L2/26-232

Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 189
Nancy, France — October 26-28, 2026
Hosted by the Atelier national de recherche typographique in Nancy and virtually

UTC #189 Agenda
Revision date: 2026-10-30

Logistics: https://www.unicode.org/timesens/logistics-utc189.html

Total full members in good standing = 8 (Adobe, Airbnb, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, Translated)

Total supporting members in good standing = 4 (MeitY, Stanford, Tamil Nadu, UCB)

Voting members in regular attendance = 4.5: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Quorum for UTC #189 is 2.25.

Day 1 – Monday October 26, 2026

A.2 Agenda.

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Associate members present: SIL.

A.3 Approval of minutes of prior meeting [L2/26-151]

[189-C1] Consensus: Approve minutes of UTC meeting #188.

[189-A1] Action Item for Robin Leroy, UTC: Post approved minutes of UTC #188.

A.4 Review of UTC action items

E.1 CJK & Unihan Working Group Recommendations for UTC #189 Meeting [Ken Lunde, L2/26-238]

E.1 Section 01) ID20260923180514 (PRI #556 Feedback)

[189-C2] Consensus: Accept the proposal to adjust the syntax of the normative kJURC_Src property, based on PRI #556 feedback [ID20260923180514] and Section 01 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A2] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Prepare a Proposed Update of UAX #60 that adjusts the Syntax of the kJURC_Src property, based on PRI #556 feedback [ID20260923180514] and Section 01 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A3] Action Item for Michelle Perham, RMG: Post the Proposed Update of UAX #60 as a new PRI with 2026-12-30 as the closing date, based on PRI #556 feedback [ID20260923180514] and Section 01 of document L2/26-238.

E.1 Section 02) ID20260923213502 (PRI #556 Feedback)

[189-A4] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Update UAX #60, based on PRI #556 feedback [ID20260923213502] and Section 02 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 03) ID20260920104429 (PRI #558 Feedback)

[189-C3] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the normative kIRG_USource property value of U+2BAD5 from UTC-00561 to UTC-03216 and to change the informative kTotalStrokes property value of U+2BAD5 from 13 to 14, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-C4] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the U-source representative glyph for U+2BAD5, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A5] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_USource property value of U+2BAD5 from UTC-00561 to UTC-03216 and to change the kTotalStrokes property value of U+2BAD5 from 13 to 14, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A6] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 TrueType font to change the mapping for U+2BAD5 from the glyph for UTC-00561 to the glyph for UTC-03216, then provide the updated UAX #45 TrueType font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A7] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply the U-source representative glyph change to U+2BAD5 with an updated TrueType font provided by Ken Lunde, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A8] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the records for UTC-00561 and UTC-03216 in the UAX #45 USourceData.txt data file, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260920104429] and Section 03 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 04) ID20260924045759 (PRI #558 Feedback)

[189-A9] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change four kSemanticVariant property values, to add eight kSemanticVariant property values, and to add four kSpoofingVariant property values, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260924045759], and as amended in Section 04 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A10] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update PRI #558 (aka Proposed Update UAX #38), Section 2.1.1, to clarify that the kTotalStrokes property value of an ideograph identified by the Equivalent_Unified_Ideograph property does not necessarily reflect the stroke count of the original radical or stroke character, citing U+2ECF and U+9091 as an example, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260924045759], and as amended in Section 04 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A11] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the UTS #39 confusables.txt data file by adding U+470C/U+9FBB, U+5C22/U+21BC1, U+8A00/U+8A01, U+91D1/U+91D2, U+98DF/U+98E0/U+2967F, U+9FB9/U+20509, U+9FBA/U+2099D, U+21E8F/U+2DB4D, and U+25A3F/U+32ABD as new confusable pairs or triplets, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20260924045759], and as amended in Section 04 of document L2/26-238, for a future version of the standard.

[189-A12] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 04 of document L2/26-238. See PRI #558 feedback [ID20260924045759].

E.1 Section 05) ID20261012105321 (PRI #558 Feedback)

[189-C5] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode property value of U+80E7 from 130.5 to 74.5, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20261012105321] and Section 05 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A13] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode property value of U+80E7 from 130.5 to 74.5 and to change the kKangXi property value of U+80E7 from 0980.141 to 0505.111, based on PRI #558 feedback [ID20261012105321] and Section 05 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A14] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 05 of document L2/26-238. See PRI #558 feedback [ID20261012105321].

E.1 Section 06) ID20260914171849 (PRI #559 Feedback)

[189-A15] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the feedback submitter the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 06 of document L2/26-238. See PRI #559 feedback [ID20260914171849].

E.1 Section 07) L2/26-216: Proposal to add the provisional kTabooVariant property to the Unihan database

[189-A16] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/26-216 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 07 of document L2/26-238.

E.1 Section 08) L2/26-205: Call for members of SC 2/Advisory Group (AG) 1, Ideographic Research Group (IRG) [SC 2 N5065]

E.1 Section 09) L2/26-218: Proposal to Add “kSEAL_AdditionalSrc” Property to SealSources.txt

[189-C6] Consensus: Accept the new provisional property, kSEAL_AdditionalSrc, based on document L2/26-218 (Suzuki) and Section 09 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A17] Action Item for Michel Suignard, PAG: Update the UCD’s SealSources.txt data file to add the kSEAL_AdditionalSrc property data, based on document L2/26-218 and Section 09 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A18] Action Item for Michel Suignard, SAH: Update Sections 3, 3.5, and 4.3 of UAX #60 to add the kSEAL_AdditionalSrc property, based on document L2/26-218 and Section 09 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A19] Action Item for John Wilcock, PAG: Add the kSEAL_AdditionalSrc property to UAX #42, based on document L2/26-218 and Section 09 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A20] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Convey to the author of document L2/26-218 the CJK & Unihan Working Group comments in Section 09 of document L2/26-238.

