Unicode blocks in ConTeXt

A Unicode block is an interval of code points which represent characters that are semantically related to each other. For example, there is a Unicode block for characters from the Devanagari script which is used by several Indian languages. Another Unicode block corresponds to characters which denote mathematical operators, such as those that indicate the union and the intersection of sets.

ConTeXt has special names for all Unicode blocks. These names can be used to specify ranges of code points in the setups of several commands.

Unicode blocks

A Unicode block is an organisational unit of the Unicode code space. The Unicode code space is the set of all integers from 0 to 0x10FFF.

Every block is an interval of code points. Different blocks are disjoint from each other. In particular, the blocks form a partition of the set of all Unicode code points. Every block has a unique name that describes the common semantic nature of its code points.

A code block starts at a code point that is a multiple of 16. The number of code points in each block is also a multiple of 16. Thus, the first code point in a block is of the form 0xpqrs0, and the last code point in it is of the form 0xtuvwF.

The number of code points in a block varies. Some have just 16 code points, and some others have thousands of code points.

ConTeXt names for Unicode blocks

ConTeXt has its own names for all the Unicode blocks. These names are defined in the source file char-ini.lua. Most of them are obtained by converting the Unicode name of every blocks to the lower case, and removing the spaces between words in the name.

Table of blocks

Block	Unicode name	ConTeXt name	Chart
0000–007F	Basic Latin	basiclatin	U0000.pdf
0080–00FF	Latin-1 Supplement	latinsupplement	U0080.pdf
0100–017F	Latin Extended-A	latinextendeda	U0100.pdf
0180–024F	Latin Extended-B	latinextendedb	U0180.pdf
0250–02AF	IPA Extensions	ipaextensions	U0250.pdf
02B0–02FF	spacingmodifierletters	Spacing Modifier Letters	U02B0.pdf
0300–036F	Combining Diacritical Marks	combiningdiacriticalmarks	U0300.pdf
0370–03FF	Greek and Coptic	greekandcoptic	U0370.pdf
0400–04FF	Cyrillic	cyrillic	U0400.pdf
0500–052F	Cyrillic Supplement	cyrillicsupplement	U0500.pdf
0530–058F	Armenian	armenian	U0530.pdf
0590–05FF	Hebrew	hebrew	U0590.pdf
0600–06FF	Arabic	arabic	U0600.pdf
0700–074F	Syriac	syriac	U0700.pdf
0750–077F	Arabic Supplement	arabicsupplement	U0750.pdf
0780–07BF	Thaana	thaana	U0780.pdf
07C0–07FF	NKo	nko	U07C0.pdf
0800–083F	Samaritan	samaritan	U0800.pdf
0840–085F	Mandaic	mandaic	U0840.pdf
0860–086F	Syriac Supplement	syriacsupplement	U0860.pdf
08A0–08FF	Arabic Extended-A	arabicextendeda	U08A0.pdf
0900–097F	Devanagari	devanagari	U0900.pdf
0980–09FF	Bengali	bengali	U0980.pdf
0A00–0A7F	Gurmukhi	gurmukhi	U0A00.pdf
0A80–0AFF	Gujarati	gujarati	U0A80.pdf
