ISO 15924

Defines two sets of codes for a number of writing systems

ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, is an international standard defining codes for writing systems or scripts (a "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages"). Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric code.[1]

Where possible the codes are derived from ISO 639-2, where the name of a script and the name of a language using the script are identical (example: Gujarātī ISO 639 guj, ISO 15924 Gujr). Preference is given to the 639-2 Bibliographical codes, which is different from the otherwise often preferred use of the Terminological codes.[1]

4-letter ISO 15924 codes are incorporated into the IANA Language Subtag Registry for IETF language tags and so can be used in file formats that make use of such language tags. For example, they can be used in HTML and XML to help Web browsers determine which typeface to use for foreign text. This way one could differentiate, for example, between Serbian written in the Cyrillic (`sr-Cyrl`) or Latin (`sr-Latn`) script, or mark romanized or transliterated text as such.

## Maintenance

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ISO appointed the Unicode Consortium as the Registration Authority (RA) for the standard. The RA is responsible for appointing a registrar who works with a Joint Advisory Committee (JAC) in developing and implementing the standard. The registrar from 2004 to 2018 was Michael Everson, and from January 2019 the registrar has been Markus Scherer of Google.[2] The JAC consists of six members: one representative of the RA (Markus Scherer), one representative of ISO 639-2 (Randall K. Barry of the Library of Congress), one representative of ISO/TC 37 (Christian Galinski), one representative of ISO/TC 46 (Peeter Päll), and two representatives of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 (Rick McGowan and Jan Kučera, both affiliated with the Unicode Consortium).[3]

## Script codes

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### Numeric ranges

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* 000–099 Hieroglyphic and cuneiform scripts
* 100–199 Right-to-left alphabetic scripts
* 200–299 Left-to-right alphabetic scripts
* 300–399 Alphasyllabic scripts
* 400–499 Syllabic scripts
* 500–599 Ideographic scripts
* 600–699 Undeciphered scripts
* 700–799 Shorthands and other notations[4]
* 800–899 (unassigned)
* 900–999 Private use, alias, special codes[5]

### Special codes

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* Qaaa–Qabx (900–949): 50 Codes reserved for private use (for example, Qaag is defined in LDML to mark Burmese text encoded for the Zawgyi font)[6]
* Zsye 993: Emoji
* Zinh 994: Code for inherited script[a]
* Zmth 995: Mathematical notation
* Zsym 996: Symbols
* Zxxx 997: Code for unwritten documents
* Zyyy 998: Code for undetermined script
* Zzzz 999: Code for uncoded script

### Exceptionally reserved codes

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Two four-letter codes are reserved at the request of the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) project:[7]

* Root: Reserved for the language-neutral base of the CLDR locale tree
* True: Reserved for the Boolean value "true"

## List of codes

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This list of codes is from the ISO 15924 standard.[7]

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Scripts in ISO 15924[a][b] and in Unicode[c][d]