E.1 Section 10) IRG N2944: US/Unicode Activity Report for IRG Meeting #67 [L2/26-215]

E.1 Section 11) IRG N2946: IRG Meeting #67 Recommendations and Action Items

E.1 Section 12) IRG N2969R: China’s UNC proposal on 1 character for Collected Works of Mao Zedong

[189-C7] Consensus: Accept the urgently-needed G-source ideograph with code point U+2B81F at the end of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D block, along with its provided normative IRG source reference and informative properties, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2969R (China), and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A21] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add U+2B81F, along with its normative, informative, and provisional property data, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A22] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update PRI #558 (aka Proposed Update UAX #38) to add the new GHS source prefix to the Syntax and Description of the kIRG_GSource property and to add U+2B81F to the first table in Section 4.4, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A23] Action Item for Sharon Chen, CJK: Ask the CLDR-TC to check the proposed kMandarin property value additions for U+289E2 and U+2B81F, then report back to the UTC. See Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238.

[189-A24] Action Item for Ken Whistler, UTC: Update the pipeline to add U+2B81F, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A25] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Add mention of the range extension of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D block to the Alpha review notes for Unicode Version 19.0, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238.

[189-A26] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Table 4-8, Name Derivation Rule Prefix Strings, of the Core Specification to change 2B740..2B81E to 2B740..2B81F in the Range column, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A27] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Table 18-2, Small Extensions to CJK Blocks, of the Core Specification and its following paragraph to add U+2B81F, based on Recommendation IRG M67.07 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2969R, and Section 12 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 13) IRG N2929R2: G-Source horizontal extensions for 9178 characters

[189-C8] Consensus: Accept China’s 9,178-ideograph horizontal extension, based on Recommendation IRG M67.08 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2929R2 (China), and Section 13 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A28] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add 9,178 new kIRG_GSource property values, based on Recommendation IRG M67.08 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2929R2, and Section 13 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 14) IRG N2972R: T-Source horizontal extensions for 700 characters

[189-C9] Consensus: Accept TCA’s 700-ideograph horizontal extension, based on Recommendation IRG M67.09 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2972R (TCA), and Section 14 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A29] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add 700 new kIRG_TSource property values, based on Recommendation IRG M67.09 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2972R, and Section 14 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 15) IRG N2960: UK Horizontal Extensions

[189-C10] Consensus: Accept the UK’s two-ideograph horizontal extension, based on Recommendation IRG M67.10 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2960 (UK), and Section 15 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A30] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add two new kIRG_UKSource property values, based on Recommendation IRG M67.10 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2960, and Section 15 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 16) IRG N2961R3: U-Source Horizontal Extension [L2/26-147R3]

[189-C11] Consensus: Accept the 74-ideograph horizontal extension, based on Recommendation IRG M67.11 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2961R3 (Lunde; aka L2/26-147R3), and Section 16 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A31] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add 74 new kIRG_USource property values, based on Recommendation IRG M67.11 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2961R3 (aka L2/26-147R3), and Section 16 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A32] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 data file to reflect the changes to 74 records, based on Recommendation IRG M67.11 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2961R3 (aka L2/26-147R3), and Section 16 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A33] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the UAX #45 TrueType font to add 74 new mappings, then provide the updated UAX #45 TrueType font to Michel Suignard and the Charts Working Group, based on Recommendation IRG M67.11 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2961R3 (aka L2/26-147R3), and Section 16 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 17) IRG N2986: Feedback to IRG N2956

[189-C12] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the normative kIRG_GSource property values of U+2B0AF, U+2B26F, and U+2B720 and to change the informative kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+2AE99 to 87.11 and 15, respectively, based on Recommendation IRG M67.13 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2986 (China), and Section 17 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A34] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kIRG_GSource property values of U+2B0AF, U+2B26F, and U+2B720 and to change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+2AE99 to 87.11 and 15, respectively, based on Recommendation IRG M67.13 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2986, and Section 17 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 18) IRG N2985: Feedback to IRG N2954 and IRG N2955, IRG N2986: Feedback to IRG N2956

[189-C13] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the informative kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+2CCA3 to 167'.18 and 23, respectively, based on Recommendation IRG M67.14 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2985 (China), and Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-C14] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the G-source representative glyphs of U+2AE99, U+2B622 and U+2CCA3, based on Recommendation IRG M67.14 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2985 (China), document IRG N2986 (China), and Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A35] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to change the kRSUnicode and kTotalStrokes property values of U+2CCA3 to 167'.18 and 23, respectively, based on Recommendation IRG M67.14 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2985, and Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A36] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update the Unihan database to add kSimplifiedVariant and kTraditionalVariant property values to U+28C09 and U+2CCA3, respectively, based on Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A37] Action Item for Ken Lunde, Michelle Perham, CHARTS: Draft and post errata notices to the “Updates and Errata” page about the correction of the G-source representative glyphs for U+2B622 and U+2CCA3, based on Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A38] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply the representative glyph changes to three G-source ideographs and apply blue highlighting to all of them, based on Recommendation IRG M67.14 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2985, document IRG N2986, and Section 18 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 19) IRG N2975: Feedback to IRG N2974

[189-C15] Consensus: Accept the proposal to change the T-source representative glyph of 3097C, based on Recommendation IRG M67.16 in document IRG N2946 (IRG), document IRG N2975 (TCA), and Section 19 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A39] Action Item for Michel Suignard, CHARTS: Apply the T-source representative glyph change to U+3097C, based on Recommendation IRG M67.16 in document IRG N2946, document IRG N2975, and Section 19 of document L2/26-238, for Unicode Version 19.0.

E.1 Section 20) Updated Provisional Unihan Database Properties

B.2 Liaison report from IRG

F.1 PAG: UTC #189 properties feedback & recommendations [Markus Scherer, et al, L2/26-235]

F.1 Section 1. Core Spec

F.1 Section 1.1 Code snippet in Core Spec for UTF-8 in UTF-16 Order is wrong [#624]

[189-A40] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, EDC: Correct the C code snippet for "UTF-8 in UTF-16 Order" in Section 5.7.1 of the Core Specification. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 1.1.

F.1 Section 2. UCD

F.1 Section 2.1 Feedback: Georgian_Extended has incorrect titlecase mapping [#578]

[189-C16] Consensus: Change the Simple_Titlecase_Mapping and Titlecase_Mapping assignments of the Georgian mtavruli letters in the Georgian_Extended block U+1C90..U+1CBF to map these letters to their mkhedruli counterparts, which are given by the Lowercase_Mapping property. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.1.