0B00–0B7F	Oriya	oriya	U0B00.pdf
0B80–0BFF	Tamil	tamil	U0B80.pdf
0C00–0C7F	Telugu	telugu	U0C00.pdf
0C80–0CFF	Kannada	kannada	U0C80.pdf
0D00–0D7F	Malayalam	malayalam	U0D00.pdf
0D80–0DFF	Sinhala	sinhala	U0D80.pdf
0E00–0E7F	Thai	thai	U0E00.pdf
0E80–0EFF	Lao	lao	U0E80.pdf
0F00–0FFF	Tibetan	tibetan	U0F00.pdf
1000–109F	Myanmar	myanmar	U1000.pdf
10A0–10FF	Georgian	georgian	U10A0.pdf
1100–11FF	Hangul Jamo	hanguljamo	U1100.pdf
1200–137F	Ethiopic	ethiopic	U1200.pdf
1380–139F	Ethiopic Supplement	ethiopicsupplement	U1380.pdf
13A0–13FF	Cherokee	cherokee	U13A0.pdf
1400–167F	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics	unifiedcanadianaboriginalsyllabics	U1400.pdf
1680–169F	Ogham	ogham	U1680.pdf
16A0–16FF	Runic	runic	U16A0.pdf
1700–171F	Tagalog	tagalog	U1700.pdf
1720–173F	Hanunoo	hanunoo	U1720.pdf
1740–175F	Buhid	buhid	U1740.pdf
1760–177F	Tagbanwa	tagbanwa	U1760.pdf
1780–17FF	Khmer	khmer	U1780.pdf
1800–18AF	Mongolian	mongolian	U1800.pdf
18B0–18FF	Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended	unifiedcanadianaboriginalsyllabicsextended	U18B0.pdf
1900–194F	Limbu	limbu	U1900.pdf
1950–197F	Tai Le	taile	U1950.pdf
1980–19DF	New Tai Lue	newtailue	U1980.pdf
19E0–19FF	Khmer Symbols	khmersymbols	U19E0.pdf
1A00–1A1F	Buginese	buginese	U1A00.pdf
1A20–1AAF	Tai Tham	taitham	U1A20.pdf
1AB0–1AFF	Combining Diacritical Marks Extended	combiningdiacriticalmarksextended	U1AB0.pdf
1B00–1B7F	Balinese	balinese	U1B00.pdf
1B80–1BBF	Sundanese	sundanese	U1B80.pdf
1BC0–1BFF	Batak	batak	U1BC0.pdf
1C00–1C4F	Lepcha	lepcha	U1C00.pdf
1C50–1C7F	Ol Chiki	olchiki	U1C50.pdf
1C80–1C8F	Cyrillic Extended-C	cyrillicextendedc	U1C80.pdf
1CC0–1CCF	Sundanese Supplement	sundanesesupplement	U1CC0.pdf
1CD0–1CFF	Vedic Extensions	vedicextensions	U1CD0.pdf
1D00–1D7F	Phonetic Extensions	phoneticextensions	U1D00.pdf
1D80–1DBF	Phonetic Extensions Supplement	phoneticextensionssupplement	U1D80.pdf
1DC0–1DFF	Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement	combiningdiacriticalmarkssupplement	U1DC0.pdf
1E00–1EFF	Latin Extended Additional	latinextendedadditional	U1E00.pdf
1F00–1FFF	Greek Extended	greekextended	U1F00.pdf
2000–206F	General Punctuation	generalpunctuation	U2000.pdf
2070–209F	Superscripts and Subscripts	superscriptsandsubscripts	U2070.pdf
20A0–20CF	Currency Symbols	currencysymbols	U20A0.pdf
20D0–20FF	Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols	combiningdiacriticalmarksforsymbols	U20D0.pdf
2100–214F	Letterlike Symbols	letterlikesymbols	U2100.pdf
2150–218F	Number Forms	numberforms	U2150.pdf
2190–21FF	Arrows	arrows	U2190.pdf
2200–22FF	Mathematical Operators	mathematicaloperators	U2200.pdf
2300–23FF	Miscellaneous Technical	miscellaneoustechnical	U2300.pdf
2400–243F	Control Pictures	controlpictures	U2400.pdf
2440–245F	Optical Character Recognition	opticalcharacterrecognition	U2440.pdf
2460–24FF	Enclosed Alphanumerics	enclosedalphanumerics	U2460.pdf
