Lao
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0E80
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Consonants
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ກ0E81
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ຂ0E82
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0E83
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ຄ0E84
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0E85
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ຆ0E86
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ງ0E87
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ຈ0E88
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ຉ0E89
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ຊ0E8A
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0E8B
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ຌ0E8C
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ຍ0E8D
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ຎ0E8E
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ຏ0E8F
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ຐ0E90
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ຑ0E91
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ຒ0E92
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ຓ0E93
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ດ0E94
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ຕ0E95
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ຖ0E96
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ທ0E97
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ຘ0E98
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ນ0E99
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ບ0E9A
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ປ0E9B
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ຜ0E9C
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ຝ0E9D
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ພ0E9E
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ຟ0E9F
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ຠ0EA0
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ມ0EA1
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ຢ0EA2
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ຣ0EA3
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0EA4
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ລ0EA5
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0EA6
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ວ0EA7
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ຨ0EA8
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ຩ0EA9
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ສ0EAA
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ຫ0EAB
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ຬ0EAC
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ອ0EAD
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ຮ0EAE
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Sign
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ຯ0EAF
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Vowels
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ະ0EB0
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ັ0EB1
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າ0EB2
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ຳ0EB3
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ິ0EB4
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ີ0EB5
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ຶ0EB6
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ື0EB7
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ຸ0EB8
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ູ0EB9
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Virama
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຺0EBA
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Vowel
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ົ0EBB
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Signs
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ຼ0EBC
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ຽ0EBD
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0EBE
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0EBF
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Vowels
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ເ0EC0
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ແ0EC1
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ໂ0EC2
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ໃ0EC3
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ໄ0EC4
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0EC5
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Repetition mark
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ໆ0EC6
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0EC7
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Tone marks
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່0EC8
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້0EC9
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໊0ECA
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໋0ECB
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Signs
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໌0ECC
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ໍ0ECD
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໎0ECE
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0ECF
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Digits
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໐0ED0
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໑0ED1
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໒0ED2
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໓0ED3
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໔0ED4
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໕0ED5
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໖0ED6
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໗0ED7
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໘0ED8
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໙0ED9
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0EDA
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0EDB
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Digraphs
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ໜ0EDC
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ໝ0EDD
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Consonants for Khmu
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ໞ0EDE
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ໟ0EDF
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0EE0
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0EE1
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0EE2
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0EE3
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0EE4
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0EE5
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0EE6
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0EE7
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0EE8
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0EE9
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0EEA
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0EEB
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0EEC
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0EED
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0EEE
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0EEF
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0EF0
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0EF1
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0EF2
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0EF3
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0EF4
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0EF5
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0EF6
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0EF7
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0EF8
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0EF9
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0EFA
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0EFB
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0EFC
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0EFD
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0EFE
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0EFF
Description
Type | Abugida |
Symbols | 128 |
Range | 0E80—0EFF |
Languages | laotian |
Lao is a Unicode block containing characters for the languages of Laos. The characters of the Lao block allocated to be equivalent to the similarly positioned characters of the Thai block immediately preceding it.
The Lao alphabet, Akson Lao (Lao: ອັກສອນລາວ ), is the main script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos. It is ultimately of Indic origin, the alphabet includes 27 consonants (ພະຍັນຊະນະ ), 7 consonantal ligatures (ພະຍັນຊະນະປະສົມ ), 33 vowels (ສະຫລະ ) (some based on combinations of symbols), and 4 tone marks (ວັນນະຍຸດ ). According to Article 89 of Amended Constitution of 2003 of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Lao alphabet is the official script to the official language, but is also used to transcribe minority languages in the country, but some minority language speakers continue to use their traditional writing systems while the Hmong have adopted the Roman Alphabet. An older version of the script was also used by the ethnic Lao of Thailand's Isan region, who make up a third of Thailand's population, before Isan was incorporated into Siam, until its use was banned and supplemented with the very similar Thai alphabet in 1871, although the region remained distant culturally and politically until further government campaigns and integration into the Thai state (Thaification) were imposed in the 20th century. The letters of the Lao Alphabet are very similar to the Thai alphabet, which has the same roots. They differ in the fact, that in Thai there are still more letters to write one sound and the more circular style of writing in Lao. Lao, like most indic scripts, is traditionally written from left to right. Traditionally considered an abugida script, where certain 'implied' vowels are unwritten, recent spelling reforms make this definition somewhat problematic, as all vowel sounds today are marked with diacritics when written according the Lao PDR's propagated and promoted spelling standard. However most Lao outside of Laos, and many inside Laos, continue to write according to former spelling standards, which continues the use of the implied vowel maintaining the Lao script's status as an abugida. Vowels can be written above, below, in front of, or behind consonants, with some vowel combinations written before, over and after. Spaces for separating words and punctuations were traditionally not used, but a space is used and functions in place of a comma or period. The letters have no majuscule or minuscule (upper and lower case) differentiations.