[189-A41] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file UnicodeData.txt and derived files, change the Simple_Titlecase_Mapping and Titlecase_Mapping assignments of the Georgian mtavruli letters in the Georgian_Extended block U+1C90..U+1CBF to map these letters to their mkhedruli counterparts, which are given by the Lowercase_Mapping property. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.1.

[189-A42] Action Item for Asmus Freytag, PAG: In the core spec, note that default titlecasing maps Georgian all-caps-like mtavruli to lowercase mkhedruli, which is a fallback for what is a nonsensical operation for the Georgian script. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.1.

F.1 Section 2.2 Modifier stacked arrowheads should be wb=ALetter like the modifier arrowheads [#581]

[189-C17] Consensus: In Unicode Standard Annex #‌‌29, Unicode Text Segmentation, update the derivation of the Word_Break property to assign Word_Break=ALetter to the modifier stacked arrowheads U+1DFC9..U+1DFCC provisionally assigned by 184-C13, as well as to U+1DFC6 MODIFIER MIDDLE ACUTE ACCENT, U+1DFC7 MODIFIER LETTER SOUTH EAST ARROW, and U+1DFC8 MODIFIER LETTER LOW NORTH EAST ARROW provisionally assigned by 184-C15, when these characters are added to the standard. See L2/26-235 item 2.2.

[189-A43] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #‌‌29, Unicode Text Segmentation, update the derivation to assign Word_Break=ALetter to the modifier stacked arrowheads U+1DFC9..U+1DFCC provisionally assigned by 184-C13, as well as to U+1DFC6 MODIFIER MIDDLE ACUTE ACCENT, U+1DFC7 MODIFIER LETTER SOUTH EAST ARROW, and U+1DFC8 MODIFIER LETTER LOW NORTH EAST ARROW provisionally assigned by 184-C15. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.2.

F.1 Section 2.3 change Vertical_Orientation of U+1F201 🈁 from Tu to U (PRI-556) [#593]

[189-C18] Consensus: Change the Vertical_Orientation of U+1F201 🈁 SQUARED KATAKANA KOKO from Tu to U. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.3.

[189-A44] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Vertical_Orientation of U+1F201 🈁 SQUARED KATAKANA KOKO from Tu to U. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.3.

[189-A45] Action Item for Ken Lunde, CJK: Update Proposed Update UAX #50 to remove U+1F201 SQUARED KATAKANA KOKO from Table 3, based on PRI #556 feedback [ID20260817160803] and Section 2.3 of document L2/26-235, for Unicode Version 19.0.

F.1 Section 11. Emoji

F.1 Section 11.1 Standardize East_Asian_Width and Vertical_Orientation for new emoji [#347]

[189-C19] Consensus: Change the Vertical_Orientation of U+2795 ➕ HEAVY PLUS SIGN, U+2796 ➖ HEAVY MINUS SIGN, U+2797 ➗ HEAVY DIVISION SIGN, U+27B0 ➰ CURLY LOOP, and U+27BF ➿ DOUBLE CURLY LOOP from R to U. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-C20] Consensus: Change the Vertical_Orientation of unassigned characters in the range U+1FC00..U+1FFFD (reserved for future emoji blocks) from R to U and their East_Asian_Width from Neutral to Wide. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-C21] Consensus: Change the East_Asian_Width of the unassigned characters in the block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A (U+1FA70..U+1FAFF) from Neutral to Wide. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-A46] Action Item for Ken Lunde, PAG: Add text to UAX #50 explaining that characters displaying as emoji, including when Emoji_Presentation=No characters that have an emoji variation sequence defined for them are followed by an emoji variation selector, should display as if they have Vertical_Orientation=U. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-A47] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #‌44, Unicode Character Database, ensure the documentation of complex default values is consistent with the changes to East_Asian_Width and Vertical_Orientation defaults. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-A48] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Vertical_Orientation of U+2795 ➕ HEAVY PLUS SIGN, U+2796 ➖ HEAVY MINUS SIGN, U+2797 ➗ HEAVY DIVISION SIGN, U+27B0 ➰ CURLY LOOP, and U+27BF ➿ DOUBLE CURLY LOOP from R to U. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-A49] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Vertical_Orientation of unassigned characters in the range U+1FC00..U+1FFFD (reserved for future emoji blocks) from R to U and their East_Asian_Width from Neutral to Wide. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

[189-A50] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the East_Asian_Width of the unassigned characters in the block Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A (U+1FA70..U+1FAFF) from Neutral to Wide. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 11.1.

F.1 Section 2.4 Initial teaching alphabet: Soft_Dotted ligatures? (PRI-556) [#642]

F.1 Section 2.5 UAX #31: toFoldedcase(S) is not defined anywhere [#647]

[189-A51] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change toFoldedcase to toCasefold in UAX #31 Figure 6. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.5.

F.1 Section 2.6 UAX #31: Table 3a and its UnicodeSet disagree [#646]

[189-A52] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Remove the UnicodeSets below Table 3b from UAX #31. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.6.

F.1 Section 2.7 UAX #24 rules for scx values are incomplete [#650]

[189-C22] Consensus: In UAX #24 Section 3.1, change the constraints C and D per L2/26-235 item 2.7 to add more restrictions to match the examples of disallowed sets in the same section. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.7.

[189-A53] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Update constraints C and D in UAX #24 Section 3.1 per L2/26-235 item 2.7. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.7.

F.1 Section 2.8 Define what Age=Unassigned means [#655]

[189-A54] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In UCD file DerivedAge.txt, add comments to clarify that the code points for which the value of the Age property is Unassigned are the reserved code points. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.8.

[189-A55] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #‌44, Unicode Character Database, in Section 5.14, Character Age, note that the value Unassigned exists and is assigned to reserved code points. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 2.8.

F.1 Section 2.9 L2/26-255 Some Changes to Indic_Syllabic_Category: A Report on UTC 158-A106 [#687]

F.1 Section 2.10 L2/26-256 Categorizing Some Uncategorized Indic Characters: A Report on UTC 164-A63 [#688]

F.1 Section 3. Proposed new scripts & characters

F.1 Section 4. Bidi

F.1 Section 4.1 Fast path in UAX #9 needs more restrictions [#607]

[189-A56] Action Item for Manish Goregaokar and Robin Leroy, PAG: Add text to UAX #9 Section 5.1 per L2/26-235 item 4.1 explaining that the first fast path suggested may only be used in some specific scenarios. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 4.1.