ISO 15924  | Script in Unicode[e]
Code  | ISO number  | ISO formal name  | Directionality  | Unicode Alias[f] | Version  | Characters  | Notes  | Description
Adlm | 166 | Adlam | right-to-left script  | Adlam  | 9.0  | 88  |  | Ch 19.9
Afak | 439 | Afaka | varies  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Aghb | 239 | Caucasian Albanian | left-to-right  | Caucasian Albanian  | 7.0  | 53  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.11
Ahom | 338 | Ahom, Tai Ahom | left-to-right  | Ahom  | 8.0  | 65  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.16
Arab | 160 | Arabic | right-to-left script  | Arabic  | 1.0  | 1,373  |  | Ch 9.2
Aran | 161 | Arabic (Nastaliq variant) | mixed  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Arabic (see § Arab)  |
Armi | 124 | Imperial Aramaic | right-to-left script  | Imperial Aramaic  | 5.2  | 31  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.4
Armn | 230 | Armenian | left-to-right  | Armenian  | 1.0  | 96  |  | Ch 7.6
Avst | 134 | Avestan | right-to-left script  | Avestan  | 5.2  | 61  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.7
Bali | 360 | Balinese | left-to-right  | Balinese  | 5.0  | 127  |  | Ch 17.3
Bamu | 435 | Bamum | left-to-right  | Bamum  | 5.2  | 657  |  | Ch 19.6
Bass | 259 | Bassa Vah | left-to-right  | Bassa Vah  | 7.0  | 36  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 19.7
Batk | 365 | Batak | left-to-right  | Batak  | 6.0  | 56  |  | Ch 17.6
Beng | 325 | Bengali (Bangla) | left-to-right  | Bengali  | 1.0  | 96  |  | Ch 12.2
Berf | 258 | Beria Erfe | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Bhks | 334 | Bhaiksuki | left-to-right  | Bhaiksuki  | 9.0  | 97  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.3
Blis | 550 | Blissymbols | varies  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Bopo | 285 | Bopomofo | left-to-right, right-to-left script  | Bopomofo  | 1.0  | 77  |  | Ch 18.3
Brah | 300 | Brahmi | left-to-right  | Brahmi  | 6.0  | 115  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.1
Brai | 570 | Braille | left-to-right, right-to-left script  | Braille  | 3.0  | 256  |  | Ch 21.1
Bugi | 367 | Buginese | left-to-right  | Buginese  | 4.1  | 30  |  | Ch 17.2
Buhd | 372 | Buhid | left-to-right  | Buhid  | 3.2  | 20  |  | Ch 17.1
Cakm | 349 | Chakma | left-to-right  | Chakma  | 6.1  | 71  |  | Ch 13.11
Cans | 440 | Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics | left-to-right  | Canadian Aboriginal  | 3.0  | 726  |  | Ch 20.2
Cari | 201 | Carian | left-to-right, right-to-left script  | Carian  | 5.1  | 49  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.5
Cham | 358 | Cham | left-to-right  | Cham  | 5.1  | 83  |  | Ch 16.10
Cher | 445 | Cherokee | left-to-right  | Cherokee  | 3.0  | 172  |  | Ch 20.1
Chis | 298 | Chisoi | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is mature[ii] |
Chrs | 109 | Chorasmian | right-to-left script, top-to-bottom  | Chorasmian  | 13.0  | 28  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.8
Cirt | 291 | Cirth | varies  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Copt | 204 | Coptic | left-to-right  | Coptic  | 1.0  | 137  | Ancient/historic, disunified from Greek in 4.1  | Ch 7.3
Cpmn | 402 | Cypro-Minoan | left-to-right  | Cypro Minoan  | 14.0  | 99  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.4
Cprt | 403 | Cypriot syllabary | right-to-left script  | Cypriot  | 4.0  | 55  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.3
Cyrl | 220 | Cyrillic | left-to-right  | Cyrillic  | 1.0  | 508  | Includes typographic variant Old Church Slavonic (see § Cyrs) | Ch 7.4
Cyrs | 221 | Cyrillic (Old Church Slavonic variant) | varies  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Cyrillic (see § Cyrl); Ancient/historic  |
Deva | 315 | Devanagari (Nagari) | left-to-right  | Devanagari  | 1.0  | 164  |  | Ch 12.1
Diak | 342 | Dives Akuru | left-to-right  | Dives Akuru  | 13.0  | 72  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.15
Dogr | 328 | Dogra | left-to-right  | Dogra  | 11.0  | 60  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.18
Dsrt | 250 | Deseret (Mormon) | left-to-right  | Deseret  | 3.1  | 80  |  | Ch 20.4
Dupl | 755 | Duployan shorthand, Duployan stenography | left-to-right  | Duployan  | 7.0  | 143  |  | Ch 21.6
Egyd | 070 | Egyptian demotic | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Egyh | 060 | Egyptian hieratic | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Egyp | 050 | Egyptian hieroglyphs | right-to-left script, left-to-right, bottom-to-top, top-to-bottom  | Egyptian Hieroglyphs  | 5.2  | 5,105  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.4
Elba | 226 | Elbasan | left-to-right  | Elbasan  | 7.0  | 40  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.10
