Re: Upside Down Fu character

There are really three choices:

1) Don't encode it at all and rely on higher-level protocols to display it. (After all, it's only used in specialized contexts and does not have a distinct meaning or pronunciation from the regular 福.)

2) Use a registered ideographic variation sequence to support it. (This is really a variation of #1.)

3) Add it to UTR #45 and submit it to the IRG for inclusion in Extension F.

My own feeling is that either #1 or #2 would be best, given its specialized nature.

On 2011年12月30日, at 上午8:34, Andre Schappo wrote:

> The character 福 means happiness http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict&cdcanoce=0&cdqchi=%e7%a6%8f
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> Unicode entry: U+798F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-798F
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> It is customary to use an upside-down version of 福 during the Spring Festival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_character
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> I am considering proposing an upside-down version of 福 for inclusion in Unicode. Not sure where it should go. Maybe - Enclosed Ideographic Supplement
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> Thoughts?
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