Documents relating to the encoding of the Tangut, Jurchen and Khitan scripts

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1. Tangut

1.1 WG2 Documents relating to Tangut

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3297 App. A App. B	Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 Appendix A: Multi-column chart Appendix B: Code chart	Richard Cook (UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative)	2007-05-09
N3307	Tangut Background	Richard Cook (UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative)	2007-09-01
N3338	Response to UC Berkeley’s proposals on Tangut	China	2007-09-16
N3343	Expert feedback on Chinese NB input on WG2/N3297 Tangut Encoding Proposal	Richard Cook	2007-09-17
N3448	Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and Charts	UK	2008-04-19
N3467	Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and charts	China and US	2008-04-22
N3495	Proposal to encode Tangut Radicals and CJK Strokes in the UCS	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2008-09-01
N3496	Review of Proposed Tangut Repertoire	UK	2008-09-01 (rev. 2008-09-07)
L2/08‐399	Comments on the Tangut radicals and strokes proposal (N3495 = L2/08‐335)	Richard Cook and Deborah Anderson	2008-10-29
N3498	Expert Feedback on the proposed Tangut character set in PDAM 6.2	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2008-09-24
N3521	The UCS Tangut Repertory	Richard Cook and Ken Lunde	2008-10-10
N3539	Response from Tangut scholars of China on the Tangut Unicode proposal	China	2008-10-13
N3541	Report from the Ad Hoc on Tangut	Erkki I. Kolehmainen	2008-10-13
N3577 App. A App. B	Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS Appendix A Appendix B	Michael Everson, Nathan Hill, Guillaume Jacques, Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2009-03-01
N3586	Request for Tangut font and mappings from N3577 to Amendment 7 repertoire	Deborah Anderson and Richard Cook	2009-03-04
N3629	Tangut Ad-Hoc Meeting Report	Peter Constable	2009-04-20
N3797 App. A App. B	Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS Appendix A: Tangut Radical List Appendix B: Tangut Character List	China, Ireland, UK	2010-04-05
N3821	Comments on Tangut proposal N3797	Deborah Anderson and Richard Cook	2010-04-16
N3822	Tangut 5-Column Chart	Richard Cook	2010-04-16
N3833	Tangut Ad hoc report	Deborah Anderson	2010-04-21
N4033 App. A App. B	Report on Tangut Encoding Appendix A: Character List Appendix B: Multicolumn Chart	UK	2011-05-22
N4083	Tangut chart to supplement N4033 "Report on Tangut Encoding"	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2011-05-26
N4094	Comments on Tangut report N4033	Richard Cook and Deborah Anderson, Script Encoding Initiative, UC Berkeley	2011‐06‐01
N4325	Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2012-10-02
N4326	Proposal to encode Tangut radicals in the UCS	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2012-10-02
N4327	Code chart for Tangut ideographs and Tangut radicals	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2012-10-02
N4370	Comments on N4325, 4326 and N4327 (Tangut)	China	2012-10-20
N4455	Explanation on the Re-facture of Tangut Fonts	China	2013-06-10
N4516	Summary of Tangut meeting (Beijing, China)	Deborah Anderson, SEI, UC Berkeley	2013-12-10