Elym | 128 | Elymaic | right-to-left script  | Elymaic  | 12.0  | 23  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.9
Ethi | 430 | Ethiopic (Geʻez) | left-to-right  | Ethiopic  | 3.0  | 523  |  | Ch 19.1
Gara | 164 | Garay | right-to-left  | Garay  | 16.0  | 69  |  |
Geok | 241 | Khutsuri (Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri) | left-to-right  | Georgian  |  |  | Unicode groups Khutsori, Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri into 'Georgian' (see § Geok). Similarly, Mkhedruli and Mtavruli are 'Georgian' (see § Geor)  | Ch 7.7
Geor | 240 | Georgian (Mkhedruli and Mtavruli) | left-to-right  | Georgian  | 1.0  | 173  | In Unicode this also includes Nuskhuri (Geok)  | Ch 7.7
Glag | 225 | Glagolitic | left-to-right  | Glagolitic  | 4.1  | 134  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 7.5
Gong | 312 | Gunjala Gondi | left-to-right  | Gunjala Gondi  | 11.0  | 63  |  | Ch 13.15
Gonm | 313 | Masaram Gondi | left-to-right  | Masaram Gondi  | 10.0  | 75  |  | Ch 13.14
Goth | 206 | Gothic | left-to-right  | Gothic  | 3.1  | 27  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.9
Gran | 343 | Grantha | left-to-right  | Grantha  | 7.0  | 85  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.14
Grek | 200 | Greek | left-to-right  | Greek  | 1.0  | 518  | Directionality sometimes as boustrophedon | Ch 7.2
Gujr | 320 | Gujarati | left-to-right  | Gujarati  | 1.0  | 91  |  | Ch 12.4
Gukh | 397 | Gurung Khema | left-to-right  | Gurung Khema  | 16.0  | 58  |  |
Guru | 310 | Gurmukhi | left-to-right  | Gurmukhi  | 1.0  | 80  |  | Ch 12.3
Hanb | 503 | Han with Bopomofo (alias for Han + Bopomofo) | mixed  | ZZ— See § Hani, § Bopo |
Hang | 286 | Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) | left-to-right, vertical right-to-left  | Hangul  | 1.0  | 11,739  | Hangul syllables relocated in 2.0  | Ch 18.6
Hani | 500 | Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) | top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left (historically)  | Han  | 1.0  | 99,030  |  | Ch 18.1
Hano | 371 | Hanunoo (Hanunóo) | left-to-right, bottom-to-top  | Hanunoo  | 3.2  | 21  |  | Ch 17.1
Hans | 501 | Han (Simplified variant) | varies  | ZZ— Subset of Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja) (see § Hani)  |
Hant | 502 | Han (Traditional variant) | varies  | ZZ— Subset of § Hani |
Hatr | 127 | Hatran | right-to-left script  | Hatran  | 8.0  | 26  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.12
Hebr | 125 | Hebrew | right-to-left script  | Hebrew  | 1.0  | 134  |  | Ch 9.1
Hira | 410 | Hiragana | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right  | Hiragana  | 1.0  | 381  |  | Ch 18.4
Hluw | 080 | Anatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs) | left-to-right  | Anatolian Hieroglyphs  | 8.0  | 583  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.6
Hmng | 450 | Pahawh Hmong | left-to-right  | Pahawh Hmong  | 7.0  | 127  |  | Ch 16.11
Hmnp | 451 | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong | left-to-right  | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong  | 12.0  | 71  |  | Ch 16.12
Hntl | 504 | Han (Traditional variant) with Latin (alias for Hant + Latn) | varies  | ZZ— See § Hant and § Latn |
Hrkt | 412 | Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right  | Katakana or Hiragana  |  |  | See § Hira, § Kana | Ch 18.4
Hung | 176 | Old Hungarian (Hungarian Runic) | right-to-left script  | Old Hungarian  | 8.0  | 108  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.8
Inds | 610 | Indus (Harappan) | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Ital | 210 | Old Italic (Etruscan, Oscan, etc.) | right-to-left script, left-to-right  | Old Italic  | 3.1  | 39  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.6
Jamo | 284 | Jamo (alias for Jamo subset of Hangul) | varies  | ZZ— Subset of § Hang |
Java | 361 | Javanese | left-to-right  | Javanese  | 5.2  | 90  |  | Ch 17.4
Jpan | 413 | Japanese (alias for Han + Hiragana + Katakana) | varies  | ZZ— See § Hani, § Hira and § Kana |
Jurc | 510 | Jurchen | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Kali | 357 | Kayah Li | left-to-right  | Kayah Li  | 5.1  | 47  |  | Ch 16.9
Kana | 411 | Katakana | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right  | Katakana  | 1.0  | 321  |  | Ch 18.4
Kawi | 368 | Kawi | left-to-right  | Kawi  | 15.0  | 87  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 17.9
Khar | 305 | Kharoshthi | right-to-left script  | Kharoshthi  | 4.1  | 68  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.2
Khmr | 355 | Khmer | left-to-right  | Khmer  | 3.0  | 146  |  | Ch 16.4
Khoj | 322 | Khojki | left-to-right  | Khojki  | 7.0  | 65  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.7
