I use a Perl script to generate Unicode character roadmap images for the BMP, SIP, SMP, SSP and TIP planes.
These images are multilingual, currently supporting English, Belarusian, Chinese using simplified characters, Chinese using traditional characters, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Korean, Persian, Russian, Turkish and Ukrainian.
(You can see them all on my test page.)
I'm happy to add languages if provided with the necessary translations.
What to translate edit
This is the text to be translated if you want to add a new language to the roadmap images:
| key | text to translate |
|---|---|
| Africa | African scripts |
| Americas | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | Southeast Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | Cuneiform |
| Europe | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | CJK characters |
| hieroglyphs | Hieroglyphs |
| IndOcean | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | Latin script |
| ME | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| misc | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | Notational systems |
| private | Private use |
| surrogates | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | Symbols |
| tags | Tags |
| unallocated | Unallocated code points |
| variation | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Context edit
The image legends more-or-less line up with the chapters in the Unicode Standard.
The Standard's table of contents is especially useful in understanding the meaning of the legend groups:
Chapter 7 covers Latin script and Non-Latin European scripts like Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, and Georgian.
Chapter 9 covers Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts including Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Phoenician.
Chapter 11 covers Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs.
Chapters 12-15 cover South and Central Asian scripts including Tibetan, Mongolian, and the official scripts of India.
Chapter 16 covers Southeast Asian scripts including Thai, Lao, Burmese, and Khmer.
Chapter 17 covers Indonesian and Oceanic scripts like the Philippine scripts, Balinese, and Javanese.
Chapter 18 covers East Asian scripts like Han, Bopomofo, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul, Yi, Tangut, and others.
CJK characters are a subset of East Asian made up of Chinese characters or ideographs that are, or have been, used in China, Japan, Korean, and Vietnam.
Chapter 19 covers African scripts like Ethiopic, Osmanya, and Tifinagh.
Chapter 20 covers American scripts (that is, scripts used in North and South America): Cherokee, Canadian syllabics, Osage, Deseret.
Chapter 21 covers Notational systems like Braille, musical symbols, Duployan shorthand, and Sutton SignWriting.
Chapter 22 covers Symbols like currency symbols, numerals, and math symbols.
Chapter 23 covers "Special Areas and Format Characters" which are split out here into four groups:
- Private use are characters in Private Use Areas. They are characters intentionally left undefined so that third parties may define their own characters without conflicting with Unicode Consortium assignments.
- Tags are special-use tag characters that enable the spelling out of ASCII-based string tags (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and a few other characters) using characters that can be strictly separated from ordinary text content characters in Unicode.
- UTF-16 surrogates are characters that are used in pairs as surrogates (or stand-ins) in UTF-16 to represent Unicode characters over 0xffff (ones that can't fit into two bytes).
- Variation Selectors are format characters used to specify a specific glyph variant for a Unicode character.
Unallocated code points represent the unused space or areas, those not yet defined/allocated.
Miscellaneous characters is just a catch-all for any characters that don't fit elsewhere.
Lastly, As of Unicode 15.1 tells the viewer what version of the Unicode Standard was used to create the images. It's a way of knowing if the chart is current or out-of-date.
Languages to proofread edit
These languages need to be fully translated and proofread: Belarusian (be) and Korean (ko).