F.1 Section 4.2 Five bugs in bidi reference implementations [#675]

[189-A57] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add the five reported bidi test cases to BidiTest.txt and BidiCharacterTest.txt. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 4.2.

[189-A58] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Fix the C version of the bidi reference implementation to correctly handle C1, C2, and C3 cases. See L2/26-235 item 4.2.

[189-A59] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Fix the Java version of the bidi reference implementation to correctly handle J1 and J2 cases. See L2/26-235 item 4.2.

F.1 Section 5. Normalization

F.1 Section 5.1 UAX #15 buffering guidance is incorrect [#628]

[189-A60] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In UAX #15 Section 13.1 “Buffering with Unicode Normalization”, fix the condition from just QC=Yes to QC=Yes and ccc=0. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 5.1.

F.1 Section 5.2 UAX #15 and UAX #41 refer to removed normalization charts [#681]

[189-A61] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: Remove the mention of normalization charts from UAX #15 and UAX #41. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 5.2.

F.1 Section 6. Line Break

F.1 Section 6.1 Dashes aren’t spaces [#582]

F.1 Section 6.2 Change line break property of Tulu-Tigalari independent vowels [#689]

[189-C23] Consensus: Change the Line_Break property of the Tulu-Tigalari independent vowels U+11380..U+11389, U+1138B, U+1138E, U+11390, and U+11391 from lb=AS (Aksara Start) to lb=AK (Aksara). For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 6.2.

[189-A62] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Line_Break property of the Tulu-Tigalari independent vowels U+11380..U+11389, U+1138B, U+1138E, U+11390, and U+11391 from lb=AS (Aksara Start) to lb=AK (Aksara). For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 6.2.

F.1 Section 7. Segmentation

F.1 Section 7.1 L2/26-135 Finite automata for line breaking and segmentation [#567]

[189-C24] Consensus: Accept the proposal in L2/26-135 to update Unicode Standard Annexes #‌14 and #‌29 to describe a state machine implementation, and to include data files in the UCD. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

[189-A63] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Apply the changes described in L2/26-135 to Unicode Standard Annex #‌14, Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

[189-A64] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Apply the changes described in L2/26-135 to Unicode Standard Annex #‌29, Unicode Text Segmentation. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

[189-A65] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Add data files based on those for PRI-555 to the Unicode Character Database, for Unicode Version 19.0. Include the CSS language-independent tailorings, but not the language-specific tailorings. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

[189-A66] Action Item for Ken Whistler, PAG: In Unicode Standard Annex #‌44, Unicode Character Database, consider updating Section 6.2 Segmentation Test Files and Documentation, to mention the new data files. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

[189-A67] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Work with ICU-TC to address the issues with word breaking rule statuses and CSS tailorings of line breaking identified in L2/26-235 item 7.1. For Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A68] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Close PRI #‌555. See L2/26-235 item 7.1.

F.1 Section 7.7 Feedback L2/26-217 on Finite automata for line breaking and segmentation (PRI-555) [#679]

[189-A69] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Work with ICU-TC to understand which partition of the dictionary symbols would be generally useful for implementers, and partition the dictionary symbols accordingly. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.7 and L2/26-217 §5c.

[189-A70] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Document which UnicodeSet features are used in the data files for the segmentation and line breaking DFAs. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.7 and L2/26-217 §5d.

F.1 Section 7.2 Add Malayalam example to GraphemeBreakTest.txt [#611]

F.1 Section 7.3 More ALetters: A Report on UTC 162-A2 [#665]

[189-C25] Consensus: Change the Word_Break property of the following characters from Other to ALetter. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.3:

        U+02D9 DOT ABOVE
        U+0888 ARABIC RAISED ROUND DOT
        U+1807 MONGOLIAN SIBE SYLLABLE BOUNDARY MARKER
        U+180A MONGOLIAN NIRUGU
        U+2E32 TURNED COMMA
        U+2E35..U+2E39 TURNED SEMICOLON..TOP HALF SECTION SIGN
        U+A700..U+A707 MODIFIER LETTER CHINESE TONE YIN PING..MODIFIER

        U+AB6A MODIFIER LETTER LEFT TACK and U+AB6B MODIFIER LETTER

        U+10EC9 ARABIC SMALL BASELINE FATHA and U+10ECA ARABIC SMALL

[189-A71] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Word_Break property of U+02D9, U+0888, U+1807, U+180A, U+2E32, U+2E35..U+2E39, U+A700..U+A707, U+AB6A, U+AB6B, U+10EC9, and U+10ECA to ALetter in the UCD data files. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.3.

[189-A72] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Add U+02D9, U+0888, U+1807, U+180A, U+2E32, U+2E35..U+2E39, U+A700..U+A707, U+AB6A, U+AB6B, U+10EC9, and U+10ECA to Table 3 (under ALetter additions) in UAX #29. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.3.

[189-A73] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Adjust UAX #29 text about modifier symbols not having WB=ALetter, along the lines of the editorial corrections in L2/26-212. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.3.

[189-A74] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Adjust core spec text about modifier symbols not having WB=ALetter, along the lines of the editorial corrections in L2/26-212. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.3.

F.1 Section 7.4 Reviewing Word_Break Open Issues: A Report on UTC 162-A3 [#670]

[189-C26] Consensus: Change the Word_Break property of U+058A ARMENIAN HYPHEN from ALetter to Other and the Word_Break property of U+FF0C FULLWIDTH COMMA and U+FF1B FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON from MidNum to Other. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.4.

[189-A75] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Word_Break property of U+058A ARMENIAN HYPHEN, U+FF0C FULLWIDTH COMMA, and U+FF1B FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON to Other. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.4.

[189-A76] Action Item for Josh Hadley, PAG: Reflect the changes to the Word_Break properties of U+058A ARMENIAN HYPHEN, U+FF0C FULLWIDTH COMMA, and U+FF1B FULLWIDTH SEMICOLON in UAX #29 Table 3. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.4.