Kitl | 505 | Khitan large script | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Kits | 288 | Khitan small script | vertical right-to-left  | Khitan Small Script  | 13.0  | 472  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 18.12
Knda | 345 | Kannada | left-to-right  | Kannada  | 1.0  | 91  |  | Ch 12.8
Kore | 287 | Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) | left-to-right  | ZZ— See § Hani, § Hang |
Kpel | 436 | Kpelle | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Krai | 396 | Kirat Rai | left-to-right  | Kirat Rai  | 16.0  | 58  |  |
Kthi | 317 | Kaithi | left-to-right  | Kaithi  | 5.2  | 68  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.2
Lana | 351 | Tai Tham (Lanna) | left-to-right  | Tai Tham  | 5.2  | 127  |  | Ch 16.7
Laoo | 356 | Lao | left-to-right  | Lao  | 1.0  | 83  |  | Ch 16.2
Latf | 217 | Latin (Fraktur variant) | left-to-right  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Latin (see § Latn)  |
Latg | 216 | Latin (Gaelic variant) | left-to-right  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Latin (see § Latn)  |
Latn | 215 | Latin | left-to-right  | Latin  | 1.0  | 1,487  | See also: Latin script in Unicode | Ch 7.1
Leke | 364 | Leke | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Lepc | 335 | Lepcha (Róng) | left-to-right  | Lepcha  | 5.1  | 74  |  | Ch 13.12
Limb | 336 | Limbu | left-to-right  | Limbu  | 4.0  | 68  |  | Ch 13.6
Lina | 400 | Linear A | left-to-right  | Linear A  | 7.0  | 341  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.1
Linb | 401 | Linear B | left-to-right  | Linear B  | 4.0  | 211  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.2
Lisu | 399 | Lisu (Fraser) | left-to-right  | Lisu  | 5.2  | 49  |  | Ch 18.9
Loma | 437 | Loma | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Lyci | 202 | Lycian | left-to-right  | Lycian  | 5.1  | 29  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.5
Lydi | 116 | Lydian | right-to-left script  | Lydian  | 5.1  | 27  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.5
Mahj | 314 | Mahajani | left-to-right  | Mahajani  | 7.0  | 39  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.6
Maka | 366 | Makasar | left-to-right  | Makasar  | 11.0  | 25  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 17.8
Mand | 140 | Mandaic, Mandaean | right-to-left script  | Mandaic  | 6.0  | 29  |  | Ch 9.5
Mani | 139 | Manichaean | right-to-left script  | Manichaean  | 7.0  | 51  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.5
Marc | 332 | Marchen | left-to-right  | Marchen  | 9.0  | 68  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.5
Maya | 090 | Mayan hieroglyphs | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Medf | 265 | Medefaidrin (Oberi Okaime, Oberi Ɔkaimɛ) | left-to-right  | Medefaidrin  | 11.0  | 91  |  | Ch 19.10
Mend | 438 | Mende Kikakui | right-to-left script  | Mende Kikakui  | 7.0  | 213  |  | Ch 19.8
Merc | 101 | Meroitic Cursive | right-to-left script  | Meroitic Cursive  | 6.1  | 90  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.5
Mero | 100 | Meroitic Hieroglyphs | right-to-left script  | Meroitic Hieroglyphs  | 6.1  | 32  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.5
Mlym | 347 | Malayalam | left-to-right  | Malayalam  | 1.0  | 118  |  | Ch 12.9
Modi | 324 | Modi, Moḍī | left-to-right  | Modi  | 7.0  | 79  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.12
Mong | 145 | Mongolian | vertical left-to-right, left-to-right  | Mongolian  | 3.0  | 168  | Mong includes Clear and Manchu scripts  | Ch 13.5
Moon | 218 | Moon (Moon code, Moon script, Moon type) | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Mroo | 264 | Mro, Mru | left-to-right  | Mro  | 7.0  | 43  |  | Ch 13.8
Mtei | 337 | Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei) | left-to-right  | Meetei Mayek  | 5.2  | 79  |  | Ch 13.7
Mult | 323 | Multani | left-to-right  | Multani  | 8.0  | 38  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.10
Mymr | 350 | Myanmar (Burmese) | left-to-right  | Myanmar  | 3.0  | 243  |  | Ch 16.3
Nagm | 295 | Nag Mundari | left-to-right  | Nag Mundari  | 15.0  | 42  |  |
Nand | 311 | Nandinagari | left-to-right  | Nandinagari  | 12.0  | 65  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.13
Narb | 106 | Old North Arabian (Ancient North Arabian) | right-to-left script  | Old North Arabian  | 7.0  | 32  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.1
Nbat | 159 | Nabataean | right-to-left script  | Nabataean  | 7.0  | 40  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.10
Newa | 333 | Newa, Newar, Newari, Nepāla lipi | left-to-right  | Newa  | 9.0  | 97  |  | Ch 13.3
