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Syloti Nagri Unicode Characters

Script: Syloti Nagri (Sylo) 45 matching characters +12 in Script_Extensions

The Syloti Nagri script (ISO 15924 code Sylo) 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. Syloti Nagri 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 (12)

These characters are functionally used with Syloti Nagri, 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=Sylo}.

U+0964 DEVANAGARI DANDA Primary: Common
U+0965 DEVANAGARI DOUBLE DANDA Primary: Common
U+09E6 BENGALI DIGIT ZERO Primary: Bengali
U+09E7 BENGALI DIGIT ONE Primary: Bengali
U+09E8 BENGALI DIGIT TWO Primary: Bengali
U+09E9 BENGALI DIGIT THREE Primary: Bengali
U+09EA BENGALI DIGIT FOUR Primary: Bengali
U+09EB BENGALI DIGIT FIVE Primary: Bengali
U+09EC BENGALI DIGIT SIX Primary: Bengali
U+09ED BENGALI DIGIT SEVEN Primary: Bengali
U+09EE BENGALI DIGIT EIGHT Primary: Bengali
U+09EF BENGALI DIGIT NINE Primary: Bengali

Unicode Block Distribution

Characters belonging to the Syloti Nagri script are distributed across 1 distinct Unicode blocks.

General Category Breakdown

Typological distribution of Syloti Nagri characters across formal Unicode general categories.

"Lo" "Lo" 32
"Mn" "Mn" 6
"So" "So" 4
"Mc" "Mc" 3

Unicode Version Additions

Timeline of when characters in the Syloti Nagri script were standardized in Unicode.

Character properties, formal aliases (Sylo), block distributions, and Script_Extensions relationships for the Syloti Nagri 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.