Belarusian edit
| key | Belarusian | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Пісьменства Афрыкі | African scripts |
| Americas | Пісьменства Амерыкі | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | Пісьменства Усходняй Азіі | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | Пісьменства Паўднёвай і Цэнтральнай Азіі | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | Пісьменства Паўднёва-Усходняй Азіі | Southeast Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | Па стане на версію Унікода 15.1 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | Клінапіс | Cuneiform |
| Europe | Нелацінскія еўрапейскія пісьменства | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | Ідэаграмы ККЯ | CJK characters |
| hieroglyphs | Іерогліфы | Hieroglyphs |
| IndOcean | Пісьменства Інданезіі і Акіяніі | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | Лацінская пісьменнасць | Latin script |
| ME | Пісьменства Сярэдняга Усходу і Паўднёва-Заходняй Азіі | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| misc | Розныя сімвалы | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | Сістэмы нотапісу | Notational systems |
| private | Вобласць для прыватнага выкарыстання | Private use |
| surrogates | Сурагатныя пары UTF-16 | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | Знакі | Symbols |
| tags | Тэгі | Tags |
| unallocated | Свабодныя кодавыя пазіцыі | Unallocated code points |
| variation | Варыянтныя селектары | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | ? | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Korean edit
| key | Korean | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | 아프리카 문자 | African scripts |
| Americas | 북미 및 남미 문자 | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | 동아시아 문자 | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | 남부와 중앙 아시아 문자 | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | 동남아시아 문자 | Southeast Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | 유니 코드 버전 15.1 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | 쐐기 문자 | Cuneiform |
| Europe | 기타 유럽 문자 | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | CJK 문자 | CJK characters |
| hieroglyphs | 상형 문자 | Hieroglyphs |
| IndOcean | 인도네시아, 오세아니아 문자 | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | 로마자, 로마자권 기호 | Latin script |
| ME | 중동·서남아시아 문자 | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| misc | 기타 문자 | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | ? | Notational systems |
| private | 사용자 정의 영역 | Private use |
| surrogates | UTF-16 상·하위 대체 영역 | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | 기호 | Symbols |
| tags | ? | Tags |
| unallocated | 쓰이지 않음 | Unallocated code points |
| variation | ? | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | ? | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | ? | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
In progress edit
Bulgarian edit
Bulgarian is currently being translated:
| key | Bulgarian | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Африканско писане | African scripts |
| Americas | Американско писане | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | Източноазиатска писменост | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | Писане в Южна и Централна Азия | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | Писане в Югоизточна Азия | Southeast Asian scripts |
| Europe | Европейско писане, различно от латинското | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | Китайска, японска и корейска писменост | CJK characters |
| IndOcean | Индонезийска и океанска писменост | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | Латинска писменост | Latin script |
| ME | Писане от Близкия изток и Югозападна Азия | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | От версия Unicode 15.1 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | Cuneiform | Cuneiform |
| hieroglyphs | Йероглифи | Hieroglyphs |
| misc | Различни герои | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | Нотационни системи | Notational systems |
| private | Частна употреба | Private use |
| surrogates | заместители на UTF-16 | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | Символи | Symbols |
| tags | Етикети | Tags |
| unallocated | Неразпределени кодови точки | Unallocated code points |
| variation | Селектори на вариации | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | Графично представяне на основната многоезична равнина (BMP) на Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | Графично представяне на допълнителната идеографска равнина (SIP) на Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | Графично представяне на допълнителната многоезична равнина (SMP) на Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | Графично представяне на допълнителната равнина със специално предназначение (SSP) на Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | Графично представяне на третостепенната идеографска равнина (TIP) на Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | Всяко номерирано поле представлява 256 кодови точки. | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Legend:
- Red text = Machine translated by DeepL, pending human proofreading.
- Green text = Human proofread, ready for adoption.
Croatian edit
Croatian is currently being translated:
| key | Croatian | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | African scripts | |
| Americas | American scripts | |
| AsiaEast | East Asian scripts | |
| AsiaSC | South and Central Asian scripts | |
| AsiaSE | Southeast Asian scripts | |
| Europe | Non-Latin European scripts | |
| Han | CJK characters | |
| IndOcean | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts | |
| Latin | Latin script | |
| ME | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts | |
| asOfVersion | As of Unicode 15.1 | |
| cuneiform | Cuneiform | |
| hieroglyphs | Hieroglyphs | |
| misc | Miscellaneous characters | |
| notation | Notational systems | |
| private | Private use | |
| surrogates | UTF-16 surrogates | |
| symbols | Symbols | |
| tags | Tags | |
| unallocated | Unallocated code points | |
| variation | Variation Selectors | |
| xDescBMP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). | |
| xDescSIP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). | |
| xDescSMP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). | |
| xDescSSP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). | |
| xDescTIP | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). | |
| xEachBox | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Japanese edit
Japanese is currently being translated:
| key | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | アフリカ文字 | African scripts |
| Americas | アメリカの脚本 | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | 東アジア文字 | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | 南・中央アジア文字 | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | 東南アジア文字 | Southeast Asian scripts |
| Europe | 非ラテン系ヨーロッパ文字 | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | 日中韓文字 | CJK characters |
| IndOcean | インドネシア文字とオセアニア文字 | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | ラテン文字 | Latin script |
| ME | 中東・西南アジア文字 | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | ユニコード15.1現在 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | 楔形文字 | Cuneiform |
| hieroglyphs | ヒエログリフ | Hieroglyphs |
| misc | その他のキャラクター | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | 表記システム | Notational systems |
| private | 個人使用 | Private use |
| surrogates | UTF-16サロゲート | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | シンボル | Symbols |
| tags | タグ | Tags |
| unallocated | 未割り当てのコードポイント | Unallocated code points |
| variation | バリエーション・セレクター | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | Unicodeの基本多言語面（BMP）をグラフィカルに表現したもの。 | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | UnicodeのSIP（Supplementary Ideographic Plane）を図式化したもの。 | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | Unicodeの補足多言語面（SMP）を図式化したもの。 | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | UnicodeのSSP（Supplementary Special-purpose Plane）を図式化したもの。 | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | UnicodeのTIP（Tertiary Ideographic Plane）を図式化したもの。 | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | 各番号のボックスは256のコードポイントを表す。 | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Legend:
- Red text = Machine translated by DeepL, pending human proofreading.