Nkdb | 085 | Naxi Dongba (na²¹ɕi³³ to³³ba²¹, Nakhi Tomba) | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Nkgb | 420 | Naxi Geba (na²¹ɕi³³ gʌ²¹ba²¹, 'Na-'Khi ²Ggŏ-¹baw, Nakhi Geba) | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Nkoo | 165 | N’Ko | right-to-left script  | NKo  | 5.0  | 62  |  | Ch 19.4
Nshu | 499 | Nüshu | vertical right-to-left  | Nushu  | 10.0  | 397  |  | Ch 18.8
Ogam | 212 | Ogham | bottom-to-top, left-to-right  | Ogham  | 3.0  | 29  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.14
Olck | 261 | Ol Chiki (Ol Cemet’, Ol, Santali) | left-to-right  | Ol Chiki  | 5.1  | 48  |  | Ch 13.10
Onao | 296 | Ol Onal | left-to-right  | Ol Onal  | 16.0  | 44  |  |
Orkh | 175 | Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic | right-to-left script  | Old Turkic  | 5.2  | 73  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.8
Orya | 327 | Oriya (Odia) | left-to-right  | Oriya  | 1.0  | 91  |  | Ch 12.5
Osge | 219 | Osage | left-to-right  | Osage  | 9.0  | 72  |  | Ch 20.3
Osma | 260 | Osmanya | left-to-right  | Osmanya  | 4.0  | 40  |  | Ch 19.2
Ougr | 143 | Old Uyghur | mixed  | Old Uyghur  | 14.0  | 26  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.11
Palm | 126 | Palmyrene | right-to-left script  | Palmyrene  | 7.0  | 32  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.11
Pauc | 263 | Pau Cin Hau | left-to-right  | Pau Cin Hau  | 7.0  | 57  |  | Ch 16.13
Pcun | 015 | Proto-Cuneiform | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Pelm | 016 | Proto-Elamite | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Perm | 227 | Old Permic | left-to-right  | Old Permic  | 7.0  | 43  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.13
Phag | 331 | Phags-pa | vertical left-to-right  | Phags-pa  | 5.0  | 56  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.4
Phli | 131 | Inscriptional Pahlavi | right-to-left script  | Inscriptional Pahlavi  | 5.2  | 27  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.6
Phlp | 132 | Psalter Pahlavi | right-to-left script  | Psalter Pahlavi  | 7.0  | 29  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.6
Phlv | 133 | Book Pahlavi | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Phnx | 115 | Phoenician | right-to-left script  | Phoenician  | 5.0  | 29  | Ancient/historic[g] | Ch 10.3
Piqd | 293 | Klingon (KLI pIqaD) | left-to-right  | ZZ— Rejected for inclusion in Unicode[iii][iv] |
Plrd | 282 | Miao (Pollard) | left-to-right  | Miao  | 6.1  | 149  |  | Ch 18.10
Prti | 130 | Inscriptional Parthian | right-to-left script  | Inscriptional Parthian  | 5.2  | 30  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.6
Psin | 103 | Proto-Sinaitic | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Qaaa-Qabx | 900-949 | Reserved for private use (range) |  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Ranj | 303 | Ranjana | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Rjng | 363 | Rejang (Redjang, Kaganga) | left-to-right  | Rejang  | 5.1  | 37  |  | Ch 17.5
Rohg | 167 | Hanifi Rohingya | right-to-left script  | Hanifi Rohingya  | 11.0  | 50  |  | Ch 16.14
Roro | 620 | Rongorongo | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Runr | 211 | Runic | left-to-right, boustrophedon  | Runic  | 3.0  | 86  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.7
Samr | 123 | Samaritan | right-to-left script, top-to-bottom  | Samaritan  | 5.2  | 61  |  | Ch 9.4
Sara | 292 | Sarati | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Sarb | 105 | Old South Arabian | right-to-left script  | Old South Arabian  | 5.2  | 32  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 10.2
Saur | 344 | Saurashtra | left-to-right  | Saurashtra  | 5.1  | 82  |  | Ch 13.13
Seal | 590 | (Small) Seal | varies  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Sgnw | 095 | SignWriting | vertical left-to-right  | SignWriting  | 8.0  | 672  |  | Ch 21.7
Shaw | 281 | Shavian (Shaw) | left-to-right  | Shavian  | 4.0  | 48  |  | Ch 8.15
Shrd | 319 | Sharada, Śāradā | left-to-right  | Sharada  | 6.1  | 96  |  | Ch 15.3
Shui | 530 | Shuishu | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Sidd | 302 | Siddham, Siddhaṃ, Siddhamātṛkā | left-to-right  | Siddham  | 7.0  | 92  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.5
Sidt | 180 | Sidetic | right-to-left  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is mature[ii] |
Sind | 318 | Khudawadi, Sindhi | left-to-right  | Khudawadi  | 7.0  | 69  |  | Ch 15.9
Sinh | 348 | Sinhala | left-to-right  | Sinhala  | 3.0  | 111  |  | Ch 13.2
Sogd | 141 | Sogdian | horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts, top-to-bottom  | Sogdian  | 11.0  | 42  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.10
Sogo | 142 | Old Sogdian | right-to-left script  | Old Sogdian  | 11.0  | 40  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.9