2500–257F	Box Drawing	boxdrawing	U2500.pdf
2580–259F	Block Elements	blockelements	U2580.pdf
25A0–25FF	Geometric Shapes	geometricshapes	U25A0.pdf
2600–26FF	Miscellaneous Symbols	miscellaneoussymbols	U2600.pdf
2700–27BF	Dingbats	dingbats	U2700.pdf
27C0–27EF	Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A	miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsa	U27C0.pdf
27F0–27FF	Supplemental Arrows-A	supplementalarrowsa	U27F0.pdf
2800–28FF	Braille Patterns	braillepatterns	U2800.pdf
2900–297F	Supplemental Arrows-B	supplementalarrowsb	U2900.pdf
2980–29FF	Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B	miscellaneousmathematicalsymbolsb	U2980.pdf
2A00–2AFF	Supplemental Mathematical Operators	supplementalmathematicaloperators	U2A00.pdf
2B00–2BFF	Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows	miscellaneoussymbolsandarrows	U2B00.pdf
2C00–2C5F	Glagolitic	glagolitic	U2C00.pdf
2C60–2C7F	Latin Extended-C	latinextendedc	U2C60.pdf
2C80–2CFF	Coptic	coptic	U2C80.pdf
2D00–2D2F	Georgian Supplement	georgiansupplement	U2D00.pdf
2D30–2D7F	Tifinagh	tifinagh	U2D30.pdf
2D80–2DDF	Ethiopic Extended	ethiopicextended	U2D80.pdf
2DE0–2DFF	Cyrillic Extended-A	cyrillicextendeda	U2DE0.pdf
2E00–2E7F	Supplemental Punctuation	supplementalpunctuation	U2E00.pdf
2E80–2EFF	CJK Radicals Supplement	cjkradicalssupplement	U2E80.pdf
2F00–2FDF	Kangxi Radicals	kangxiradicals	U2F00.pdf
2FF0–2FFF	Ideographic Description Characters	ideographicdescriptioncharacters	U2FF0.pdf
3000–303F	CJK Symbols and Punctuation	cjksymbolsandpunctuation	U3000.pdf
3040–309F	Hiragana	hiragana	U3040.pdf
30A0–30FF	Katakana	katakana	U30A0.pdf
3100–312F	Bopomofo	bopomofo	U3100.pdf
3130–318F	Hangul Compatibility Jamo	hangulcompatibilityjamo	U3130.pdf
3190–319F	Kanbun	kanbun	U3190.pdf
31A0–31BF	Bopomofo Extended	bopomofoextended	U31A0.pdf
31C0–31EF	CJK Strokes	cjkstrokes	U31C0.pdf
31F0–31FF	Katakana Phonetic Extensions	katakanaphoneticextensions	U31F0.pdf
3200–32FF	Enclosed CJK Letters and Months	enclosedcjklettersandmonths	U3200.pdf
3300–33FF	CJK Compatibility	cjkcompatibility	U3300.pdf
3400–4DBF	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A	cjkunifiedideographsextensiona	U3400.pdf
4DC0–4DFF	Yijing Hexagram Symbols	yijinghexagramsymbols	U4DC0.pdf
4E00–9FFF	CJK Unified Ideographs	cjkunifiedideographs	U4E00.pdf
A000–A48F	Yi Syllables	yisyllables	UA000.pdf
A490–A4CF	Yi Radicals	yiradicals	UA490.pdf
A4D0–A4FF	Lisu	lisu	UA4D0.pdf
A500–A63F	Vai	vai	UA500.pdf
A640–A69F	Cyrillic Extended-B	cyrillicextendedb	UA640.pdf
A6A0–A6FF	Bamum	bamum	UA6A0.pdf
A700–A71F	Modifier Tone Letters	modifiertoneletters	UA700.pdf
A720–A7FF	Latin Extended-D	latinextendedd	UA720.pdf
A800–A82F	Syloti Nagri	sylotinagri	UA800.pdf
A830–A83F	Common Indic Number Forms	commonindicnumberforms	UA830.pdf
A840–A87F	Phags-pa	phagspa	UA840.pdf
A880–A8DF	Saurashtra	saurashtra	UA880.pdf
