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Javanese (Unicode block)

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

Last revised
Jul 22, 2026
Read time
≈ 3 min
Length
722 w
Citations
3
Source
Javanese
RangeU+A980..U+A9DF
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsJavanese (90 char.)
Common (1 char.)
Major alphabetsAksara Jawa
Assigned91 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode Version History
5.2 (2009)91 (+91)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: 12

Javanese is a Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language.

Block

The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There are 91 code points for Javanese script: 53 letters, 19 punctuation marks, 10 numbers, and 9 vowels:

Javanese[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+A98x
U+A99x
U+A9Ax
U+A9Bx ꦿ
U+A9Cx
U+A9Dx
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Javanese block:

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.