Sora | 398 | Sora Sompeng | left-to-right  | Sora Sompeng  | 6.1  | 35  |  | Ch 15.17
Soyo | 329 | Soyombo | left-to-right  | Soyombo  | 10.0  | 83  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.7
Sund | 362 | Sundanese | left-to-right  | Sundanese  | 5.1  | 72  |  | Ch 17.7
Sunu | 274 | Sunuwar | left-to-right  | Sunuwar  | 16.0  | 44  |  |
Sylo | 316 | Syloti Nagri | left-to-right  | Syloti Nagri  | 4.1  | 45  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 15.1
Syrc | 135 | Syriac | right-to-left script  | Syriac  | 3.0  | 88  | Includes typographic variants Estrangelo (see § Syre), Western (§ Syrj), and Eastern (§ Syrn)  | Ch 9.3
Syre | 138 | Syriac (Estrangelo variant) | mixed  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)  |
Syrj | 137 | Syriac (Western variant) | mixed  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)  |
Syrn | 136 | Syriac (Eastern variant) | mixed  | ZZ— Typographic variant of Syriac (see § Syrc)  |
Tagb | 373 | Tagbanwa | left-to-right  | Tagbanwa  | 3.2  | 18  |  | Ch 17.1
Takr | 321 | Takri, Ṭākrī, Ṭāṅkrī | left-to-right  | Takri  | 6.1  | 68  |  | Ch 15.4
Tale | 353 | Tai Le | left-to-right  | Tai Le  | 4.0  | 35  |  | Ch 16.5
Talu | 354 | New Tai Lue | left-to-right  | New Tai Lue  | 4.1  | 83  |  | Ch 16.6
Taml | 346 | Tamil | left-to-right  | Tamil  | 1.0  | 123  |  | Ch 12.6
Tang | 520 | Tangut | vertical right-to-left, left-to-right  | Tangut  | 9.0  | 6,914  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 18.11
Tavt | 359 | Tai Viet | left-to-right  | Tai Viet  | 5.2  | 72  |  | Ch 16.8
Tayo | 380 | Tai Yo | top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is mature[ii] |
Telu | 340 | Telugu | left-to-right  | Telugu  | 1.0  | 100  |  | Ch 12.7
Teng | 290 | Tengwar | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Tfng | 120 | Tifinagh (Berber) | right-to-left script, left-to-right, top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top  | Tifinagh  | 4.1  | 59  |  | Ch 19.3
Tglg | 370 | Tagalog (Baybayin, Alibata) | left-to-right  | Tagalog  | 3.2  | 23  |  | Ch 17.1
Thaa | 170 | Thaana | right-to-left script  | Thaana  | 3.0  | 50  |  | Ch 13.1
Thai | 352 | Thai | left-to-right  | Thai  | 1.0  | 86  |  | Ch 16.1
Tibt | 330 | Tibetan | left-to-right  | Tibetan  | 2.0  | 207  | Added in 1.0, removed in 1.1 and reintroduced in 2.0  | Ch 13.4
Tirh | 326 | Tirhuta | left-to-right  | Tirhuta  | 7.0  | 82  |  | Ch 15.11
Tnsa | 275 | Tangsa | left-to-right  | Tangsa  | 14.0  | 89  |  | Ch 13.18
Todr | 229 | Todhri | right-to-left  | Todhri  | 16.0  | 52  | Ancient/historic  |
Tols | 299 | Tolong Siki | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is mature[ii] |
Toto | 294 | Toto | left-to-right  | Toto  | 14.0  | 31  |  | Ch 13.17
Tutg | 341 | Tulu-Tigalari | left-to-right  | Tulu Tigalari  | 16.0  | 80  | Ancient/historic  |
Ugar | 040 | Ugaritic | left-to-right  | Ugaritic  | 4.0  | 31  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.2
Vaii | 470 | Vai | left-to-right  | Vai  | 5.1  | 300  |  | Ch 19.5
Visp | 280 | Visible Speech | left-to-right  | ZZ— Not in Unicode  |
Vith | 228 | Vithkuqi | left-to-right  | Vithkuqi  | 14.0  | 70  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 8.12
Wara | 262 | Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) | left-to-right  | Warang Citi  | 7.0  | 84  |  | Ch 13.9
Wcho | 283 | Wancho | left-to-right  | Wancho  | 12.0  | 59  |  | Ch 13.16
Wole | 480 | Woleai | mixed  | ZZ— Not in Unicode, proposal is explored[i] |
Xpeo | 030 | Old Persian | left-to-right  | Old Persian  | 4.1  | 50  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.3
Xsux | 020 | Cuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian | left-to-right  | Cuneiform  | 5.0  | 1,234  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 11.1
Yezi | 192 | Yezidi | right-to-left script  | Yezidi  | 13.0  | 47  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 9.6
Yiii | 460 | Yi | left-to-right  | Yi  | 3.0  | 1,220  |  | Ch 18.7
Zanb | 339 | Zanabazar Square (Zanabazarin Dörböljin Useg, Xewtee Dörböljin Bicig, Horizontal Square Script) | left-to-right  | Zanabazar Square  | 10.0  | 72  | Ancient/historic  | Ch 14.6
Zinh | 994 | Code for inherited script |  | Inherited  |  | 657  |  |
Zmth | 995 | Mathematical notation |  | ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode  |
Zsye | 993 | Symbols (emoji variant) |  | ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode  |
Zsym | 996 | Symbols |  | ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode  |
Zxxx | 997 | Code for unwritten documents |  | ZZ— Not a 'script' in Unicode  |
Zyyy | 998 | Code for undetermined script |  | Common  |  | 9,053  |  |
Zzzz | 999 | Code for uncoded script |  | Unknown  |  | 959,049  | In Unicode: All other code points |
Notes

