# Nushu (Unicode block)

Nushu is a Unicode block containing characters from the Nüshu script, which is a syllabary derived from Chinese characters that was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County in Hunan province of southern China.
An iteration mark for Nüshu is encoded in the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block at U+16FE1.
For technical reasons "Nüshu" is spelled as "Nushu" in the Unicode Standard. Nüshu characters do not have descriptive character names, but have names derived algorithmically from their code point value (e.g. U+1B170 is named NUSHU CHARACTER-1B170).

## Block

Nushu Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+1B17x | 𛅰 | 𛅱 | 𛅲 | 𛅳 | 𛅴 | 𛅵 | 𛅶 | 𛅷 | 𛅸 | 𛅹 | 𛅺 | 𛅻 | 𛅼 | 𛅽 | 𛅾 | 𛅿 |
| U+1B18x | 𛆀 | 𛆁 | 𛆂 | 𛆃 | 𛆄 | 𛆅 | 𛆆 | 𛆇 | 𛆈 | 𛆉 | 𛆊 | 𛆋 | 𛆌 | 𛆍 | 𛆎 | 𛆏 |
| U+1B19x | 𛆐 | 𛆑 | 𛆒 | 𛆓 | 𛆔 | 𛆕 | 𛆖 | 𛆗 | 𛆘 | 𛆙 | 𛆚 | 𛆛 | 𛆜 | 𛆝 | 𛆞 | 𛆟 |
| U+1B1Ax | 𛆠 | 𛆡 | 𛆢 | 𛆣 | 𛆤 | 𛆥 | 𛆦 | 𛆧 | 𛆨 | 𛆩 | 𛆪 | 𛆫 | 𛆬 | 𛆭 | 𛆮 | 𛆯 |
| U+1B1Bx | 𛆰 | 𛆱 | 𛆲 | 𛆳 | 𛆴 | 𛆵 | 𛆶 | 𛆷 | 𛆸 | 𛆹 | 𛆺 | 𛆻 | 𛆼 | 𛆽 | 𛆾 | 𛆿 |
| U+1B1Cx | 𛇀 | 𛇁 | 𛇂 | 𛇃 | 𛇄 | 𛇅 | 𛇆 | 𛇇 | 𛇈 | 𛇉 | 𛇊 | 𛇋 | 𛇌 | 𛇍 | 𛇎 | 𛇏 |
| U+1B1Dx | 𛇐 | 𛇑 | 𛇒 | 𛇓 | 𛇔 | 𛇕 | 𛇖 | 𛇗 | 𛇘 | 𛇙 | 𛇚 | 𛇛 | 𛇜 | 𛇝 | 𛇞 | 𛇟 |
| U+1B1Ex | 𛇠 | 𛇡 | 𛇢 | 𛇣 | 𛇤 | 𛇥 | 𛇦 | 𛇧 | 𛇨 | 𛇩 | 𛇪 | 𛇫 | 𛇬 | 𛇭 | 𛇮 | 𛇯 |
| U+1B1Fx | 𛇰 | 𛇱 | 𛇲 | 𛇳 | 𛇴 | 𛇵 | 𛇶 | 𛇷 | 𛇸 | 𛇹 | 𛇺 | 𛇻 | 𛇼 | 𛇽 | 𛇾 | 𛇿 |
| U+1B20x | 𛈀 | 𛈁 | 𛈂 | 𛈃 | 𛈄 | 𛈅 | 𛈆 | 𛈇 | 𛈈 | 𛈉 | 𛈊 | 𛈋 | 𛈌 | 𛈍 | 𛈎 | 𛈏 |
| U+1B21x | 𛈐 | 𛈑 | 𛈒 | 𛈓 | 𛈔 | 𛈕 | 𛈖 | 𛈗 | 𛈘 | 𛈙 | 𛈚 | 𛈛 | 𛈜 | 𛈝 | 𛈞 | 𛈟 |
| U+1B22x | 𛈠 | 𛈡 | 𛈢 | 𛈣 | 𛈤 | 𛈥 | 𛈦 | 𛈧 | 𛈨 | 𛈩 | 𛈪 | 𛈫 | 𛈬 | 𛈭 | 𛈮 | 𛈯 |
| U+1B23x | 𛈰 | 𛈱 | 𛈲 | 𛈳 | 𛈴 | 𛈵 | 𛈶 | 𛈷 | 𛈸 | 𛈹 | 𛈺 | 𛈻 | 𛈼 | 𛈽 | 𛈾 | 𛈿 |
| U+1B24x | 𛉀 | 𛉁 | 𛉂 | 𛉃 | 𛉄 | 𛉅 | 𛉆 | 𛉇 | 𛉈 | 𛉉 | 𛉊 | 𛉋 | 𛉌 | 𛉍 | 𛉎 | 𛉏 |
| U+1B25x | 𛉐 | 𛉑 | 𛉒 | 𛉓 | 𛉔 | 𛉕 | 𛉖 | 𛉗 | 𛉘 | 𛉙 | 𛉚 | 𛉛 | 𛉜 | 𛉝 | 𛉞 | 𛉟 |
| U+1B26x | 𛉠 | 𛉡 | 𛉢 | 𛉣 | 𛉤 | 𛉥 | 𛉦 | 𛉧 | 𛉨 | 𛉩 | 𛉪 | 𛉫 | 𛉬 | 𛉭 | 𛉮 | 𛉯 |
| U+1B27x | 𛉰 | 𛉱 | 𛉲 | 𛉳 | 𛉴 | 𛉵 | 𛉶 | 𛉷 | 𛉸 | 𛉹 | 𛉺 | 𛉻 | 𛉼 | 𛉽 | 𛉾 | 𛉿 |
| U+1B28x | 𛊀 | 𛊁 | 𛊂 | 𛊃 | 𛊄 | 𛊅 | 𛊆 | 𛊇 | 𛊈 | 𛊉 | 𛊊 | 𛊋 | 𛊌 | 𛊍 | 𛊎 | 𛊏 |
| U+1B29x | 𛊐 | 𛊑 | 𛊒 | 𛊓 | 𛊔 | 𛊕 | 𛊖 | 𛊗 | 𛊘 | 𛊙 | 𛊚 | 𛊛 | 𛊜 | 𛊝 | 𛊞 | 𛊟 |
| U+1B2Ax | 𛊠 | 𛊡 | 𛊢 | 𛊣 | 𛊤 | 𛊥 | 𛊦 | 𛊧 | 𛊨 | 𛊩 | 𛊪 | 𛊫 | 𛊬 | 𛊭 | 𛊮 | 𛊯 |
| U+1B2Bx | 𛊰 | 𛊱 | 𛊲 | 𛊳 | 𛊴 | 𛊵 | 𛊶 | 𛊷 | 𛊸 | 𛊹 | 𛊺 | 𛊻 | 𛊼 | 𛊽 | 𛊾 | 𛊿 |
| U+1B2Cx | 𛋀 | 𛋁 | 𛋂 | 𛋃 | 𛋄 | 𛋅 | 𛋆 | 𛋇 | 𛋈 | 𛋉 | 𛋊 | 𛋋 | 𛋌 | 𛋍 | 𛋎 | 𛋏 |
| U+1B2Dx | 𛋐 | 𛋑 | 𛋒 | 𛋓 | 𛋔 | 𛋕 | 𛋖 | 𛋗 | 𛋘 | 𛋙 | 𛋚 | 𛋛 | 𛋜 | 𛋝 | 𛋞 | 𛋟 |
| U+1B2Ex | 𛋠 | 𛋡 | 𛋢 | 𛋣 | 𛋤 | 𛋥 | 𛋦 | 𛋧 | 𛋨 | 𛋩 | 𛋪 | 𛋫 | 𛋬 | 𛋭 | 𛋮 | 𛋯 |
| U+1B2Fx | 𛋰 | 𛋱 | 𛋲 | 𛋳 | 𛋴 | 𛋵 | 𛋶 | 𛋷 | 𛋸 | 𛋹 | 𛋺 | 𛋻 | | | | |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Nushu block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N3353 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.22", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/07-293 | N3287 | Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS, 2007-08-13 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/07-300 | N3322 | Anderson, Deborah (2007-09-08), Comments on Nüshu Proposal by the Chinese NB N3287 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/07-303 | N3337 | Reply to WG2N3322 - UC Berkeley's comments on Nüshu, 2007-09-16 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/07-315 | N3340 | Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS, 2007-09-17 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/07-371 | | Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS, 2007-10-11 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-171 | N3426 | Revised Proposal for encoding Nushu, 2008-03-02 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-154 | N3433 | Comments on N3426: Revised Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS, 2008-04-09 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-186 | N3462R | Reply to N3433 and the explanatory revision to N3426, 2008-04-23 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-302 | N3463 | Proposal for encoding Nushu in the SMP of the UCS, 2008-06-06 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-311 | | Anderson, Deborah (2008-08-10), Feedback on Revised Nushu Proposal L2/08-302 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-338 | N3497 | Anderson, Deborah (2008-09-01), Comments on N3463: Revised Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-345 | N3449 | Review of Nushu Proposal, 2008-09-15 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/08-412 | N3553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.01", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/09-155 | N3598 | Proposal for encoding Nüshu in the SMP of the UCS, 2009-03-18 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/09-170 | N3635 (pdf, doc) | Ad hoc report on Nüshu, 2009-04-21 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.18", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/09-365 | N3705 | Endo, Orie (2009-09-05), Comments and Questions on N 3598 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/09-417 | N3719 | A Quick Response to WG2n3705: Comments and Questions on N 3598 (Nushu), 2009-10-26 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/12-362 | N4341 | Updated Proposal for encoding Nyushu in the SMP, 2012-09-10 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/12-330 | N4366 | Everson, Michael (2012-10-19), Input on encoding Nushu |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/12-370 | N4376 | Aalto, Tero (2012-10-24), Nüshu ad hoc report |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4442 | Anderson, Deborah (2013-05-31), Comments on Nushu (N4376 and N4341) |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4451 | Anderson, Deborah (2013-06-05), Mapping of Nushu characters (from N4376 and N4341) and Additional Comments |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4461 | Aalto, Tero (2013-06-12), Nushu ad hoc report |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/13-160R | N4472R | Everson, Michael; Zhao, Liming; Chen, Zhuang; Anderson, Deborah (2013-09-12), Code table and names list for encoding Nüshu |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-012 | N4513 | Toshiya, Suzuki (2013-12-25), Comments on Nushu in WG2 N4484, /IEC 10646:2014/PDAM1 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4403 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.2.1 Nushu", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-050 | N4533 | Toshiya, Suzuki; Endo, Orie (2014-01-30), Additional Comments on N4484/PDAM1 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4556 | Reply to N4513 and