Javanese (Unicode block)

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

Javanese
Range	U+A980..U+A9DF (96 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Javanese (90 char.) Common (1 char.)
Major alphabets	Aksara Jawa
Assigned	91 code points
Unused	5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)	91 (+91)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

U+A98x

ꦀ

ꦁ

ꦂ

ꦃ

ꦄ

ꦅ

ꦆ

ꦇ

ꦈ

ꦉ

ꦊ

ꦋ

ꦌ

ꦍ

ꦎ

ꦏ

U+A99x

ꦐ

ꦑ

ꦒ

ꦓ

ꦔ

ꦕ

ꦖ

ꦗ

ꦘ

ꦙ

ꦚ

ꦛ

ꦜ

ꦝ

ꦞ

ꦟ

U+A9Ax

ꦠ

ꦡ

ꦢ

ꦣ

ꦤ

ꦥ

ꦦ

ꦧ

ꦨ

ꦩ

ꦪ

ꦫ

ꦬ

ꦭ

ꦮ

ꦯ

U+A9Bx

ꦰ

ꦱ

ꦲ

꦳

ꦴ

ꦵ

ꦶ

ꦷ

ꦸ

ꦹ

ꦺ

ꦻ

ꦼ

ꦽ

ꦾ

ꦿ

U+A9Cx

꧀

꧁

꧂

꧃

꧄

꧅

꧆

꧇

꧈

꧉

꧊

꧋

꧌

꧍

ꧏ

U+A9Dx

꧐

꧑

꧒

꧓

꧔

꧕

꧖

꧗

꧘

꧙

꧞

꧟

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 Javanese block:

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.2	U+A980..A9CD, A9CF..A9D9, A9DE..A9DF	91	L2/98-041		Hellingman, Jeroen (1997-05-19), Javanese Proposal
			L2/98-070		Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.D.1", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
			L2/06-080		Sayoga, Teguh Budi (2006-03-13), Proposal for encoding the Javanese Script in the UCS (A900-A97F)
			L2/07-232R2	N3292R2	Everson, Michael (2007-07-31), Preliminary proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
			L2/07-237		Pentzlin, Karl (2007-07-31), Comment on L2/07-232 - Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
			L2/07-248		Anderson, Deborah (2007-08-01), Re L2/07-237 Comment on L2/07-232 Suggestion to encode Javanese in the SMP
			L2/07-295	N3319R	Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
			L2/07-298	N3329	Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Javanese government support for encoding the Javanese script
			L2/08-003		Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Javanese", UTC #114 Minutes
			L2/08-015R	N3319R3	Everson, Michael (2008-03-06), Proposal for encoding the Javanese script in the UCS
			L2/08-318	N3453 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.7", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
			L2/09-122	N3613	Anderson, Deborah (2009-04-10), Name correction for FPDAM 6: Javanese A9C0 JAVANESE PANGKON
			L2/09-234	N3603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
			L2/09-104		Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C19", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes, Approve the name changes in section A, B, and C of document L2/09-177... [U+A9C0]
			L2/09-350		Whistler, Ken (2009-10-21), Property Correction for U+A9B3 Javanese Sign Cecak Telu
			L2/16-327		McGowan, Rick (2016-11-07), "Incorrect Indic positional category for Javanese consonant sign cakra", Comments on Public Review Issues (July 27 - Nov 7, 2016)
			L2/17-037		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "11. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
			L2/17-038		Lindenberg, Norbert (2017-01-21), Indic positional category for Javanese cakra
			L2/17-016		Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "B.14.5 Indic positional category for Javanese cakra", UTC #150 Minutes
			L2/17-163		Pournader, Roozbeh (2017-05-09), Indic Syllabic Category of Javanese Cakra
			L2/17-103		Moore, Lisa (2017-05-18), "B.14.7 Indic positional category of Javanese Cakra", UTC #151 Minutes
			L2/19-003		Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG
			L2/19-004		Liang, Hai; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-01-04), Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET
			L2/19-047		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-01-13), "16.a. Javanese Consonant sign Keret, 16.b. Javanese Vowel sign Tolong", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-008		Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.14.1 Properties of U+A9BD JAVANESE CONSONANT SIGN KERET, C.4 Suspicious identity of U+A9B5 JAVANESE VOWEL SIGN TOLONG", UTC #158 Minutes
			L2/19-083		Lindenberg, Norbert; Perdana, Aditya Bayu (2019-03-22), Positional category of Javanese pengkal
			L2/19-173		Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2019-04-29), "17. Javanese", Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals
			L2/19-122		Moore, Lisa (2019-05-08), "B.13.1 Positional category of Javanese pengkal", UTC #159 Minutes
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

• Balinese (Unicode block)
• Sundanese (Unicode block)