A8E0–A8FF	Devanagari Extended	devanagariextended	UA8E0.pdf
A900–A92F	Kayah Li	kayahli	UA900.pdf
A930–A95F	Rejang	rejang	UA930.pdf
A960–A97F	Hangul Jamo Extended-A	hanguljamoextendeda	UA960.pdf
A980–A9DF	Javanese	javanese	UA980.pdf
A9E0–A9FF	Myanmar Extended-B	myanmarextendedb	UA9E0.pdf
AA00–AA5F	Cham	cham	UAA00.pdf
AA60–AA7F	Myanmar Extended-A	myanmarextendeda	UAA60.pdf
AA80–AADF	Tai Viet	taiviet	UAA80.pdf
AAE0–AAFF	Meetei Mayek Extensions	meeteimayekextensions	UAAE0.pdf
AB00–AB2F	Ethiopic Extended-A	ethiopicextendeda	UAB00.pdf
AB30–AB6F	Latin Extended-E	latinextendede	UAB30.pdf
AB70–ABBF	Cherokee Supplement	cherokeesupplement	UAB70.pdf
ABC0–ABFF	Meetei Mayek	meeteimayek	UABC0.pdf
AC00–D7AF	Hangul Syllables	hangulsyllables	UAC00.pdf
D7B0–D7FF	Hangul Jamo Extended-B	hanguljamoextendedb	UD7B0.pdf
D800–DB7F	High Surrogates	highsurrogates	UD800.pdf
DB80–DBFF	High Private Use Surrogates	highprivateusesurrogates	UDB80.pdf
DC00–DFFF	Low Surrogates	lowsurrogates	UDC00.pdf
E000–F8FF	Private Use Area	privateusearea	UE000.pdf
F900–FAFF	CJK Compatibility Ideographs	cjkcompatibilityideographs	UF900.pdf
FB00–FB4F	Alphabetic Presentation Forms	alphabeticpresentationforms	UFB00.pdf
FB50–FDFF	Arabic Presentation Forms-A	arabicpresentationformsa	UFB50.pdf
FE00–FE0F	Variation Selectors	variationselectors	UFE00.pdf
FE10–FE1F	Vertical Forms	verticalforms	UFE10.pdf
FE20–FE2F	Combining Half Marks	combininghalfmarks	UFE20.pdf
FE30–FE4F	CJK Compatibility Forms	cjkcompatibilityforms	UFE30.pdf
FE50–FE6F	Small Form Variants	smallformvariants	UFE50.pdf
FE70–FEFF	Arabic Presentation Forms-B	arabicpresentationformsb	UFE70.pdf
FF00–FFEF	Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms	halfwidthandfullwidthforms	UFF00.pdf
FFF0–FFFF	Specials	specials	UFFF0.pdf
10000–1007F	Linear B Syllabary	linearbsyllabary	U10000.pdf
10080–100FF	Linear B Ideograms	linearbideograms	U10080.pdf
10100–1013F	Aegean Numbers	aegeannumbers	U10100.pdf
10140–1018F	Ancient Greek Numbers	ancientgreeknumbers	U10140.pdf
10190–101CF	Ancient Symbols	ancientsymbols	U10190.pdf
101D0–101FF	Phaistos Disc	phaistosdisc	U101D0.pdf
10280–1029F	Lycian	lycian	U10280.pdf
102A0–102DF	Carian	carian	U102A0.pdf
102E0–102FF	Coptic Epact Numbers	copticepactnumbers	U102E0.pdf
10300–1032F	Old Italic	olditalic	U10300.pdf
10330–1034F	Gothic	gothic	U10330.pdf
10350–1037F	Old Permic	oldpermic	U10350.pdf
10380–1039F	Ugaritic	ugaritic	U10380.pdf
103A0–103DF	Old Persian	oldpersian	U103A0.pdf
10400–1044F	Deseret	deseret	U10400.pdf
10450–1047F	Shavian	shavian	U10450.pdf
10480–104AF	Osmanya	osmanya	U10480.pdf
104B0–104FF	Osage	osage	U104B0.pdf
10500–1052F	Elbasan	elbasan	U10500.pdf
10530–1056F	Caucasian Albanian	caucasianalbanian	U10530.pdf
10600–1077F	Linear A	lineara	U10600.pdf
10800–1083F	Cypriot Syllabary	cypriotsyllabary	U10800.pdf
10840–1085F	Imperial Aramaic	imperialaramaic	U10840.pdf
