Syriac Unicode Characters
The Syriac script (ISO 15924 code Syrc) is an official Unicode writing system defined in UAX #24.
Other Scripts:
Script vs. Block Distinction: In the Unicode Standard, a Script identifies a functional writing system and frequently spans multiple distinct blocks (e.g. Syriac characters appear across 2 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 (31)
These characters are functionally used with Syriac, 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=Syrc}.
Unicode Block Distribution
Characters belonging to the Syriac script are distributed across 2 distinct Unicode blocks.
General Category Breakdown
Typological distribution of Syriac characters across formal Unicode general categories.
Unicode Version Additions
Timeline of when characters in the Syriac script were standardized in Unicode.