N4522	Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Han Xiaomang, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2014-01-21
N4525	Code chart for the Tangut script	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Han Xiaomang, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2014-01-21
N4543	Character Name considerations	Michel Suignard	2014-02-20
N4588R2	Tangut glyph corrections	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, Michael Everson	~~2014-08-12~~ ~~2014-09-21~~ 2014-10-01
N4636	Proposal to encode Tangut radicals in the UCS	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, Michael Everson	2014-09-30
N4640	Review of N4558R Tangut glyph corrections	China	2014-09-29
N4642	Ad Hoc Reports for Tangut and Khitan Large Script	Deborah Anderson	2014-09-29
N4650	Discussion of Tangut character L2008-4148	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2014-12-01
N4667	Review of Tangut repertoire in DAM ballot	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2015-07-16
N4684	Reply to WG2N4650 and WG2N4667 on Tangut	China	2015-10-13
N4722	Preliminary proposal to define 357 variation sequences for Tangut ideographs	Andrew West	2016-04-21
N4723	Glyph Corrections for 3 Tangut ideographs	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun	2016-04-21
N4724	Proposal to encode five additional Tangut ideographs	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun	2016-04-21
L2/16-129	Name change for U+16FE0	Debbie Anderson and Ken Whistler	2016-05-05
N4850	Glyph Corrections for 31 Tangut ideographs and one Tangut component	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2017-09-07
N4851	Proposal to encode six additional Tangut ideographs	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2017-09-07
N4896	Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Sun Bojun, and Jerry You	2017-09-22
N4957	Proposal to encode seven additional Tangut components	Andrew West	2018-06-01
N5031	Investigation of Tangut unification issues	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2019-02-10
N5064	Proposal to encode nine Tangut ideographs and six Tangut components	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Jia Changye, Jing Yongshi, Sun Bojun	2019-05-27
N5126	Additional Tangut Glyph Corrections	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2019-12-21
N5134	Tangut Glyph Modifications and Corrections	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2020-07-07
N5206	Glyph Corrections for Eight Tangut Ideographs	Andrew West	2023-03-01
N5217	Proposal to encode 2 Tangut components and 29 Tangut ideographs	Andrew West	2023-05-31
N5217R2	Proposal to encode 2 Tangut components and 28 Tangut ideographs (revised)	Andrew West	2023-10-02
N5218	Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components	Andrew West	2023-05-31
N5218R2	Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components (revised)	Andrew West	2023-10-02
N5218R3	Proposal to encode 113 Tangut components (revised)	Andrew West	2024-01-29
L2/24-048 N5276	Review of Proposal to encode 114 Tangut components	Andrew West	2024-02-21
N5237	Glyph corrections for four Tangut ideographs	Andrew West	2023-06-21
N5286	Proposal to encode two Tangut ideographs	Eiso Chan, Jerry You, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2024-10-14

