# Kawi (Unicode block)

Kawi is a Unicode block containing characters for Kawi script. The script was used historically in insular Southeast Asia to write the Old Javanese, Sanskrit, Old Malay, Old Balinese, and Old Sundanese languages.

## Block

Kawi Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+11F0x | 𑼀 | 𑼁 | 𑼂 | 𑼃 | 𑼄 | 𑼅 | 𑼆 | 𑼇 | 𑼈 | 𑼉 | 𑼊 | 𑼋 | 𑼌 | 𑼍 | 𑼎 | 𑼏 |
| U+11F1x | 𑼐 | | 𑼒 | 𑼓 | 𑼔 | 𑼕 | 𑼖 | 𑼗 | 𑼘 | 𑼙 | 𑼚 | 𑼛 | 𑼜 | 𑼝 | 𑼞 | 𑼟 |
| U+11F2x | 𑼠 | 𑼡 | 𑼢 | 𑼣 | 𑼤 | 𑼥 | 𑼦 | 𑼧 | 𑼨 | 𑼩 | 𑼪 | 𑼫 | 𑼬 | 𑼭 | 𑼮 | 𑼯 |
| U+11F3x | 𑼰 | 𑼱 | 𑼲 | 𑼳 | 𑼴 | 𑼵 | 𑼶 | 𑼷 | 𑼸 | 𑼹 | 𑼺 | | | | 𑼾 | 𑼿 |
| U+11F4x | 𑽀 | 𑽁 | 𑽂 | 𑽃 | 𑽄 | 𑽅 | 𑽆 | 𑽇 | 𑽈 | 𑽉 | 𑽊 | 𑽋 | 𑽌 | 𑽍 | 𑽎 | 𑽏 |
| U+11F5x | 𑽐 | 𑽑 | 𑽒 | 𑽓 | 𑽔 | 𑽕 | 𑽖 | 𑽗 | 𑽘 | 𑽙 | 𑽚 | | | | | |
| 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 Kawi block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/12-125 | N4266 | Pandey, Anshuman (2012-04-25), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Kawi Script |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/12-147 | | Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "XI. KAWI", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/12-167 | | Ganesan, Naga (2012-05-03), Comment on L2/12-125: Encoding Model for Kawi Script |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/13-028 | | Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-01-28), "22", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/20-256 | | Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-09-30), Preliminary Proposal to encode Kawi |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/20-250 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-10-01), "15. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #165 October 2020 on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-026 | | Sinclair, Iain (2020-11-17), Comments on Kawi, L2/20-256 |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/20-283 | | Lindenberg, Norbert (2020-12-06), Repha representation for Kawi |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/20-287 | | Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2020-12-08), Comments on L2/20-284 regarding disunificaton of KAWI VOWEL SIGN AA |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/20-284R | | Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-12-22), Proposal to encode Kawi (revised) |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-016R | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "18. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-009 | | Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "Consensus 166-C30", UTC #166 Minutes |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-048 | | Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Lindenberg, Norbert (2021-02-16), Reply to 'On the Kawi Space Filler and the Names of Punctuation Characters' |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-073 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-04-23), "Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-176 | | Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2021-07-30), Proposal to Unencode KAWI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-180 | | Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2021-09-23), Note on Kawi Sign Vocalic L U+11F3C and Possible Cognate of U+1B00 |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-174 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "12. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/21-167 | | Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C15", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169 |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/22-056 | | Silva, Eduardo Marín (2022-03-05), "Kawi", Review of the code charts of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442) |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/22-093 | | Kinaṇṭi, Waṣkiṭa; Sh., Rikza F. (2022-03-21), Review of Kawi code chart of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442) |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/22-068 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-04-15), "19. Kawi Name Change and Annotation, 20. Kawi Review of Code Chart for 15.0", Recommendations to UTC #171 April 2022 on Script Proposals |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/22-080R2 | | Lindenberg, Norbert; et al. (2022-08-22), Line breaking at orthographic syllable boundaries |
| 15.0 | U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F59 | 86 | L2/22-061 | | Constable, Peter (2022-07-27), "D.1 Section 18, D.1 Section 19, D.1 Section 20, D.2", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 171 |
| 16.0 | U+11F5A | 1 | L2/22-093 | | Kinaṇṭi, Waṣkiṭa; Sh., Rikza F. (2022-03-21), "POSSIBILITY OF OTHER UNPROPOSED CHARACTERS", Review of Kawi code chart of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442) |
| 16.0 | U+11F5A | 1 | L2/22-236 | | Nasrullah, Febri Muhammad (2022-10-15), Proposal to encode KAWI SIGN NUKTA |
| 16.0 | U+11F5A | 1 | L2/22-248 | | Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2022-10-31), "8 Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #173 October 2022 on Script Proposals |
| 16.0 | U+11F5A | 1 | L2/22-241 | | Constable, Peter (2022-11-09), "Consensus 173-C28", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 173, Accept U+11F5A KAWI SIGN NUKTA |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||