1. ^

ISO 15924 publications As of 24 April 2025[update]

2. ^

ISO 15924 Normative text file As of 24 April 2025[update]

3. ^

ISO 15924 Changes (including Aliases for Unicode; as of 24 April 2025[update])

4. ^

Unicode version 16.0

5. ^

"Unicode 16.0 Character Code Charts".

6. ^

Unicode uses the "Property Value Alias" (Alias) as the script-name. These Alias names are part of Unicode and are published informatively next to ISO 15924. An alias script name may be used in a character name: `Palm`, Palmyrene → U+10860 𐡠 PALMYRENE LETTER ALEPH.

7. ^

In Unicode, the Phoenician script is intended for the representation of text in Paleo-Hebrew, Archaic Phoenician, Phoenician, Early Aramaic, Late Phoenician cursive, Phoenician papyri, Siloam Hebrew, Hebrew seals, Ammonite, Moabite, and Punic.[v]

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "SEI List of Scripts Not Yet Encoded". Unicode Consortium. March 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
2. ^ a b c d "Unicode Pipeline § Code Points Provisionally Assigned for Mature Proposals". Unicode Consortium. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
3. ^ Michael Everson (1997-09-18). "Proposal to encode Klingon in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646-2".[dead link]
4. ^ The Unicode Consortium (2001-08-14). "Approved Minutes of the UTC 87 / L2 184 Joint Meeting".
5. ^ "Middle East-II, Ancient Scripts" (PDF). 15.0.0. The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

## Relations to other standards

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The following standards are referred to as indispensable by ISO 15924.

* ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code
* ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991 Information technology — Font information interchange — Part 1: Architecture
* ISO/IEC 10646-1:2020 Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)

For definition of font and glyph the standard refers to

* ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991

Around 160 scripts are defined in Unicode. Through a linkpin called "Property Value Alias", Unicode has made a 1:1 connection between a script defined, and its ISO 15924 standard. See Script (Unicode).

## See also

[edit]

* List of scripts with no ISO 15924 code

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ According to the Unicode Standard, Annex #24, version 13.0.0 `Inherited` is the Unicode script property value of "characters that may be used with multiple scripts, and that inherit their script from a preceding base character. These include nonspacing combining marks and enclosing combining marks, as well as U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER and U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER." The value `Inherited` is described as matching the ISO 15924 code `Zinh`.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "ISO 15924:2004". Retrieved 2011-06-21.
2. ^ "ISO 15924 Registration Authority". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
3. ^ "Joint Advisory Committee ISO 15924/RA-JAC". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
4. ^ In July, 2010, Duployan shorthand was assigned code 755, even though the 700-799 range still carried its original designation of (unassigned). Shortly thereafter, Revision 1.1 clarified that codes in the 700s were reserved for "Shorthands and other notations", although that revision is only provisional until it can be confirmed by governing committees.
5. ^ "ISO 15924:2004 Information and documentation — Codes for the representation of names of scripts". Unicode Consortium. 2004-01-09.
6. ^ Davis, Mark (2023-10-25). "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)". unicode.org. Retrieved 11 December 2023. "Qaag is a special script code for identifying the non-standard use of Myanmar characters for display with the Zawgyi font. The purpose of the code is to enable migration to standard, interoperable use of Unicode by providing an identifier for Zawgyi for tagging text, applications, input methods, font tables, transformations, and other mechanisms used for migration."
7. ^ a b "ISO 15924:2004 – Codes for the representation of names of scripts". Unicode. 2025.