N4533 (Suzuki and Endo's comments on Nushu Encoding), 2014-02-22 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-075 | N4561 | Aalto, Tero; et al. (2014-02-25), Nüshu ad hoc report |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4562 | Toshiya, Suzuki (2014-02-25), Feedback To N4556 (Chinese Reply To N4513 and N4533) |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-170 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "17", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-186 | | Suzuki, Toshiya (2014-07-29), Progress Report of Nushu Code Chart Review by Japanese Experts |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-236 | N4610 | Suzuki, Toshiya (2014-09-02), Comments on Nushu in ISO/IEC 10646:2014 PDAM2 (WG2 N4569) |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.05d", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4626 | Endo, Orie; Toshiya, Suzuki (2014-09-19), Comments on N4561 (Nushu Ad-Hoc Meeting Report in WG2#62) |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-244 | N4639 | Theory and Rules of Nushu Character Unification, 2014-09-23 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-247 | N4647 | Anderson, Deborah (2014-10-01), Ad Hoc Reports for Nushu |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-177 | | Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Nushu (C.5.1)", UTC #140 Minutes |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-268R | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu; Glass, Andrew; Constable, Peter; Suignard, Michel (2014-10-27), "14. Nushu", Recommendations to UTC #141 October 2014 on Script Proposals |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/14-300 | N4659 | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2014-11-25), Nushu Ad Hoc Meeting Report |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/15-008 | N4652 | Suzuki, Toshiya (2015-01-12), Proposal of Nushu Code Chart based on WG2 N4610 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/16-052 | N4603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.03f, 9.1.3, 9.1.4", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4690 | Reply to GB comments on Nushu in ISO/IEC 10646: 2016 CD, 2015-10-17 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4689 | Toshiya, Suzuki (2015-10-19), Request for the Reconfirmation of the Required Distinction in Nushu |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/15-283 | N4693 | Anderson, Deborah (2015-10-20), Nushu Ad Hoc Report |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/15-245 | N4697 | Everson, Michael (2015-10-22), Re-ordering Nushu following the disposition of comments on CD 10646 5th edition |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/15-262 | | Disposition of Comments on ISO/IEC CD 10646 (Ed.5), 2015-10-26 |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | L2/16-203 | | Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "B.11.3.2", UTC #148 Minutes |
| 10.0 | U+1B170..1B2FB | 396 | | N4739 | "M64.05h", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 64, 2016-08-31 |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||

## Fonts

As of 28 March 2024, 3 fonts are known to support Nūshu:
* Noto Sans Nushu.
* Noto Traditional Nushu.
* Unicode Nushu.