F.1 Section 7.5 U+21AE breaks segmentation consistency with canonical equivalence [#682]

[189-C27] Consensus: Change the Extended_Pictographic property of U+21AE LEFT RIGHT ARROW WITH STROKE from No to Yes. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.5.

[189-A77] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Change the Extended_Pictographic property of U+21AE LEFT RIGHT ARROW WITH STROKE from No to Yes. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.5.

F.1 Section 7.6 more GraphemeBreakTest.txt test cases (PRI-556) [#685]

[189-A78] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Consider adding GraphemeBreakTest cases from feedback ID20260929152114 in PRI #556. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 7.6.8. Collation

F.1 Section 8.1 Tertiary level collation of characters secondary equal to ß [#663]

[189-C28] Consensus: In the DUCET, correct the tertiary weights for U+210F ℏ PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI and U+1D6A6 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL LIGATURE LONG S WITH DESCENDER S from 2 to 5. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 8.1.

[189-A79] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Robin Leroy, PAG: In the DUCET, correct the tertiary weights for U+210F ℏ PLANCK CONSTANT OVER TWO PI and U+1D6A6 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL LIGATURE LONG S WITH DESCENDER S from 2 to 5. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 8.1.

F.1 Section 8.2 Notes on the normalization of collation folding [#680]

[189-A80] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In Unicode Technical Standard #‌10, Unicode Collation Algorithm, add a note in Section 11.1, Collation Folding, explaining that the result of collation folding is not normalized and should not be normalized before comparison. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 8.2.

F.1 Section 9. Security

F.1 Section 9.1 Bad Java code in UTS #39 [#594]

F.1 Section 9.2 Fast path in UTS #39 skeleton calculation is incorrect [#598]

[189-A81] Action Item for Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update UTS #39 to include four more bidi classes (AN, RLE, RLO, and RLI) in the fast path optimization for bidiSkeleton. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 9.2.

F.1 Section 9.3 Wrong claim about idempotency of skeleton() in UTS #39 [#595]

F.1 Section 9.4 Discrepancy between UTS #39 and RFC 6532 about local part of email addresses [#601]

[189-C29] Consensus: In UTS #39, Section 3.3 Email Security Profiles for Identifiers, change the requirement for the local-part of an email address from NFKC to NFC. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 9.4.

[189-A82] Action Item for Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Change the requirement for the local-part of an email address in UTS #39 from NFKC to NFC. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 9.4.

F.1 Section 9.5 UAX #31: consider withdrawing the Excluded Scripts table [#645]

[189-C30] Consensus: In UAX #31, replace the contents of Table 4, Excluded Scripts, with references to scripts that are not Excluded. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 9.5.

[189-A83] Action Item for Markus Scherer, PAG: In UAX #31, replace the contents of Table 4, Excluded Scripts, with references to scripts that are not Excluded. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 9.5.

F.1 Section 10. Confusables

F.1 Section 10.1 UTS #39: Better description of non-goals for scope of confusables [#478]

[189-A84] Action Item for Josh Hadley and Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add a section on "Scope and Non-Goals of the Confusables Data" to UTS #39. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 10.1.

F.1 Section 12. Math

F.1 Section 12.1 Approve UTR #25 [#691]

[189-C31] Consensus: Approve UTR #‌25 for publication as Revision 17, based on the current Proposed Update (Revision 16, draft 5 in L2/26-268), changing the authors to editors. See L2/26-235 item 12.1.

[189-A85] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Publish UTR #‌25, Revision 17, and the associated data files. See L2/26-235 item 12.1.

[189-A86] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: In a future revision of UTR #25, address feedback ID20260723112305, ID20260723114619, and ID20260724084026 on PRI #533.

F.1 Section 13. Other

F.1 Section 13.1 Draft UTS #61 editorial changes [#583]

F.1 Section 13.4 Approve UTS #61 [#683]

[189-C32] Consensus: Approve Draft UTS #‌61 for publication as Unicode Technical Standard #‌61, Unicode Set Notation, based on the snapshot of revision 2, draft 4 in L2/26-226. See L2/26-235 item 13.4.

[189-A87] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Close PRI #‌523. See L2/26-235 item 13.4.

[189-A88] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Shepherd the publication of UTS #‌61.

F.1 Section 13.2 CSSWG shares feedback on the handling of Hangul for text-autospace (PRI-510) [#589]

F.1 Section 13.3 Joiners in UTS #58: A report on UTC 183-A76 [#657]

[189-A89] Action Item for Mark Davis and Markus Scherer, PAG: Add a paragraph about escaping joining controls in URLs per L2/26-235 item 13.3 to Section 4 of UTS #58. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 13.3.

[189-A90] Action Item for Mark Davis and Markus Scherer, PAG: Add test cases for joining controls in URLs to LinkFormattingTest.txt and LinkDetectionTest.txt per L2/26-235 item 13.3. For Unicode Version 19.0. See L2/26-235 item 13.3.

F.1 Section 14

F.8 Use of misplaced variation selectors in C2PA for embedding metadata in unstructured text

[189-A91] Action Item for Peter Constable, UTC: Prepare an input to C2PA recommending revision of their specifications for embedding metadata in unstructured text in light of clarified wording in Unicode 18.0 regarding malformed variation selector sequences.

[189-A92] Action Item for Peter Constable, UTC: Review wording in ISO/IEC 10646 regarding variation sequences, in comparison to Unicode 18.0, to determine if revisions to 10646 should be proposed to clarify requirements related to malformed variation sequences.

B.3 SEI Liaison Report [Anushah Hossain, Deborah Anderson, L2/26-242]

J.2 Supporting the needs of communities with newly invented scripts [Jan Kučera, L2/26-219]

Day 2 — Tuesday October 27, 2026

Meeting opened at 13:36 UTC+1.

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Associate members present: SIL.

