Unicode 18.0.0 Beta
Unicode 18.0.0 is a preliminary draft that introduces significant updates to the Unicode Standard. This version adds 13,047 new characters, including four new scripts. Several Unicode Technical Standards have also been updated to align with this new version.
- ▪Unicode 18.0 adds a total of 172,848 characters.
- ▪The new version includes four new scripts: Chisoi, Proto-Cuneiform, Jurchen, and Seal.
- ▪Five Unicode Technical Standards have been updated in synchrony with Version 18.0.
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| Original publisher | Unicode |
| Canonical URL | https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode18.0.0/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 07:28:25 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-27T07:37:56.853Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-27T07:37:56.853Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | None |
| Cluster logic | Not yet clustered, or no peer story found in the clustering window. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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Unicode® 18.0.0 (DRAFT) 2026 September NN (Announcement) STATUS: This is a preliminary draft page for an upcoming release. Some details may be missing or incorrect, and some links may be wrong or broken. During the beta review period, feedback about errors on this page will be helpful and appreciated. This page summarizes the important changes for the Unicode Standard, Version 18.0.0. This version supersedes all previous versions of the Unicode Standard. A. Summary B. Technical Overview Core Specification Code Charts Han Radical-Stroke Indices Unicode Standard Annexes Unicode Character Database Version References Errata C. Stability Policy Update D. Textual Changes and Character Additions E. Conformance Changes F. Changes in the Unicode Character Database G.
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