1.2 Unicode Technical Note (UTN) for Tangut

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
UTN #42	Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections	Andrew West and Viacheslav Zaytsev	Version 1 (2017‐10‐17) Version 2 (2019-12-21)

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UTN #42

Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections

Andrew West and Viacheslav Zaytsev

Version 1 (2017‐10‐17)

Version 2 (2019-12-21)

1.3 Bibliography

Grinstead, Eric, Analysis of the Tangut Script (Scandanavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series No.10). 1972.
Hán Xiǎománg (韓小忙), 西夏文正字研究 (Xīxiàwén Zhèngzì Yánjiū) [Research into the Correct Forms of Tangut Characters]. 2004.
Jǐng Yǒngshí (景永时 ), 西夏文字处理系统使用手册 (Xīxià Wénzì Chǔlǐ Xìtǒng Shǐyòng Shǒucè) [Handbook for the Tangut Document Processing System]. Yinchuan, 2008.
Keping, K. B. (К. Б. Кепинг) et al., Море письмен (More pisʹmen) [The Sea of Writing]. Moscow, 1969
Kolokolov, V. S. (В. С. Колоколов) and E. I. Kyčanov (Е. И. Кычанов), Китайская классика в тангутском переводе (Kitajskaja klassika v tangutskom perevode) [Chinese Classics in Tangut Translation]. Moscow, 1966.
Kyčanov, E. I. (Е. И. Кычанов), Словарь тангутского (Си Ся) языка (Slovarʹ tangutskogo (Si Sja) jazyka) [Tangut-Russian-English-Chinese Dictionary]. St. Petersburg and Kyoto, 2006.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文), 同音研究 (Tóngyīn Yánjiū) [Study of the Homophones]. Yinchuan. 1986.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文), 夏漢字典 (Xià-Hàn Zìdiàn) [Tangut-Chinese Dictionary]. Beijing. 1997.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文). 夏漢字典 (Xià-Hàn Zìdiàn) [Tangut-Chinese Dictionary]. Beijing, 2008.
Nakajima Motoki (中嶋幹起) et al., 電脳処理《文海宝韻》研究 (Dennō shori ‘Bunkai Hōin’ kenkyū) [Research into the Computer Processing of the 'Precious Rhymes of the Sea of Writing']. Tokyo, 2000.
Nevskij, N. A. (Н. А. Невский), Тангутская филология: Исследования и словарь (Tangutskaja filologija: Issledovanija i slovarʹ) [Tangut Philology: Researches and Dictionary]. Moscow, 1960.
Nishida Tatsuo (西田龍雄), 西夏文小字典 (Seikabun Shōjiten) [Little Dictionary of Tangut]. In 西夏語の研究(Seikago no kenkyū) [A Study of the Hsi-Hsia Language] (1964-1966) vol.2. Tokyo, 1966.
Shǐ Jīnbō (史金波) et al., 文海研究 (Wénhǎi Yánjiū) [Study of the Sea of Writing]. Beijing, 1983.
Sofronov M. V. (М. В. Софронов), Грамматика тангутского языка (Grammatika tangutskogo jazyka) [Grammar of the Tangut Language]. Moscow, 1968.

2. Jurchen

2.1 WG2 Documents relating to Jurchen

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3618	Jurchen Character Repertoire	Jason Glavy	2009-01-06
N3628	Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Characters in UCS	China	2009-04-20
N3639	Jurchen Ad hoc report	Deborah Anderson	2009-04-22
N3688	Additional Information for the Proposal on Jurchen Characters	China	2009-09-29
N3696	Review of Jurchen Proposal (Documents N3628 and N3688)	Andrew West	2009-10-21
N3720	A Quick Response to WG2n3696: Review of Jurchen Proposal (Documents N3628 and N3688)	China	2009-10-26
N3788	Revised Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Characters in UCS	China	2010-01-26
N3817	Review of Revised Proposal to Encode Jurchen (N3788)	Andrew West	2010-04-15
N4077	Sources for the Encoding of Jurchen	Andrew West	2011-05-24
N4795	Towards an encoding of the Jurchen script and implications for Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2017-05-03
N5131	A Supplementary Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Characters in UCS	Sun Bojun, Nie Hongyin, Jing Yongshi	2020-02-10
N5207	Towards an Encoding of the Jurchen Script	Andrew West	2023-03-15
N5261	Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Script	Andrew West (魏安), Sun Bojun (孙伯君), Zhōnghuá Zìkù 中华字库 project	2024-05-21

2.2 Working Documents for the Jurchen Proposal [2010-04-17]

Index to Jin Qizong's Jurchen Dictionary

2.3 Bibliography

Jīn Qǐzōng (金啓孮), 女真文詞典 (Nǚzhēnwén Cìdiàn) [Dictionary of Jurchen]. Beijing: Wenwu Chubanshe (文物出版社), 1984.
Jīn Qǐzōng (金啓孮) and Aisin Gioro Ulhicun (愛新覺羅・烏拉熙春), 女真文大辞典 (Nǚzhēnwén Dàcìdiàn) [The Great Dictionary of Jurchen Language]. Meizandō (明善堂), 2003. {I have not seen this dictionary}

