IRG Meeting #67 will be conducted as a hybrid in-person/online meeting. Online participants will use Zoom.
All dates and times shown are Japan Standard Time (UTC/GMT+09:00).
Schedule
Monday, October 12, 2026:
| 1. Opening Speech by Meeting Host & Convenor | 10:30 |
| 2. Administrative Topics | morning |
| 3. Member Body Activity Reports | morning |
| 4. Review of Recommendations and Action Items from IRG Meeting #66 | morning |
| Lunch | 12:30 to 14:00 |
| 6. Urgently Needed Ideograph Proposals | afternoon |
| 7. Disunification Proposals & Documents | afternoon |
| 8. Horizontal Extension Proposals & Documents | afternoon |
| Break | Approximately 15:30 |
| 9. Other Documents | afternoon |
| Welcome Dinner | evening |
Tuesday, October 13, 2026:
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 | 09:30 |
| Break | Approximately 11:00 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (cont’d) | morning |
| Lunch | 12:30 to 14:00 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (cont’d) | afternoon |
| Break | Approximately 15:30 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (cont’d) | afternoon |
Wednesday, October 14, 2026:
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (cont’d) | 09:30 |
| Break | Approximately 11:00 |
| 5. IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (cont’d) | morning |
| Lunch | 12:30 to 14:00 |
| 9. Other Documents | afternoon |
| Break | Approximately 15:30 |
| 9. Other Documents (cont’d) | afternoon |
Thursday, October 15, 2026:
| 10. Final Document Preparation | 09:30 |
| Break | Approximately 11:00 |
| 10. Final Document Preparation (cont’d) | morning |
| Lunch | 12:30 to 14:00 |
| 11. Approval of Meeting Recommendations and Action Items | afternoon |
| 12. Meeting Adjournment | afternoon |
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 Meeting Host & 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 M66.01: Future Meeting Schedule (IRG N2909)
- ✅ IRG Meeting #68: Virtual (Webex), 2027-03-15/19 — confirmed by WG 2
- ✅ IRG Meeting #69: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (hybrid), 2027-10-11/15 — confirmed by WG 2
- ✅ IRG Meeting #70: Virtual (Webex), 2028-03-13/17 — confirmed by WG 2
- ✅ IRG Meeting #71: Fall 2028 — seeking host
2.4 Address Book Revision (IRG N2949 & IRG N2950)
2.5 ✅ IWDS Updates
3. ✅ Member Body Activity Reports
Schedule: Monday
4. ✅ Review of Recommendations and Action Items from IRG Meeting #66 (IRG N2909)
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 DIS).
Topics:
4.1 ✅ M66.04: Updated UCV and NUCV Lists (IRG N2931)
Current Status: IRG experts should be reviewing document IRG N2931 with comments due by 2026-07-24.
4.2 ✅ M66.08: Next IRG Working Set Submission Estimates
Current Status: The following are the estimated number of ideographs that each IRG member body would ideally submit:
- China: 2500–3000
- Hong Kong SAR: none
- Japan: none
- Macao SAR: none
- ROK: 200
- SAT: 300
- TCA: 1500–2000
- UK: 1000
- UTC: 200
- Vietnam: 5000
- W3C: none
4.3 ✅ M66.09: China Horizontal Extension (IRG N2929)
Current Status: IRG experts provide to China feedback on document IRG N2929 by 2026-08-28. See Section 8.1.
4.4 ✅ M66.10: Revised G-Source References (IRG N2919R, IRG N2923R & IRG N2930)
Current Status: The three kIRG_GSource property values changes proposed in document IRG N2930 were recommended by the UTC’s CJK & Unihan Working Group for Unicode Version 18.0, and were subsequently accepted by the UTC during UTC Meeting #187. These changes are reflected in Unicode Version 18.0 that was released on 2026-09-16. Also see Section 9.1.
4.5 ✅ M66.11: Revised G-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2919R)
Current Status: See Section 9.1.
4.6 ✅ M66.12: Revised T-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2927R)
Current Status: The T-source representative glyph change of U+2976E was recommended by the UTC’s CJK & Unihan Working Group for Unicode Version 18.0, and was subsequently accepted by the UTC during UTC Meeting #187. This change is reflected in Unicode Version 18.0 that was released on 2026-09-16.
4.7 ✅ M66.13: Revised K-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2916)
Current Status: The K-source representative glyph change of U+2DB7C, along with its kRSUnicode property value change, was recommended by the UTC’s CJK & Unihan Working Group for Unicode Version 18.0, and were subsequently accepted by the UTC during UTC Meeting #187. ROK submitted to WG 2 a TrueType font with the updated K-source representative glyph for U+2DB7C on 2026-04-22. These changes are reflected in Unicode Version 18.0 that was released on 2026-09-16.