G.1 Emoji Standard and Research Working Group Report for UTC #189 (26Q4) [ESC/Jennifer Daniel, L2/26-237]

[189-C33] Consensus: Accept four (4) new emoji characters with the following character names, based on Section 2 of document L2/26-237, for Unicode Version 19.0:

        U+1FA7F ORNATE BOTTLE
        U+1FACB ORCHID
        U+1FACA VULTURE
        U+1F6DA INUKSHUK

[189-C34] Consensus: Accept the following 1 new RGI directional ZWJ sequence, with the following description, based on Section 2 of document L2/26-237, for Unicode Version 19.0:

        1F440 200D 27A1 FE0F; RGI_Emoji_ZWJ_Sequence; eyes looking right

[189-A93] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the pipeline to add the five new emoji in Section 2 of document L2/26-237, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A94] Action Item for Jennifer Daniel, ESC: Provide to Michel Suignard black/white images for the new emoji characters, for Unicode Version 19.0.

[189-A95] Action Item for Ned Holbrook, ESC: Request change to the CLDR short name of “EYES” emoji (👀) to “EYES LOOKING LEFT”.

B.1 Liaison report from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2

B.1.1 ISO/IEC DIS 10646 7th edition

B.1.2 ISO/IEC 10646 7th edn Committee Draft Amendment 1

Proxy designation: Ned Holbrook leaves the room and designates Peter Constable as proxy until his return, with open-ended scope and all Delegate powers.

Roll-call adjustment: Apple now represented by proxy (4.5 voting members represented).

[189-A96] Action Item for Anushah Hossain, SAH: Request clarification from MeiTY regarding BIS’s resolution regarding Chisoi. By UTC #190.

B.1.3 Call for members of SC 2/AG 1

B.1.4 Maintenance of UCS Repertoire via a Maintenance Agency

Roll-call adjustment: Apple now present (4.5 voting members represented).

D.1 Recommendations to UTC #189 (October 2026) on Script Proposals [Jan Kučera, et al, L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 1. New Scripts

D.1 Section 1.1 Maya Hieroglyphs

[189-A97] Action Item for Jan Kučera, SAH: Provide Michel Suignard with fonts for all characters provisionally assigned or approved at UTC #189.

D.1 Section 1.2 N’ti

[189-C35] Consensus: Provisionally assign 47 code points U+1CB80..U+1CBA4, U+1CBA6..U+1CBAF, in a new Nti block at U+1CB80..U+1CBAF, as described in Section V of L2/26-087. [Ref: 1.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A98] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 47 provisionally assigned code points U+1CB80..U+1CBA4, U+1CBA6..U+1CBAF, in a new Nti block: U+1CB80..U+1CBAF, as described in Section V of L2/26-087. [Ref: 1.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A99] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for N’ti to Unicode. [Ref: 1.2 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 1.3 Ndiko Jonam

[189-C36] Consensus: Provisionally assign 69 code points U+1CB30..U+1CB49, U+1CB51..U+1CB71, and U+1CB76..U+1CB7F, in a new Ndiko Jonam block at U+1CB30..U+1CB7F, as described in L2/26-055R. [Ref: 1.3 in L2/26-239]

[189-A100] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 69 provisionally assigned code points U+1CB30..U+1CB49, U+1CB51..U+1CB71, and U+1CB76..U+1CB7F, in a new Ndiko Jonam block: U+1CB30..U+1CB7F, as described in L2/26-055R. [Ref: 1.3 in L2/26-239]

[189-A101] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for Ndiko Jonam to Unicode. [Ref: 1.3 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 1.4 Koré Sébèli

[189-C37] Consensus: Provisionally assign 93 code points U+15B00..U+15B52, U+15B56..U+15B5F, in a new Kore Sebeli block at U+15B00..U+15B5F, described in L2/26-132R, as amended: U+15B1B is renamed to KORE SEBELI CAPITAL LETTER OU WITH THREE DOTS ABOVE. [Ref: 1.4 in L2/26-239]

[189-A102] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 93 provisionally assigned code points U+15B00..U+15B52, U+15B56..U+15B5F, in a new Kore Sebeli block: U+15B00..U+15B5F, described in L2/26-132R, as amended. [Ref: 1.4 in L2/26-239]

[189-A103] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for Koré Sébèli to Unicode. [Ref: 1.4 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 1.5 Mwangwego script

D.1 Section 1.6 Zou

D.1 Section 1.7 Kadu

D.1 Section 1.8 Wei Rma

[189-A104] Action Item for Michel Suignard, UTC: Post document L2/26-223 as a WG 2 document.

[189-A105] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, UTC: Seek feedback from CESI on L2/26-223.

D.1 Section 1.9 Wagindara

D.1 Section 1.10 Quikscript

D.1 Section 2. New Characters

D.1 Section 2.1 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura With Comma Above

[189-C38] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+0892 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA WITH COMMA ABOVE in the Arabic Extended-B block, as described in L2/26-227. [Ref: 2.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A106] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+0892 ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA WITH COMMA ABOVE, as described in L2/26-227. [Ref: 2.1 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.2 Devanagari Sign Final Anusvara

[189-C39] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+11B0D DEVANAGARI SIGN FINAL ANUSVARA in the Devanagari Extended-A block, as described in L2/26-206. [Ref: 2.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A107] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+11B0D DEVANAGARI SIGN FINAL ANUSVARA, as described in L2/26-206. [Ref: 2.2 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.3 Three new characters of Devanagari

[189-C40] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+11B0E DEVANAGARI CONTINUATION SIGN in the Devanagari Extended-A block, described in L2/26-248, with an amended code point. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-239]

[189-A108] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+11B0E DEVANAGARI CONTINUATION SIGN, described in L2/26-248, as amended. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-239]

[189-A109] Action Item for Robin Leroy, PAG: Consider updating UAX #14 section 5.4 listing all characters that can be used to render a soft hyphen. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.4 Devanagari Correction Mark For Vowel Signs

[189-C41] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+11B0F DEVANAGARI CORRECTION MARK FOR VOWEL SIGNS in the Devanagari Extended-A block, as described in L2/26-221. [Ref: 2.4 in L2/26-239]

[189-A110] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+11B0F DEVANAGARI CORRECTION MARK FOR VOWEL SIGNS, as described in L2/26-221. [Ref: 2.4 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.5 Dotless I/i with descender

[189-C42] Consensus: Provisionally assign 2 code points U+1DFA4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DOTLESS I WITH DESCENDER and U+1DFA5 LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I WITH DESCENDER in the Latin Extended-G block, as described in L2/26-176R. [Ref: 2.5 in L2/26-239]