3. Small Khitan

3.1 WG2 Documents relating to Small Khitan

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3820	Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS	China	2010-04-15
N3918R	Proposal of Encode the Khitan Characters to UCS plane	China (Sun Bo-jun, Jing Yongshi, Liyang)	2010-10-14
N3925	Comments on Khitan proposal N3918	Richard Cook and Deborah Anderson	2010-09-24
N3934	A Comment on the proposal to unify Khitan script and CJK Ideograph, in N3925	Suzuki Toshiya	2010-10-04
N3942	Ad hoc report on Khitan Small Script	Deborah Anderson	2010-04-06
N4725	Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2016-04-21
N4725R	Towards an Encoding of the Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2016-05-21
N4736	Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 20 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #1	Deborah Anderson	2016-08-20
N4737	Summary of Meeting on Khitan Scripts, 22 August 2016 (Yinchuan, China) - Ad Hoc Report #2	Deborah Anderson	2016-08-22
N4738	Final proposal to encode the Khitan Small Script in the SMP of the UCS	Wu Yingzhe, Sun Bojun, Jing Yongshi, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Andrew West, and Michael Everson	2016-09-13
N4738R2	Final proposal to encode the Khitan Small Script in the SMP of the UCS	Sun Bojun, Wu Yingzhe, Jing Yongshi, Jiruhe, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Andrew West, and Michael Everson	2016-09-17
N4763	Comments on Mongolian, Small Khitan, and other WG2 #65 documents	Deborah Anderson et al.	2016-09-24
N4765	Discussion of 29 proposed Khitan Small Script characters	Viacheslav Zaytsev and Andrew West	2016-09-24
N4768	Summary of Ad Hoc Meeting on Khitan Small Script, 28 September 2016	Lisa Moore	2016-09-28
N4771	Khitan Small Script code chart based on the ad-hoc in San Jose	Michael Everson	2016-09-29
N4775	Discussion of Cluster Formation in Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2016-10-27
N4795	Towards an encoding of the Jurchen script and implications for Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Michael Everson, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2017-05-03
N4905	Khitan Ad Hoc Report (Hohhot, Inner Mongolia)	Deborah Anderson	2017-09-26
N4943	Cluster Formation Model for Khitan Small Script	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev, Michael Everson	2018-05-19
N4977	Comments on WG2 #67 documents (June 2018)	Deborah Anderson et al.	2018-06-09
N5002	Khitan Small Script Ad Hoc Report (London)	Deborah Anderson and Peter Constable	2018-06-20
L2/21-182	Request to modify U+18CCA glyph in Khitan Small Script block	Eiso Chan(陈永聪), Jerry You(游程宇), Fitzgerald Yu(于航), Victor Wong	2021-08-16
N5205	Proposal to encode a blank character for Khitan Small Script	Andrew West	2023-03-01
L2/23-199	Glyph correction for Khitan Small Script U+18BD2	Andrew West	2023-07-29

3.2 Working Documents for Small Khitan [2011-07-06]

List of Khitan Small Characters in Kane 2009 (transcription of the "Index of Graphs" given on pages 301–305 of Kane 2009)

3.3 Bibliography

Daniel Kane, The Kitan Language and Script. Leiden: Brill, 2009. ISBN 9789004168299

4. Large Khitan

4.1 WG2 Documents relating to Large Khitan

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N4631	Proposal on Encoding Khitan Large Script in UCS (Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5)	China	2014-09-23
N4642	Ad Hoc Reports for Tangut and Khitan Large Script	Deborah Anderson	2014-09-29
N4559	Preliminary Review of Proposal on Encoding Khitan Large Script in UCS (N4631)	Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2014-10-14

4.2 Working Documents for Large Khitan [2013-05-04]

List of Khitan Large Character Reconstructions in Liu and Wang 2004 (transcription of the table of phonetic reconstructions for 189 Khitan Large Script characters given in Liu Fengzhu and Wang Yunlong 2004)

4.3 Bibliography

Liu Fengzhu 劉鳳翥 and Wang Yunlong 王雲龍, "Research on the Khitan large script 'Epitaph for Yelü Changyun'" 契丹大字《耶律昌允墓誌铭》之研; Yenching Journal of Chinese Studies 燕京學報 vol.17 (2004): 61–99.

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