |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C7 |
| 1DF99..1DF9A |
2 |
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER EDHE
LATIN SMALL LETTER EDHE |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C10 |
| 1DF9B..1DFA3 |
9 |
Latin letters for the Albanian Frashëri alphabet |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C15 |
| 1DFC4 |
1 |
MODIFIER LETTER CAPITAL Y |
2026-Apr-21 Provisionally Assigned |
187-C8 |
| 1EEE0 |
1 |
ARABIC ASTRONOMICAL ZERO |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C11 |
| 1EEE1..1EEE5 |
5 |
ARABIC MATHEMATICAL DAL WITH HOOK
ARABIC MATHEMATICAL YEH BARREE
ARABIC MATHEMATICAL YEH BARREE WITH TWO DOTS BELOW
ARABIC MATHEMATICAL SWASH KAF
ARABIC MATHEMATICAL ROTATED NOON |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C12 |
| Character Sequence |
Description of Variant Appearance |
UTC Status |
References |
| 1D4CD FE02 |
kurrent style |
2026-Jul-28 Accepted |
188-C17 |
| Character Sequence |
Description of Variant Appearance |
UTC Status |
References |
| 16FE6 FE00 |
corner-justified form |
2026-Jul-30 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C41 |
| 16FE6 FE01 |
centered form |
| 1DC09 FE00 |
horizontal strokes with wider space |
2026-Jul-28 Provisionally Assigned |
188-C16 |
| 1DC0A FE00 |
horizontal strokes with wide lower space |
| 1DC0D FE00 |
horizontal strokes with wider spaces |
| 1DC12 FE00 |
horizontal strokes equally widely spaced |
| 1DC12 FE01 |
horizontal strokes equally narrowly spaced |
| Character Sequence |
Name |
UTC Status |
| None |
N/A |
|