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Unicode コンソーシアムは「令和」をサポートする Unicode 12.1 を正式リリースしました

English (英語) here

バージョン 12.1 に関する情報とデータファイルがこちらに公開されています。12.1 では日本の新年号「令和」の合字一文字のみを加えており、総文字数は 137,929 となりました。

追加された文字は、日付の和暦表示に合字を使う場合に必須です。ユニコードコンソーシアムメンバー一同は、日本政府の新年号発表後直ちに、この合字に対応できたことを喜んでいます。なお、Unicode Common Locale Data Repository（CLDR）と International Components for Unicode（ICU）も、「令和」に対応するようアップデートされています。

以下を含む、主要ファイルがすべてアップデートされています。

• Unicode 文字データファイル—UCD データファイル
• Unicode 照合アルゴリズム—DUCET データファイル

Unicode 標準は、オペレーティングシステム、ブラウザー、モバイル機器、さらにインターネットと Web（URLs, HTML, XML, CSS, JSON 等）を含む、最新のソフトウェアやグローバル通信の基盤となるものです。Unicode 標準は、文字セット標準に関するデータと、CLDR、ICU から構成されています。

(Translated into Japanese by Mina Nishimura, Adobe Inc.)

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ユニコードコンソーシアムは不利な条件下にある言語のサポートにも取り組んでいます。「Adopt a Character」を通して、ご支援ください。13万6千個以上もの文字から気に入った文字を選べます。

Unicode Version 12.1 released in support of the Reiwa Era

日本語 (Japanese) はこちら

Version 12.1 of the Unicode Standard is now available with updated data files. This version adds a single important character, the square ligature for the name of the new Japanese era, Reiwa (令和), for a total of 137,929 characters.

This new character in Version 12.1 adds critical support for those Japanese implementations that depend on the ligature form of Japanese era names when presenting calendar information. The Unicode Consortium and its members are pleased to add support for this important new character with a timely release of Unicode Version 12.1, shortly after the selection of the name was finalized by the Japanese government. The Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) and International Components for Unicode (ICU) have also been updated for the new calendar data during this time.

Critical data files have been updated for Version 12.1, including:

• Unicode Character Database—UCD data files
• Unicode Collation Algorithm—DUCET data files

The Unicode Standard is the foundation for all modern software and communications around the world, including operating systems, browsers, laptops, and smart phones—plus the Internet and Web (URLs, HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, etc.). The Unicode Standard and its associated standards and data form the foundation for CLDR and ICU releases.

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Over 136,000 characters are available for adoption, to help the Unicode Consortium’s work on digitally disadvantaged languages