4.8 ✅ M66.14: Revised UK-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2918)
Current Status: See Section 9.1.
4.9 ✅ M66.15: Revised V-Source Representative Glyphs (IRG N2928)
Current Status: See Section 9.1.
4.10 ✅ M66.16: Establishing a Normative IRG Source for Singapore (SG) (IRG N2926)
Current Status: The IRG Convenor submitted document IRG N2926 to WG 2 on 2026-05-25 for consideration during WG 2 Meeting #73, which was posted as document WG 2 N5359. WG 2 recommended adding a new normative kIRG_SGSource property, which SC 2 accepted for ISO/IEC 10646 Seventh Edition, Amendment 1 on 2026-06-26 via SC 2 Resolution M 31-05 in document SC 2 N5056, and which will be targeted for Unicode Version 19.0 (2027).
4.11 ✅ M66.17: CJKV Components Blocks (IRG N2878R3)
Current Status: The IRG Convenor prepared the “Proposal Summary Form,” appended it to document IRG N2878R3 on 2026-03-20, and submitted it to WG 2 on 2026-03-22 for consideration during WG 2 Meeting #73, which was posted as document WG 2 N5358. WG 2 recommended accepting the two new blocks, which SC 2 accepted for ISO/IEC 10646 Seventh Edition, Amendment 1 on 2026-06-26 via SC 2 Resolution M 31-05 in document SC 2 N5056, and which will be targeted for Unicode Version 19.0 (2027). The following 11 ideographs that are included in the CJK Unified Ideographs Components-B block are also included in IRG Working Set 2024, and should therefore be withdrawn from the latter:
- U+2FABF: KC-10175 (00008)
- U+2FADC: VN-F1F1F (00032)
- U+2FB13: GZHSJ-0024 (00093)
- U+2FB18: UK-30618 (00097)
- U+2FB69: GCW-00019 → G5-3342 (00249)
- U+2FB79: GZHSJ-0006 → G5-3557 (00827)
- U+2FBC9: SAT-10292 (02203)
- U+2FBED: UTC-03248 (03132)
- U+2FC04: UTC-00792 (03779)
- U+2FC0E: GCW-00243 (04237)
- U+2FC0F: GCW-00244 (04263)
4.12 ✅ M66.18: Consolidated FS & SC Guidelines (IRG N2862R2 & IRG N2951)
Current Status: Document IRG N2951 was posted and added to IWDS Series 1 on 2026-04-02.
4.13 ✅ M66.19: Rules for Assigning Radicals (IRG N2925 & IRG N2952)
Current Status: Document IRG N2952 was posted on 2026-09-25 and is ready for review by IRG experts.
4.14 ✅ M66.20: IRG P&P Update (IRG N2850R)
Current Status: The IRG Convenor published IRG Principles & Procedures Version 18 on 2026-04-17.
5. 🟡 IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0
Schedule: Tuesday & Wednesday
Topics:
5.1 ✅ IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 (IRG N2932)
5.2 ✅ IRG Working Set 2024 Version 5.0 Consolidated Comments (IRG N2933)
5.3 🟡 Specific issues that require attention:
- 🟡 The following G-source ideograph requires attention from ROK:
- GCCPP-00019 (03168)
- ✅ The following U-source ideograph has new evidence that may be sufficient to reverse its unification and withdrawal:
- UTC-03362 (02361)
- ✅ The disposition of the following S-source ideograph is unclear:
- SAT-09585 (02259)
- ✅ The following six ideographs have been marked as withdrawn per the submitter’s request:
- ✅ The representative glyphs for the following 31 G-source ideographs were updated in Version 5.0 per their discussion records in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-04-29:
- GZHSJ-0030 (00049)
- GDM-00378 (00109)
- GZ-1471201 (00121)
- GZHSJ-0172 (00165)
- GZ-2972401 (00744)
- GDM-00395 (01174)
- GZHSJ-0138 (01169)
- GCW-00133 (01304)
- GZ-0471101 (01431)
- GZ-0661301 (01692)
- GZA-230370 (01755)
- GZ-3982201 (01944)
- GDM-00423 (02091)
- GZ-0121101 (02148)
- GZHSJ-0039 (02149)
- GZ-0132201 (02225)
- GZ-0472201 (02352)
- GZ-0132101 (02366)
- GCW-00286 (02550)
- GZ-0532301 (02663)
- GZ-1911102 (03077)
- GCW-00197 (03142)
- GZ-0501401 (03202)
- GZ-0132401 (03397)
- GZ-4241301 (03473)
- GZ-0292201 (03623)
- GXM-00477 (03999)
- GZ-4901401 (04148)
- GZ-0091202 (04558)
- GCW-00259 (04598)
- GZHSJ-0116 (04635)
- ✅ The representative glyphs for the following 20 K-source ideographs were updated in Version 5.0 per their discussion records in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-04-22:
- KC-10155 (00958)
- KC-10202 (01758)
- KC-10135 (01889)
- KC-10071 (01973)
- KC-12225 (02142) — was KC-10258
- KC-10265 (02174) — withdrawn
- KC-10266 (02192)
- KC-10407 (02246)
- KC-10072 (02272)
- KC-10370 (02286)
- KC-10150 (02764)
- KC-10231 (02826)
- KC-10168 (02985)
- KC-10045 (03227)
- KC-10095 (03276) — withdrawn
- KC-10048 (03376)
- KC-10241 (03927)
- KC-10398 (04079)
- KC-10217 (04106)
- KC-10294 (04229)
- ✅ The representative glyphs for the following two S-source ideographs were updated in Version 5.0 per their discussion records in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-04-17:
- ✅ The representative glyph for the following T-source ideograph was updated in Version 5.0 per its discussion record in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-04-07:
- T13-3D74 (00787)
- ✅ The representative glyph for the following U-source ideograph was updated in Version 5.0 per its discussion record in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-03-19:
- UTC-03288 (01959)
- ✅ The representative glyphs for the following seven UK-source ideographs were updated in Version 5.0 per their discussion records in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-04-28:
- ✅ The representative glyphs for the following 14 V-source ideographs were updated in Version 5.0 per their discussion records in the ORT — font submitted on 2026-03-20:
5.4 Editorial Report (IRG N2947)
6. 🟡 Urgently Needed Ideograph Proposals
Schedule: Monday
Topics:
🟡 6.1 China’s UNC proposal on 1 character for Collected Works of Mao Zedong (IRG N2969R)
7. ✅ Disunification Proposals & Documents
Schedule: Monday
Topics:
✅ Some Further Research on U+2EA07 (IRG N2983)
8. 🟡 Horizontal Extension Proposals & Documents
Schedule: Monday
Topics:
8.1 🟡 G-Source horizontal extensions for 9178 characters (IRG N2929R2)
8.2 ✅ UK Horizontal Extensions (IRG N2960)
8.3 🟡 U-Source Horizontal Extension (IRG N2961R3)
8.4 🟡 V-Src Horizontal Extension (IRG N2970)
8.5 🟡 T-Source horizontal extensions for 700 characters (IRG N2972R)
9. Other Documents
Schedule: Monday & Wednesday
Topics:
9.1 Representative Glyph & Source Reference Issues
- Redux: Proposal on modifying 3 G-source representative glyphs and changing 10 G-source references (IRG N2919R)
- Redux: Proposal for updating G-source references for 329 characters and G-source horizontal extensions for 9 characters (IRG N2923R)
- ✅ Feedback to IRG N2954 and IRG N2955 (IRG N2985)
- ✅ Feedback to IRG N2956 (IRG N2986)
- Request to revise some G-source glyphs (IRG N2958)
- Request to revise some G-source glyphs (IRG N2962R2)
- Note from Convenor: U+2B8BF 𫢿, U+2B8EE 𫣮, and U+2BA44 𫩄 are mentioned in this document and in document IRG N2963R3 below with conflicting viewpoints that need to be considered.
- Proposal to revise some GZJW-Source Glyphs (IRG N2963R3)
- Note from Convenor: U+2B8BF 𫢿, U+2B8EE 𫣮, and U+2BA44 𫩄 are mentioned in this document and in document IRG N2962R2 above with conflicting viewpoints that need to be considered.
- Proposal on the glyph issue of U+21D0A and U+20553 (IRG N2976)
- Proposal for handling the issues of U+26842 and U+26866 (IRG N2977)
- Issue on SAT-source glyphs (IRG N2959)
- Redux: Proposal to update the reference glyphs for 2 UK-source ideographs (IRG N2918)
- Possible T-Source Issue for U+3097C (IRG N2974)
- Feedback to IRG N2974 (IRG N2975)
- Redux: Enquiry on the glyphs of U+268A1 and U+268A2 (IRG N2928)
- Follow up on U+268A1 and U+268A2 (IRG N2928) (IRG N2953)
9.2 IRG P&P Documents
- ✅ Present IRG P&P Version 18, Section 1.3, Participation
9.3 SC 2 Documents
- ✅ Revised Terms of Reference for SC 2/AG 1: Ideographic Research Group (IRG) [SC 2 N5063] (IRG N2967)
9.4 Miscellaneous Documents
9.5 Editorial Report on Miscellaneous Issues (IRG N2948)
10. Final Document Preparation
Schedule: Thursday
11. Approval of Meeting Recommendations and Action Items
Schedule: Thursday
Topics:
11.1 IRG Meeting #67 Recommendations and Action Items (IRG N2946)