Unicode 10 Now Available With 56 New Emoji Characters

Unicode 10 has been officially released adding 8518 characters, four new scripts, and 56 new emoji characters.

The new scripts and characters in Version 10.0 add support for lesser-used languages and unique written requirements worldwide, including:
● Masaram Gondi, used to write Gondi in Central and Southeast India
● Nüshu,used by women in China to write poetry and other discourses until the late twentieth century
● Soyombo and Zanabazar Square, used in historic Buddhist texts to write Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian
● Syriac letters used for writing Suriyani Malayalam, also known as Garshuni and as Syriac Malayalam
● Gujarati signs used for the transliteration of the Arabic script into Gujarati by Ismaili Khoja communities
● A set of 285 Hentaigana characters used in Japan (historic variants of Hiragana characters)
● CJK Extension F (7,473 Han characters)

Symbol additions include:
● Bitcoin sign
● A set of Typicon marks and symbols
● 56 emoji characters including: Star-Struck, Face With Raised Eyebrow, Exploding Head, Crazy Face, Face With Symbols Over Mouth, Face Vomiting, Shushing Face, Face With Hand Over Mouth, Face With Monocle, Child, Adult, Older Adult, Woman With Headscarf, Bearded Person, Breast-Feeding, Mage, Fairy, Vampire, Merperson, Elf, Genie, Zombie, Person in Steamy Room, Person Climbing, Person in Lotus Position, Love-You Gesture, Palms Up Together, Brain, Orange Heart, Scarf, Gloves, Coat, Socks, Billed Cap, Zebra, Giraffe, Hedgehog, Sauropod, T-Rex, Cricket, Coconut, Broccoli, Pretzel, Cut of Meat, Sandwich, Bowl With Spoon, Canned Food, Dumpling, Fortune Cookie, Takeout Box, Pie, Cup With Straw, Chopsticks, Flying Saucer, Sled, Curling Stone


More details on the changes to the Unicode specification can be found at the link below. Apple could include the new emoji in a software update later this year. Please follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, or RSS for updates.

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