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Plane 0: Basic Multilingual Plane
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Basic Latin0000—007F
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Latin-1 Supplement0080—00FF
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Latin Extended-A0100—017F
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Latin Extended-B0180—024F
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IPA Extensions0250—02AF
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Combining Diacritical Marks0300—036F
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Cyrillic0400—04FF
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Cyrillic Supplement0500—052F
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Armenian0530—058F
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Hebrew0590—05FF
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Arabic0600—06FF
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Syriac0700—074F
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Arabic Supplement0750—077F
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Thaana0780—07BF
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NKo07C0—07FF
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Samaritan0800—083F
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Mandaic0840—085F
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Syriac Supplement0860—086F
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Arabic Extended-B0870—089F
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Arabic Extended-A08A0—08FF
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Devanagari0900—097F
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Bengali0980—09FF
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Gurmukhi0A00—0A7F
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Gujarati0A80—0AFF
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Oriya0B00—0B7F
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Tamil0B80—0BFF
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Telugu0C00—0C7F
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Kannada0C80—0CFF
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Malayalam0D00—0D7F
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Sinhala0D80—0DFF
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Thai0E00—0E7F
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Lao0E80—0EFF
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Tibetan0F00—0FFF
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Myanmar1000—109F
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Georgian10A0—10FF
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Hangul Jamo1100—11FF
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Ethiopic1200—137F
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Ethiopic Supplement1380—139F
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Cherokee13A0—13FF
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Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics1400—167F
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Ogham1680—169F
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Runic16A0—16FF
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Tagalog1700—171F
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Hanunoo1720—173F
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Buhid1740—175F
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Tagbanwa1760—177F
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Khmer1780—17FF
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Mongolian1800—18AF
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Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended18B0—18FF
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Limbu1900—194F
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Tai Le1950—197F
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New Tai Lue1980—19DF
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Khmer Symbols19E0—19FF
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Buginese1A00—1A1F
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Tai Tham1A20—1AAF
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Combining Diacritical Marks Extended1AB0—1AFF
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Balinese1B00—1B7F
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Sundanese1B80—1BBF
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Batak1BC0—1BFF
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Lepcha1C00—1C4F
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Ol Chiki1C50—1C7F
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Cyrillic Extended C1C80—1C8F
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Georgian Extended1C90—1CBF
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Sundanese Supplement1CC0—1CCF
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Vedic Extensions1CD0—1CFF
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Phonetic Extensions1D00—1D7F
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Phonetic Extensions Supplement1D80—1DBF
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Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement1DC0—1DFF
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Latin Extended Additional1E00—1EFF
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Greek Extended1F00—1FFF
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General Punctuation2000—206F
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Superscripts and Subscripts2070—209F
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Currency Symbols20A0—20CF
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Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols20D0—20FF
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Letterlike Symbols2100—214F
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Number Forms2150—218F
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Arrows2190—21FF
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Mathematical Operators2200—22FF
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Miscellaneous Technical2300—23FF
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Control Pictures2400—243F
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Optical Character Recognition2440—245F
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Enclosed Alphanumerics2460—24FF
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Box Drawing2500—257F
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Block Elements2580—259F
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Geometric Shapes25A0—25FF
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Miscellaneous Symbols2600—26FF
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Dingbats2700—27BF
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Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A27C0—27EF
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Supplemental Arrows-A27F0—27FF
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Braille Patterns2800—28FF
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Supplemental Arrows-B2900—297F
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Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B2980—29FF
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Supplemental Mathematical Operators2A00—2AFF
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows2B00—2BFF
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Glagolitic2C00—2C5F
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Latin Extended-C2C60—2C7F
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Coptic2C80—2CFF
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Georgian Supplement2D00—2D2F
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Tifinagh2D30—2D7F
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Ethiopic Extended2D80—2DDF
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Cyrillic Extended-A2DE0—2DFF
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Supplemental Punctuation2E00—2E7F
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CJK Radicals Supplement2E80—2EFF
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Kangxi Radicals2F00—2FDF
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Ideographic Description Characters2FF0—2FFF