10860–1087F	Palmyrene	palmyrene	U10860.pdf
10880–108AF	Nabataean	nabataean	U10880.pdf
108E0–108FF	Hatran	hatran	U108E0.pdf
10900–1091F	Phoenician	phoenician	U10900.pdf
10920–1093F	Lydian	lydian	U10920.pdf
10980–1099F	Meroitic Hieroglyphs	meroitichieroglyphs	U10980.pdf
109A0–109FF	Meroitic Cursive	meroiticcursive	U109A0.pdf
10A00–10A5F	Kharoshthi	kharoshthi	U10A00.pdf
10A60–10A7F	Old South Arabian	oldsoutharabian	U10A60.pdf
10A80–10A9F	Old North Arabian	oldnortharabian	U10A80.pdf
10AC0–10AFF	Manichaean	manichaean	U10AC0.pdf
10B00–10B3F	Avestan	avestan	U10B00.pdf
10B40–10B5F	Inscriptional Parthian	inscriptionalparthian	U10B40.pdf
10B60–10B7F	Inscriptional Pahlavi	inscriptionalpahlavi	U10B60.pdf
10B80–10BAF	Psalter Pahlavi	psalterpahlavi	U10B80.pdf
10C00–10C4F	Old Turkic	oldturkic	U10C00.pdf
10C80–10CFF	Old Hungarian	oldhungarian	U10C80.pdf
10E60–10E7F	Rumi Numeral Symbols	ruminumeralsymbols	U10E60.pdf
11000–1107F	Brahmi	brahmi	U11000.pdf
11080–110CF	Kaithi	kaithi	U11080.pdf
110D0–110FF	Sora Sompeng	sorasompeng	U110D0.pdf
11100–1114F	Chakma	chakma	U11100.pdf
11150–1117F	Mahajani	mahajani	U11150.pdf
11180–111DF	Sharada	sharada	U11180.pdf
111E0–111FF	Sinhala Archaic Numbers	sinhalaarchaicnumbers	U111E0.pdf
11200–1124F	Khojki	khojki	U11200.pdf
11280–112AF	Multani	multani	U11280.pdf
112B0–112FF	Khudawadi	khudawadi	U112B0.pdf
11300–1137F	Grantha	grantha	U11300.pdf
11400–1147F	Newa	newa	U11400.pdf
11480–114DF	Tirhuta	tirhuta	U11480.pdf
11580–115FF	Siddham	siddham	U11580.pdf
11600–1165F	Modi	modi	U11600.pdf
11660–1167F	Mongolian Supplement	mongoliansupplement	U11660.pdf
11680–116CF	Takri	takri	U11680.pdf
11700–1173F	Ahom	ahom	U11700.pdf
118A0–118FF	Warang Citi	warangciti	U118A0.pdf
11A00–11A4F	Zanabazar Square	zanabazarsquare	U11A00.pdf
11A50–11AAF	Soyombo	soyombo	U11A50.pdf
11AC0–11AFF	Pau Cin Hau	paucinhau	U11AC0.pdf
11C00–11C6F	Bhaiksuki	bhaiksuki	U11C00.pdf
11C70–11CBF	Marchen	marchen	U11C70.pdf
11D00–11D5F	Masaram Gondi	masaramgondi	U11D00.pdf
12000–123FF	Cuneiform	cuneiform	U12000.pdf
12400–1247F	Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation	cuneiformnumbersandpunctuation	U12400.pdf
12480–1254F	Early Dynastic Cuneiform	earlydynasticcuneiform	U12480.pdf
13000–1342F	Egyptian Hieroglyphs	egyptianhieroglyphs	U13000.pdf
14400–1467F	Anatolian Hieroglyphs	anatolianhieroglyphs	U14400.pdf
16800–16A3F	Bamum Supplement	bamumsupplement	U16800.pdf
16A40–16A6F	Mro	mro	U16A40.pdf
16AD0–16AFF	Bassa Vah	bassavah	U16AD0.pdf
16B00–16B8F	Pahawh Hmong	pahawhhmong	U16B00.pdf
16F00–16F9F	Miao	miao	U16F00.pdf
16FE0–16FFF	Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation	ideographicsymbolsandpunctuation	U16FE0.pdf
17000–187FF	Tangut	tangut	U17000.pdf
18800–18AFF	Tangut Components	tangutcomponents	U18800.pdf
1B000–1B0FF	Kana Supplement	kanasupplement	U1B000.pdf
1B100–1B12F	Kana Extended-A	kanaextendeda	U1B100.pdf
