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Unicode standard

The Unicode standard is a character coding system designed to support the worldwide interchange, processing, and display of the written texts of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world.

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Unicode standard

Unicode 32-bit string

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A Unicode string containing only UTF-32 code units.

Unicode 8-bit string

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A Unicode string containing only UTF-8 code units.

Y-variant

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Two CJK unified ideographs with identical semantics and unifiable shapes, for example, U+8AAA and U+8AAC.

Z-variant

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Two CJK unified ideographs with identical semantics and unifiable shapes, for example, U+8AAA and U+8AAC.

Core specification

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A core part of the Unicode Standard. Formally, a version of the Unicode Standard is defined by an edition of the core specification, The Unicode Standard, together with the Code Charts, Unicode ...

Contributory property

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A simple property defined merely to make the statement of a rule defining a derived property more compact or general.

Dead consonant

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An Indic consonant character followed by a virama character. This sequence indicates that the consonant has lost its inherent vowel.

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