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Old Uyghur Unicode Characters

Script: Old Uyghur (Ougr) 26 matching characters +2 in Script_Extensions

The Old Uyghur script (ISO 15924 code Ougr) is an official Unicode writing system defined in UAX #24.

Script vs. Block Distinction: In the Unicode Standard, a Script identifies a functional writing system and frequently spans multiple distinct blocks (e.g. Old Uyghur characters appear across 1 blocks). Conversely, a Block is merely a contiguous geometric range of code points that may contain characters belonging to different scripts.

Shared Characters in Script_Extensions (2)

These characters are functionally used with Old Uyghur, but their primary Unicode Script property is assigned to another writing system (such as Common or Inherited). In regular expressions, match both primary and shared characters using \p{scx=Ougr}.

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U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL Primary: Common

Unicode Block Distribution

Characters belonging to the Old Uyghur script are distributed across 1 distinct Unicode blocks.

General Category Breakdown

Typological distribution of Old Uyghur characters across formal Unicode general categories.

"Lo" "Lo" 18
"Mn" "Mn" 4
"Po" "Po" 4

Unicode Version Additions

Timeline of when characters in the Old Uyghur script were standardized in Unicode.

Character properties, formal aliases (Ougr), block distributions, and Script_Extensions relationships for the Old Uyghur script are compiled directly from the official Unicode Character Database (UCD 17.0.0) per Unicode Standard Annex #24 published by the Unicode Consortium. For methodology and citation details, visit Data Sources.