[189-A111] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 2 code points U+1DFA4 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER DOTLESS I WITH DESCENDER and U+1DFA5 LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS I WITH DESCENDER, as described in L2/26-176R. [Ref: 2.5 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.6 Latin Capital Turned W

[189-C43] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+AB6F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED W in the Latin Extended-E block, as described in L2/26-246. [Ref: 2.6 in L2/26-239]

[189-A112] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+AB6F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED W as described in L2/26-246. [Ref: 2.6 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.7 Latin Small Letter Turned Dotless I

[189-C44] Consensus: Provisionally assign 1 code point U+1DFA6 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED DOTLESS I in the Latin Extended-G block, as described in L2/26-225. [Ref: 2.7 in L2/26-239]

[189-A113] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 1 code point U+1DFA6 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED DOTLESS I, as described in L2/26-225. [Ref: 2.7 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.8 Ellis’s Phonotypic Alphabet for Yahgan and Ona

[189-C45] Consensus: Provisionally assign 8 code points: U+1AF4 in the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block and U+1DFA7..U+1DFAD in the Latin Extended-G block, as described in L2/26-245. [Ref: 2.8 in L2/26-239]

[189-A114] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 8 code points U+1AF4, U+1DFA7..U+1DFAD, as described in L2/26-245. [Ref: 2.8 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.9 South Slavic Cyrillic modifier letters

[189-C46] Consensus: Provisionally assign 6 code points U+1E06E..U+1E073 in the Cyrillic Extended-D block, as described in L2/26-244. [Ref: 2.9 in L2/26-239]

[189-A115] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 6 code points U+1E06E..U+1E073, as described in L2/26-244. [Ref: 2.9 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 2.10 Myanmar letters for Kham Dom Pa’O

D.1 Section 2.11 Malayalam Letter Vedic Double Anusvara

D.1 Section 2.12 Turkestan Brāhmī

[189-N1] Note: The UTC notes that the name of the script in L2/26-252 is used in various research projects, such as the International Dunghuang Programme, in relation to a wider historic region in central Asia from the Caspian Sea, but that there may be disputes regarding the name of this script, and UTC does not endorse any particular name at this time.

D.1 Section 2.13 Arabic Characters from Indo-Pak Mushafs

D.1 Section 2.14 Benjamin Franklin's reformed alphabet

D.1 Section 3. New Symbols

D.1 Section 3.1 Leibniz: 6 letterlike symbols

[189-C47] Consensus: Approve 5 characters: 1DB1D ALPHA X SYMBOL, 1DB1E GREEK OMICRON UPSILON SYMBOL, 1DB1F DOUBLE SMALL SIGMA SYMBOL, 1DB20 FUNCTIO DIFFERENTIATA SYMBOL, 1DB21 DOUBLE X SYMBOL in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows Extended block, described in L2/26-142, ordered as in L2/26-259, with names as amended, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A116] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 5 code points U+1DB1D..U+1DB21, described in L2/26-142, ordered as in L2/26-259, with names as amended. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A117] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for Leibniz letterlike symbols to Unicode, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A118] Action Item for Josh Hadley, Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Add confusable information for U+1DB1E GREEK OMICRON UPSILON SYMBOL and U+0223 LATIN SMALL LETTER OU, for a future version of the standard. [Ref: 3.1 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 3.2 Leibniz: Miscellaneous symbols

[189-C48] Consensus: Approve 10 characters at U+1DB22..U+1DB2B in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows Extended block, as described in L2/26-140R, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A119] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 10 code points U+1DB22..U+1DB2B, as described in L2/26-140R. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A120] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Work with the proposal authors to submit a compliant font for Leibniz miscellaneous symbols to Unicode, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 3.2 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 3.3 Turned Digit One for Balanced Ternary

D.1 Section 3.4 Big5 ETen Extension Box Drawing Characters

D.1 Section 4. Changes to Characters

D.1 Section 4.1 Report on UTC 158-A106

[189-C49] Consensus: Update the Indic syllabic category of U+0ECC, U+1CE9..U+1CEC, U+1CEE..U+1CF0, U+1CFA, U+A8F4..U+A8F7, U+11448 and U+114C5 as described in L2/26-255, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 4.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A121] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the Indic syllabic category of U+0ECC, U+1CE9..U+1CEC, U+1CEE..U+1CF0, U+1CFA, U+A8F4..U+A8F7, U+11448, U+114C5 and the comment on Bindu entries, as described in L2/26-255, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 4.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A122] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Charts: Consider adding annotation to U+0ECC LAO CANCELLATION MARK, as described in L2/26-255. [Ref: 4.1 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 4.2 Report on UTC 164-A63

[189-C50] Consensus: Update the Indic syllabic category of U+1CE2..U+1CE8 and U+1CED, and Indic positional category of U+1CF8..U+1CF9 as described in L2/26-256, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 4.2 in L2/26-239]

[189-A123] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, PAG: Update the Indic syllabic category of U+1CE2..U+1CE8 and U+1CED, and Indic positional category of U+1CF8..U+1CF9 as described in L2/26-256, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 4.2 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 4.3 Character properties of U+0CD5 KANNADA LENGTH MARK

D.1 Section 5. Other

D.1 Section 5.1 Vithkuqi annotations

[189-A124] Action Item for Ken Whistler, Charts: Consider removing annotations for characters in the Vithkuqi block, as described in L2/26-208. [Ref: 5.1 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 5.2 Report on UTC 159-A81

[189-A125] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, EDC: Update the recommendations on the default rendering of U+0327 COMBINING CEDILLA in chapter 7 of the Core Specification, based on the descriptions in L2/26-247. [Ref: 5.2 in L2/26-239]

D.1 Section 5.3 On U+055F ARMENIAN ABBREVIATION MARK

D.1 Section 5.4 Repha in Kannada

D.1 Section 5.5 Nukta in Sinhala

[189-A126] Action Item for Deborah Anderson, SAH: Reach out to ICTA regarding L2/26-254.

D.1 Section 5.6 Cross-Writing-System Ambiguity in Mongolian Script

D.1 Section 6. In Process

Roll-call adjustment: SIL (associate member) no longer present (4.5 voting members represented).