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CJK Symbols and Punctuation3000—303F
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Hiragana3040—309F
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Katakana30A0—30FF
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Bopomofo3100—312F
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Hangul Compatibility Jamo3130—318F
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Kanbun3190—319F
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Bopomofo Extended31A0—31BF
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CJK Strokes31C0—31EF
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Katakana Phonetic Extensions31F0—31FF
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Enclosed CJK Letters and Months3200—32FF
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CJK Compatibility3300—33FF
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CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A3400—4DBF
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Yijing Hexagram Symbols4DC0—4DFF
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CJK Unified Ideographs4E00—9FFF
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Yi SyllablesA000—A48F
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Yi RadicalsA490—A4CF
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LisuA4D0—A4FF
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VaiA500—A63F
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Cyrillic Extended-BA640—A69F
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BamumA6A0—A6FF
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Modifier Tone LettersA700—A71F
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Latin Extended-DA720—A7FF
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Syloti NagriA800—A82F
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Common Indic Number FormsA830—A83F
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Phags-paA840—A87F
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SaurashtraA880—A8DF
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Devanagari ExtendedA8E0—A8FF
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Kayah LiA900—A92F
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RejangA930—A95F
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Hangul Jamo Extended-AA960—A97F
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JavaneseA980—A9DF
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Myanmar Extended-BA9E0—A9FF
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ChamAA00—AA5F
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Myanmar Extended-AAA60—AA7F
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Tai VietAA80—AADF
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Meetei Mayek ExtensionsAAE0—AAFF
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Ethiopic Extended-AAB00—AB2F
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Latin Extended-EAB30—AB6F
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Cherokee SupplementAB70—ABBF
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Meetei MayekABC0—ABFF
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Hangul SyllablesAC00—D7AF
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Hangul Jamo Extended-BD7B0—D7FF
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High SurrogatesD800—DB7F
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Low SurrogatesDC00—DFFF
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Private Use AreaE000—F8FF
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CJK Compatibility IdeographsF900—FAFF
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Alphabetic Presentation FormsFB00—FB4F
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Arabic Presentation Forms-AFB50—FDFF
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Variation SelectorsFE00—FE0F
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Vertical FormsFE10—FE1F
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Combining Half MarksFE20—FE2F
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CJK Compatibility FormsFE30—FE4F
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Small Form VariantsFE50—FE6F
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Arabic Presentation Forms-BFE70—FEFF
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Halfwidth and Fullwidth FormsFF00—FFEF
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SpecialsFFF0—FFFF
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Plane 1: Supplementary Multilingual Plane
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Linear B Syllabary10000—1007F
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Linear B Ideograms10080—100FF
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Aegean Numbers10100—1013F
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Ancient Greek Numbers10140—1018F
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Ancient Symbols10190—101CF
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Phaistos Disc101D0—101FF
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Lycian10280—1029F
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Carian102A0—102DF
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Coptic Epact Numbers102E0—102FF
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Old Italic10300—1032F
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Gothic10330—1034F
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Old Permic10350—1037F
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Ugaritic10380—1039F
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Old Persian103A0—103DF
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Deseret10400—1044F
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Shavian10450—1047F
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Osmanya10480—104AF
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Osage104B0—104FF
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Elbasan10500—1052F
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Caucasian Albanian10530—1056F
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Vithkuqi10570—105BF
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Latin Extended-F10780—107BF
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Cypriot Syllabary10800—1083F
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Imperial Aramaic10840—1085F
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Palmyrene10860—1087F
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Nabataean10880—108AF
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Hatran108E0—108FF
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Phoenician10900—1091F
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Lydian10920—1093F
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Meroitic Hieroglyphs10980—1099F
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Meroitic Cursive109A0—109FF
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Kharoshthi10A00—10A5F
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Old South Arabian10A60—10A7F
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Old North Arabian10A80—10A9F
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Manichaean10AC0—10AFF
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Avestan10B00—10B3F
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Inscriptional Parthian10B40—10B5F
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Inscriptional Pahlavi10B60—10B7F
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Psalter Pahlavi10B80—10BAF
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Old Turkic10C00—10C4F
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Old Hungarian10C80—10CFF
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Hanifi Rohingya10D00—10D3F
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Rumi Numeral Symbols10E60—10E7F
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Yezidi10E80—10EBF
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Arabic Extended-C10EC0—10EFF
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Old Sogdian10F00—10F2F
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Sogdian10F30—10F6F
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Old Uyghur10F70—10FAF