## External links

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1–9999|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 6
* 7
* 9
* 16
* 17
* 31
* -0
* -1
* -3
* -4
* -5
* -6
* -7
* -8
* -9
* -10
* -11
* -12
* -13
* 68-1
* 128
* 216
* 217
* 226
* 228
* 233
* 259
* 261
* 262
* 302
* 306
* 361
* 500
* 518
* 519
* 639
* -1
* -2
* -3
* -5
* -6
* 646
* 657
* 668
* 690
* 704
* 732
* 764
* 838
* 843
* 860
* 898
* 965
* 999
* 1000
* 1004
* 1007
* 1073-1
* 1073-2
* 1155
* 1413
* 1538
* 1629
* 1745
* 1989
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* 2047
* 2108
* 2145
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* 2240
* 2281
* 2533
* 2709
* 2711
* 2720
* 2788
* 2848
* 2852
* 2921
* 3029
* 3103
* 3166
* -1
* -2
* -3
* 3297
* 3307
* 3601
* 3602
* 3864
* 3901
* 3950
* 3977
* 4031
* 4157
* 4165
* 4217
* 4909
* 5218
* 5426
* 5427
* 5428
* 5725
* 5775
* 5776
* 5800
* 5807
* 5964
* 6166
* 6344
* 6346
* 6373
* 6385
* 6425
* 6429
* 6438
* 6523
* 6709
* 6943
* 7001
* 7002
* 7010
* 7027
* 7064
* 7098
* 7185
* 7200
* 7498
* -1
* 7637
* 7736
* 7810
* 7811
* 7812
* 7813
* 7816
* 7942
* 8000
* 8093
* 8178
* 8217
* 8373
* 8501-1
* 8571
* 8583
* 8601
* 8613
* 8632
* 8651
* 8652
* 8691
* 8805/8806
* 8807
* 8820-5
* 8859
* -1
* -2
* -3
* -4
* -5
* -6
* -7
* -8
* -8-I
* -9
* -10
* -11
* -12
* -13
* -14
* -15
* -16
* 8879
* 9000/9001
* 9036
* 9075
* 9126
* 9141
* 9227
* 9241
* 9293
* 9314
* 9362
* 9407
* 9496
* 9506
* 9529
* 9564
* 9592/9593
* 9594
* 9660
* 9797-1
* 9897
* 9899
* 9945
* 9984
* 9985
* 9995

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* 10006
* 10007
* 10116
* 10118-3
* 10160
* 10161
* 10165
* 10179
* 10206
* 10218
* 10279
* 10303
* -11
* -21
* -22
* -28
* -238
* 10383
* 10585
* 10589
* 10628
* 10646
* 10664
* 10746
* 10861
* 10957
* 10962
* 10967
* 11073
* 11170
* 11172
* 11179
* 11404
* 11544
* 11783
* 11784
* 11785
* 11801
* 11889
* 11898
* 11940 (-2)
* 11941
* 11941 (TR)
* 11992
* 12006
* 12052
* 12182
* 12207
* 12234-2
* 12620
* 13211
* -1
* -2
* 13216
* 13250
* 13399
* 13406-2
* 13450
* 13485
* 13490
* 13567
* 13568
* 13584
* 13616
* 13816
* 13818
* 14000
* 14031
* 14224
* 14289
* 14396
* 14443
* 14496
* -2
* -3
* -6
* -10
* -11
* -12
* -14
* -17
* -20
* 14617
* 14644
* 14649
* 14651
* 14698
* 14764
* 14882
* 14971
* 15022
* 15189
* 15288
* 15291
* 15398
* 15408
* 15444
* -3
* -9
* 15445
* 15438
* 15504
* 15511
* 15686
* 15693
* 15706
* -2
* 15707
* 15897
* 15919
* 15924
* 15926
* 15926 WIP
* 15930
* 15938
* 16023
* 16262
* 16355-1
* 16485
* 16612-2
* 16750
* 16949 (TS)
* 17024
* 17025
* 17100
* 17203
* 17369
* 17442
* 17506
* 17799
* 18004
* 18014
* 18181
* 18245
* 18629
* 18760
* 18916
* 19005
* 19011
* 19092
* -1
* -2
* 19114
* 19115
* 19125
* 19136
* 19407
* 19439
* 19500
* 19501
* 19502
* 19503
* 19505
* 19506
* 19507
* 19508
* 19509
* 19510
* 19600
* 19752
* 19757
* 19770
* 19775-1
* 19794-5
* 19831

20000–29999|

* 20000
* 20022
* 20121
* 20400
* 20802
* 20830
* 21000
* 21001
* 21047
* 21122
* 21500
* 21778
* 21827
* 22000
* 22275
* 22300
* 22301
* 22395
* 22537
* 23000
* 23003
* 23008
* 23009
* 23090-3
* 23092
* 23094-1
* 23094-2
* 23270
* 23271
* 23360
* 23941
* 24517
* 24613
* 24617
* 24707
* 24728
* 25178
* 25964
* 26000
* 26262
* 26300
* 26324
* 27000 series
* 27000
* 27001
* 27002
* 27005
* 27006
* 27729
* 28000
* 29110
* 29148
* 29199-2
* 29500

30000+|

* 30170
* 31000
* 32000
* 37001
* 38500
* 39075
* 40314
* 40500
* 42010
* 45001
* 50001
* 55000
* 56000
* 80000

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