D.1 Section 1.1 Maya Hieroglyphs

[189-C51] Consensus: Provisionally assign 513 code points: U+15500..U+156DC and U+156EC..U+156EF in a new Mayan Hieroglyphs block at U+15500..U+156EF; and U+156F0..U+1570F in a new Mayan Hieroglyph Format Controls block at U+156F0..U+1570F, with names as described in Section “Properties” of L2/26-145R4. [Ref: 1.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A127] Action Item for Ken Whistler, RMG: Update the Pipeline to include 513 code points U+15500..U+156DC, U+156EC..U+1570F, as described in L2/26-145R4. [Ref: 1.1 in L2/26-239]

[189-A128] Action Item for Ken Whistler, EDC: Update Table 4-8 “Name Derivation Rule Prefix Strings”, to include Mayan hieroglyphs.

[189-A129] Action Item for Robin Leroy, SAH: Consider the Script and other property assignment changes for 1D2E0..1D2F3 recommended on p. 66–69 of L2/26-145R4, and report to UTC #190 with any recommendations.

B.1.2 ISO/IEC 10646 7th edn Committee Draft Amendment 1

D.3 Other documents

[189-N2] Note: The proposal L2/26-015 “Revised Proposal to Encode N'ko Phonetic Extensions for Bambara (revised)” being objected to in document L2/26-209 “Formal Opposition to the Proposal for New Characters in the Nko Script Block (April 2026)” has not been recommended to the UTC, and the UTC has taken no action based on document L2/26-015.

Proxy designation: Ned Holbrook leaves the room and designates Peter Constable as proxy until his return, with open-ended scope and all Delegate powers.

Roll-call adjustment: Apple now represented by proxy (4.5 voting members represented).

B.4 Liaison report from CLDR

B.5 Liaison report from ICU-TC

B.6 Liaison report from ICU4X-TC

B.8 Liaison report from IETF/ICANN

Day 3 — Wednesday October 28, 2026

Meeting opened at 13:47 UTC+1.

A.1 Consortium membership; meeting quorum and proxies

4.5 voting members represented: Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, UCB.

Associate members present: SIL.

B.9 Liaison report from ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22

B.10 Liaison report ISO/TC 37/SC 2

B.11 Liaison report from ISO/TC 46

B.11.1 Liaison report from ISO 15924/RA

C.1.1 Editorial Working Group Report and Recommendations for UTC #189 Meeting [EDC, L2/26-236]

[189-A130] Action Item for Jim DeLaHunt, EDC: Prepare a proposal about how to improve citation instructions, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: 2.3 in L2/26-236]

C.1.3 Other Editorial Working Group documents

C.2.1 Charts Working Group Report for UTC #189 [CHARTS, L2/26-240]

[189-A131] Action Item for Ken Whistler, CHARTS: Make appropriate changes to NamesList.txt, for Unicode Version 19.0. [Ref: L2/26-211, 4.1 in L2/26-240]

D.1 Section 1.1 Maya Hieroglyphs

A.5 Calendar review

H.1 Release Management Group Report to UTC #189 [Peter Constable, RMG L2/26-241]

[189-C52] Consensus: UTC approves the proposed timeline and plan for Unicode Version 19.0 outlined in document L2/26-241.

[189-C53] Consensus: UTC accepts for encoding in Unicode version 19.0 the following 1 487 characters for new scripts for which code points have previously been provisionally assigned:

1. 55 characters for Sirmauri at 11850..1188F (ref. 185-C4)
2. 1 392 characters for Proto-Cuneiform at 12690..12BFF (ref. 185-C2)
3. 40 characters for Chisoi at 16D80..16DA9 (ref. 174-C21, 181-C61, 184-C2, 184-C25, 188-C2)

[189-C54] Consensus: UTC accepts for encoding in Unicode version 19.0 the following 94 character additions:

1. 1 Telugu character: 0C70 (ref. 185-C5)
2. 2 Kannada characters: 0CF0, 0CF4 (ref. 188-C4, 188-C5)
3. 1 Cyrillic character: 1C8B (ref. 183-C8)
4. 1 currency sign: 20C5 (ref. 187-C11)
5. 2 combining marks for symbols: 20F1..20F2 (ref. 188-C13)
6. 10 Latin letters: AB6E, 1DF82..1DF8A (ref. 183-C9, 183-C11, 184-C10, 184-C11, 184-C12, 184-C14, 184-C16)
7. 2 Arabic letters: 10EC0..10EC1 (ref. 184-C8)
8. 1 Brahmi mark: 1107E (ref. 188-C9)
9. 4 Tulu-Tigalari characters: 113CB, 113D9..113DB (ref. 183-C5, 185-C7, 188-C6, 188-C7)
10. 2 Dogra characters: 1183C..1183D (ref. 185-C6)
11. 2 Devanagari characters: 11B0B..11B0C (ref. 186-C22)
12. 2 CJK punctuation characters: 16FE5..16FE6 (ref. 188-C41, 188-C42)
13. 2 Alchemical symbols: 1CED1, 1CED5 (ref. 186-C25, 187-C12)
14. 54 Leibnizian symbols: 1DC00..1DC35 (ref. 188-C16)
15. 8 phonetic symbols: 1DFC5..1DFCC (ref. 184-C13, 184-C15)

[189-A132] Action Item for Anushah Hossain, SAH: Request clarification from MeiTY regarding BIS’s position regarding Indic characters approved for Unicode Version 19.0. By UTC #190.

[189-C55] Consensus: UTC accepts 7 standardized variation sequences for addition in Unicode version 19.0 which were provisionally assigned by UTC decisions 188-C16 and 188-C41.

J.1 PRI feedback

I.1 Liaison report from the text terminal working group

[189-A133] Action Item for Roozbeh Pournader, TTWG: Nudge Steven Loomis.

I.2 Liaison report from the orthographic sequences joint working group

A.6 PRI closing dates

[189-A134] Action Item for Michelle Perham, UTC: Update closing dates for any open public review issues.

A.7 INCITS/CS&I representatives

UTC adjourned for the week at 18:41 UTC+1.

Members Represented

UTC Attendance