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Chorasmian10FB0—10FDF
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Elymaic10FE0—10FFF
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Brahmi11000—1107F
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Kaithi11080—110CF
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Sora Sompeng110D0—110FF
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Chakma11100—1114F
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Mahajani11150—1117F
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Sharada11180—111DF
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Sinhala Archaic Numbers111E0—111FF
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Khojki11200—1124F
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Multani11280—112AF
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Khudawadi112B0—112FF
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Grantha11300—1137F
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Newa11400—1147F
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Tirhuta11480—114DF
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Siddham11580—115FF
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Modi11600—1165F
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Mongolian Supplement11660—1167F
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Takri11680—116CF
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Ahom11700—1174F
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Dogra11800—1184F
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Warang Citi118A0—118FF
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Dives Akuru11900—1195F
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Nandinagari119A0—119FF
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Zanabazar Square11A00—11A4F
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Soyombo11A50—11AAF
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Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended-A11AB0—11ABF
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Pau Cin Hau11AC0—11AFF
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Devanagari Extended-A11B00—11B5F
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Bhaiksuki11C00—11C6F
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Marchen11C70—11CBF
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Masaram Gondi11D00—11D5F
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Gunjala Gondi11D60—11DAF
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Makasar11EE0—11EFF
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Kawi11F00—11F5F
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Lisu Supplement11FB0—11FBF
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Tamil Supplement11FC0—11FFF
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Cuneiform12000—123FF
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Early Dynastic Cuneiform12480—1254F
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Cypro-Minoan12F90—12FFF
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs13000—1342F
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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls13430—1345F
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Anatolian Hieroglyphs14400—1467F
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Bamum Supplement16800—16A3F
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Mro16A40—16A6F
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Tangsa16A70—16ACF
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Bassa Vah16AD0—16AFF
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Pahawh Hmong16B00—16B8F
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Medefaidrin16E40—16E9F
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Miao16F00—16F9F
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Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation16FE0—16FFF
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Tangut17000—187FF
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Tangut Components18800—18AFF
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Khitan Small Script18B00—18CFF
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Tangut Supplement18D00—18D7F
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Kana Extended-B1AFF0—1AFFF
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Kana Supplement1B000—1B0FF
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Kana Extended-A1B100—1B12F
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Small Kana Extension1B130—1B16F
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Nushu1B170—1B2FF
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Duployan1BC00—1BC9F
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Shorthand Format Controls1BCA0—1BCAF
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Znamenny Musical Notation1CF00—1CFCF
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Byzantine Musical Symbols1D000—1D0FF
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Musical Symbols1D100—1D1FF
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Ancient Greek Musical Notation1D200—1D24F
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Kaktovik Numerals1D2C0—1D2DF
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Mayan Numerals1D2E0—1D2FF
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Tai Xuan Jing Symbols1D300—1D35F
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Counting Rod Numerals1D360—1D37F
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Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols1D400—1D7FF
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Sutton SignWriting1D800—1DAAF
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Latin Extended-G1DF00—1DFFF
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Glagolitic Supplement1E000—1E02F
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Cyrillic Extended-D1E030—1E08F
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Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong1E100—1E14F
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Toto1E290—1E2BF
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Wancho1E2C0—1E2FF
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Nag Mundari1E4D0—1E4FF
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Ethiopic Extended-B1E7E0—1E7FF
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Mende Kikakui1E800—1E8DF
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Adlam1E900—1E95F
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Indic Siyaq Numbers1EC70—1ECBF
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Ottoman Siyaq Numbers1ED00—1ED4F
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Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols1EE00—1EEFF
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Mahjong Tiles1F000—1F02F
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Domino Tiles1F030—1F09F
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Playing Cards1F0A0—1F0FF
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Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement1F100—1F1FF
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Enclosed Ideographic Supplement1F200—1F2FF
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs1F300—1F5FF
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Emoticons (Emoji)1F600—1F64F
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Ornamental Dingbats1F650—1F67F
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Transport and Map Symbols1F680—1F6FF
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Alchemical Symbols1F700—1F77F
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Geometric Shapes Extended1F780—1F7FF
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Supplemental Arrows-C1F800—1F8FF
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Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs1F900—1F9FF
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Chess Symbols1FA00—1FA6F
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Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A1FA70—1FAFF
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Symbols for Legacy Computing1FB00—1FBFF
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