1B170–1B2FF	Nushu	nushu	U1B170.pdf
1BC00–1BC9F	Duployan	duployan	U1BC00.pdf
1BCA0–1BCAF	Shorthand Format Controls	shorthandformatcontrols	U1BCA0.pdf
1D000–1D0FF	Byzantine Musical Symbols	byzantinemusicalsymbols	U1D000.pdf
1D100–1D1FF	Musical Symbols	musicalsymbols	U1D100.pdf
1D200–1D24F	Ancient Greek Musical Notation	ancientgreekmusicalnotation	U1D200.pdf
1D300–1D35F	Tai Xuan Jing Symbols	taixuanjingsymbols	U1D300.pdf
1D360–1D37F	Counting Rod Numerals	countingrodnumerals	U1D360.pdf
1D400–1D7FF	Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols	mathematicalalphanumericsymbols	U1D400.pdf
1D800–1DAAF	Sutton SignWriting	suttonsignwriting	U1D800.pdf
1E000–1E02F	Glagolitic Supplement	glagoliticsupplement	U1E000.pdf
1E800–1E8DF	Mende Kikakui	mendekikakui	U1E800.pdf
1E900–1E95F	Adlam	adlam	U1E900.pdf
1EE00–1EEFF	Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols	arabicmathematicalalphabeticsymbols	U1EE00.pdf
1F000–1F02F	Mahjong Tiles	mahjongtiles	U1F000.pdf
1F030–1F09F	Domino Tiles	dominotiles	U1F030.pdf
1F0A0–1F0FF	Playing Cards	playingcards	U1F0A0.pdf
1F100–1F1FF	Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement	enclosedalphanumericsupplement	U1F100.pdf
1F200–1F2FF	Enclosed Ideographic Supplement	enclosedideographicsupplement	U1F200.pdf
1F300–1F5FF	Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs	miscellaneoussymbolsandpictographs	U1F300.pdf
1F600–1F64F	Emoticons	emoticons	U1F600.pdf
1F650–1F67F	Ornamental Dingbats	ornamentaldingbats	U1F650.pdf
1F680–1F6FF	Transport and Map Symbols	transportandmapsymbols	U1F680.pdf
1F700–1F77F	Alchemical Symbols	alchemicalsymbols	U1F700.pdf
1F780–1F7FF	Geometric Shapes Extended	geometricshapesextended	U1F780.pdf
1F800–1F8FF	Supplemental Arrows-C	supplementalarrowsc	U1F800.pdf
1F900–1F9FF	Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs	supplementalsymbolsandpictographs	U1F900.pdf
20000–2A6DF	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B	cjkunifiedideographsextensionb	U20000.pdf
2A700–2B73F	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C	cjkunifiedideographsextensionc	U2A700.pdf
2B740–2B81F	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D	cjkunifiedideographsextensiond	U2B740.pdf
2B820–2CEAF	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E	cjkunifiedideographsextensione	U2B820.pdf
2CEB0–2EBEF	CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F	cjkunifiedideographsextensionf	U2CEB0.pdf
2F800–2FA1F	CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement	cjkcompatibilityideographssupplement	U2F800.pdf
E0000–E007F	Tags	tags	UE0000.pdf
E0100–E01EF	Variation Selectors Supplement	variationselectorssupplement	UE0100.pdf
F0000–FFFFF	Supplementary Private Use Area-A	supplementaryprivateuseareaa	UF0000.pdf
100000–10FFFF	Supplementary Private Use Area-B	supplementaryprivateuseareab	U100000.pdf