IRG Meeting #66 will be conducted as a virtual meeting that will use Webex as the meeting software. Be sure to update to the latest version of the Webex app prior to the meeting by checking the app for updates or by clicking here.
All dates and times shown are China Standard Time (UTC/GMT+08:00).
Schedule
Monday, March 16, 2026:
| 1. Opening Speech by Convenor | 08:30 |
| 2. Administrative Topics | 08:45 |
| 3. Member Body Activity Reports | 09:00 |
| 4. Review of Recommendations and Action Items from IRG Meeting #65 | 10:00 |
| Break | 10:45 |
| 6. Urgently Needed Ideograph Proposals | 11:00 |
Tuesday, March 17, 2026:
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 4.0 | 08:30 |
| Break | 10:15 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 4.0 (cont’d) | 10:30 |
Wednesday, March 18, 2026:
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 4.0 (cont’d) | 08:30 |
| Break | 10:15 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 4.0 (cont’d) | 10:30 |
Thursday, March 19, 2026:
| 7. Disunification Proposals & Documents | 08:30 |
| Break | 10:15 |
| 8. Horizontal Extension Proposals & Documents | 10:30 |
| 9. Other Documents | 11:30 |
Friday, March 20, 2026:
| 10. Final Document Preparation | 08:30 |
| Break | 11:15 |
| 11. Approval of Meeting Recommendations and Action Items | 11:30 |
| 12. Meeting Adjournment | 12:30 |
Agenda
Agenda Legend
| Document number | Documents that have not yet been posted to the IRG document register; also used for tentative meeting dates |
| Document title | With the exception of member body activity reports, documents that were submitted after the submission deadline |
| ✅ | Agenda items that have be completed |
| 🟡 | Agenda items that need to be revisited, either during this meeting or at the next one |
| 🔴 | Agenda items that were not discussed |
1. Opening Speech by Convenor
2. Administrative Topics
Schedule: Monday
Topics:
2.1 Roll call
2.2 Approval of agenda items
2.3 Review of work planning and future meeting schedule
- Recommendation IRG M65.01: Future Meeting Schedule (IRG N2826)
- IRG Meeting #67: Tokyo, Japan (hybrid), 2026-03-16/20 — approved by WG 2
- IRG Meeting #68: Virtual (Webex), 2027-03-15/19 — approved by WG 2
- IRG Meeting #69: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hybrid), 2027-10-11/15 — to be approved by WG 2
2.4 Address Book Revision (IRG N2912 & IRG N2913)
2.5 IWDS Updates
3. Member Body Activity Reports
Schedule: Monday
4. Review of Recommendations and Action Items from IRG Meeting #65 (IRG N2826)
Schedule: Monday
Note from WG 2 Convenor: Unicode Version 18.0 is to be synchronized with ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition, meaning that anything that is reflected in Unicode Version 18.0 (2026) will be incorporated into the next progression of ISO/IEC 10646 7th Edition (aka CD.3).
Topics:
4.1 M65.03: Updated UCV and NUCV Lists (IRG N2886)
- Current Status: TBD
4.2 M65.05: Disunification of U+980B, U+FACB & U+2F9FF (IRG N2834 & IRG N2865)
- Current Status: The disunification of U+980B, U+FACB, and U+2F9FF will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31) using the existing code point U+2EA07 in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F block.
4.3 M65.06: Disunification of U+6B25 (IRG N2889R2)
- Current Status: The disunification of U+6B25 will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31) using the new code point U+2B81E at the end of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D block.
4.4 M65.07: China Horizontal Extension (IRG N2877R3)
- Current Status: This 597-ideograph China horizontal extension will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.5 M65.08: TCA Horizontal Extension (IRG N2879R2)
- Current Status: This 163-ideograph TCA horizontal extension will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.6 M65.09: Hong Kong SAR Horizontal Extension (IRG N2849R)
- Current Status: This Hong Kong SAR horizontal extension of U+35E9 will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.7 M65.10: ROK Horizontal Extension (IRG N2873)
- Current Status: This ROK horizontal extension of U+2B058 will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31). ROK submitted to WG 2 a TrueType font prior to 2025-10-31.
4.8 M65.11: Revised G-Source References (IRG N2808R2, IRG N2864R, IRG N2874R & IRG N2876R2)
- Current Status: These 1,719 kIRG_GSource (aka G-source) property value changes will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
- Special Note: The kRSUnicode property value change of U+204F2, from 11.10 to 75.8, as mentioned in Section 3.3 of document IRG N2874R was missing in this recommendation, but will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31)
4.9 M65.12: Revised G-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2844R, IRG N2874R, IRG N2875, IRG N2876R2 & IRG N2889R2)
- Current Status: These 114 G-source representative glyph changes will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.10 M65.13: Revised T-Source References (IRG N2861 & IRG N2880)
- Current Status: These nine kIRG_TSource (aka T-source) property value changes will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.11 M65.14: Revised T-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2842, IRG N2861 & IRG N2880)
- Current Status: These 16 T-source representative glyph changes will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.12 M65.15: Revised K-Source References (IRG N2872)
- Current Status: These 11 kIRG_KSource (aka K-source) property value changes will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31).
4.13 M65.16: Revised K-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2873)
- Current Status: The K-source representative glyph change of U+25A2B will be reflected in the Unicode Version 18.0 Alpha review (2026-02-10 through 2026-03-31). ROK submitted to WG 2 a TrueType font prior to 2025-10-31.
4.14 M65.18: S-Source Issues (IRG N2891)
- Current Status: The IRG Convenor forwarded documents IRG N2854 and IRG N2891 to Japan on 2025-11-02 to solicit their expert feedback.
4.15 M65.19: Establishing a Normative IRG Source for Singapore (IRG N2841)
- Current Status: TBD.
4.16 M65.20: Updated IRG Disunified Ideographs (IRG N2892)
- Current Status: TBD
4.17 M65.21: IRG P&P Update (IRG N2850)
- Current Status: See Section 9.2.
4.18 M65.22: Consolidated SC & FS Guidelines (IRG N2862)
- Current Status: TBD
4.19 M65.23: Encoding CJKV Components (IRG N2878R)
- Current Status: See Section 9.3.
5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 4.0
Schedule: Tuesday & Wednesday
6. Urgently Needed Ideograph Proposals
Schedule: Monday
Topics:
NONE
7. Disunification Proposals & Documents
Schedule: Thursday
8. Horizontal Extension Proposals & Documents
Schedule: Thursday
Topics:
NONE
9. Other Documents
Schedule: Thursday
Topics:
9.1 Representative Glyph & Source Reference Issues
9.2 IRG P&P Documents
- Version 18, Draft 2 (IRG N2850R)
9.3 Other Documents
- Updated proposal to encode CJK Unified Ideographs Components and CJK Unified Ideographs Jianzi Musical Notation Components (IRG N2878R)
- Feedback on N2878 (IRG N2895)
9.4 Editorial Report on Miscellaneous Issues (IRG N2911)
10. Final Document Preparation
Schedule: Friday
11. Approval of Meeting Recommendations and Action Items
Schedule: Friday
Topics:
11.1 IRG Meeting #66 Recommendations and Action Items (IRG N2909)