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[1][2] (PDF)
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U+11F0x𑼀𑼁𑼂𑼃𑼄𑼅𑼆𑼇𑼈𑼉𑼊𑼋𑼌𑼍𑼎𑼏
U+11F1x𑼐𑼒𑼓𑼔𑼕𑼖𑼗𑼘𑼙𑼚𑼛𑼜𑼝𑼞𑼟
U+11F2x𑼠𑼡𑼢𑼣𑼤𑼥𑼦𑼧𑼨𑼩𑼪𑼫𑼬𑼭𑼮𑼯
U+11F3x𑼰𑼱𑼲𑼳𑼴𑼵𑼶𑼷𑼸𑼹𑼺𑼾𑼿
U+11F4x𑽀𑽁𑽂𑽃𑽄𑽅𑽆𑽇𑽈𑽉𑽊𑽋𑽌𑽍𑽎𑽏
U+11F5x𑽐𑽑𑽒𑽓𑽔𑽕𑽖𑽗𑽘𑽙𑽚
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
15.0U+11F00..11F10, 11F12..11F3A, 11F3E..11F5986Pandey, Anshuman (2012-04-25), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Kawi Script
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2012-04-25), "XI. KAWI", Review of Indic-related L2 documents and Recommendations to the UTC
Ganesan, Naga (2012-05-03), Comment on L2/12-125: Encoding Model for Kawi Script
Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-01-28), "22", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-09-30), Preliminary Proposal to encode Kawi
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
Sinclair, Iain (2020-11-17), Comments on Kawi, L2/20-256
Lindenberg, Norbert (2020-12-06), Repha representation for Kawi
Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2020-12-08), Comments on L2/20-284 regarding disunificaton of KAWI VOWEL SIGN AA
Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2020-12-22), Proposal to encode Kawi (revised)
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "18. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "Consensus 166-C30", UTC #166 Minutes
Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Lindenberg, Norbert (2021-02-16), Reply to 'On the Kawi Space Filler and the Names of Punctuation Characters'
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-04-23), "Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #167 April 2021 on Script Proposals
Syarifuddin, M. Mahali (2021-07-30), Proposal to Unencode KAWI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC L
Perdana, Aditya Bayu; Nurwansah, Ilham (2021-09-23), Note on Kawi Sign Vocalic L U+11F3C and Possible Cognate of U+1B00
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "12. Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
Cummings, Craig (2022-01-27), "Consensus 169-C15", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 169
Silva, Eduardo Marín (2022-03-05), "Kawi", Review of the code charts of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442)
Kinaṇṭi, Waṣkiṭa; Sh., Rikza F. (2022-03-21), Review of Kawi code chart of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442)
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
Lindenberg, Norbert; et al. (2022-08-22), Line breaking at orthographic syllable boundaries
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
16.0U+11F5A1Kinaṇṭi, Waṣkiṭa; Sh., Rikza F. (2022-03-21), "POSSIBILITY OF OTHER UNPROPOSED CHARACTERS", Review of Kawi code chart of Unicode 15 Alpha (PRI 442)
Nasrullah, Febri Muhammad (2022-10-15), Proposal to encode KAWI SIGN NUKTA
Anderson, Deborah; et al. (2022-10-31), "8 Kawi", Recommendations to UTC #173 October 2022 on Script Proposals
Constable, Peter (2022-11-09), "Consensus 173-C28", Approved Minutes of UTC Meeting 173, Accept U+11F5A KAWI SIGN NUKTA