- Green text = Human proofread, ready for adoption.
Portuguese edit
Portuguese is currently being translated:
| key | Portuguese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Escrita africana | African scripts |
| Americas | Escrita americana | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | Escrita da Ásia Oriental | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | Escrita da Ásia Central e do Sul | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | Escrita do Sudeste Asiático | Southeast Asian scripts |
| Europe | Escrita europeia não latina | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | Caracteres CJK | CJK characters |
| IndOcean | Escrita indonésia e oceânica | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | Escrita latina | Latin script |
| ME | Escrita do Oriente Médio e do Sudoeste Asiático | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | A partir do Unicode 15.1 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | Cuneiforme | Cuneiform |
| hieroglyphs | Hieróglifos | Hieroglyphs |
| misc | Caracteres diversos | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | Sistemas de notação | Notational systems |
| private | Uso privado | Private use |
| surrogates | Substitutos do UTF-16 | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | Símbolos | Symbols |
| tags | Etiquetas | Tags |
| unallocated | Pontos de código não atribuídos | Unallocated code points |
| variation | Seletores de variação | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | Uma representação gráfica do Plano Multilíngue Básico (BMP) do Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | Uma representação gráfica do Plano Ideográfico Suplementar (SIP) do Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | Uma representação gráfica do Plano Suplementar Multilíngue (SMP) do Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | Uma representação gráfica do Plano Suplementar para Fins Especiais (SSP) do Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | Uma representação gráfica do Plano Ideográfico Terciário (TIP, na sigla em inglês) do Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | Cada caixa numerada representa 256 pontos de código. | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Legend:
- Red text = Machine translated by DeepL, pending human proofreading.
- Green text = Human proofread, ready for adoption.
Spanish edit
Spanish is currently being translated:
| key | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Escrituras africanas | African scripts |
| Americas | Escrituras americanas | American scripts |
| AsiaEast | Escrituras de Asia Oriental | East Asian scripts |
| AsiaSC | Escrituras de Asia Meridional y Asia Central | South and Central Asian scripts |
| AsiaSE | Escrituras del Sudeste Asiático | Southeast Asian scripts |
| asOfVersion | A partir de Unicode 15.1 | As of Unicode 15.1 |
| cuneiform | Cuneiforme | Cuneiform |
| Europe | Escrituras europeas no latinas | Non-Latin European scripts |
| Han | Caracteres CJK | CJK characters |
| hieroglyphs | Jeroglíficos | Hieroglyphs |
| IndOcean | Escrituras indonesias y oceánicas | Indonesian and Oceanic scripts |
| Latin | Escritura latina | Latin script |
| ME | Escrituras del Oriente Medio y del Asia sudoccidental | Middle Eastern and Southwest Asian scripts |
| misc | Caracteres varios | Miscellaneous characters |
| notation | Sistemas notacionales | Notational systems |
| private | Uso privado | Private use |
| surrogates | Sustitutos de UTF-16 | UTF-16 surrogates |
| symbols | Símbolos | Symbols |
| tags | Etiquetas | Tags |
| unallocated | Puntos de código no asignados | Unallocated code points |
| variation | Selectores de variación | Variation Selectors |
| xDescBMP | Representación gráfica del Plano Multilingüe Básico (PMB) de Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP). |
| xDescSIP | Una representación gráfica del Plano Ideográfico Suplementario (SIP) de Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Ideographic Plane (SIP). |
| xDescSMP | Una representación gráfica del Plano Multilingüe Suplementario (SMP) de Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP). |
| xDescSSP | Una representación gráfica del Plano Suplementario de Propósito Especial (SSP) de Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (SSP). |
| xDescTIP | Una representación gráfica del Plano Ideográfico Terciario (TIP) de Unicode. | A graphical representation of Unicode's Tertiary Ideographic Plane (TIP). |
| xEachBox | Cada casilla numerada representa 256 puntos de código. | Each numbered box represents 256 code points. |
Legend:
- Red text = Machine translated by DeepL, pending human proofreading.
- Green text = Human proofread, ready for adoption.