Version Added Unicode Property

Unicode Version 18.0

Version Added is a metadata value assigned to each encoded character, indicating the earliest version of the Unicode Standard in which that character first appeared. This information is stored in the Unicode Character Database and helps developers, linguists, and historians track the historical growth of the standard, identify when new scripts or symbols were introduced, and manage font or software compatibility. For example, a character with a Version Added of "1.1" was present in the second release, while one marked "15.0" debuted much later. This field is crucial for understanding legacy support, debugging rendering issues, and determining whether a given system or font can display a character based on its release date. It also aids in migration planning when updating text processing systems, as older software may lack support for characters added in newer versions.

1.1
Abbr
V1_1
Count
33977

1.1 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in June 1993.
2.0
Abbr
V2_0
Count
142441

2.0 is the version when the character was first added to the Unicode standard, released in July 1996.
2.1
Abbr
V2_1
Count
2

2.1 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in May 1998.
3.0
Abbr
V3_0
Count
10307

3.0 is the version of Unicode when a character was first added to the standard, released in September 1999.
3.1
Abbr
V3_1
Count
44946

3.1 is the Unicode version when a character was first added, released in March 2001.
3.2
Abbr
V3_2
Count
1016

3.2 is the Unicode version in which a character was first encoded, released in March 2002.
4.0
Abbr
V4_0
Count
1226

4.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in September 2003.
4.1
Abbr
V4_1
Count
1273

4.1 is the Unicode version when a character was first added to the standard, released in April 2005.
5.0
Abbr
V5_0
Count
1369

5.0 is when a character was first encoded in the Unicode standard, released in July 2006.
5.1
Abbr
V5_1
Count
1624

5.1 is the Unicode version when a character was first assigned, release in April 2008.
5.2
Abbr
V5_2
Count
6648

5.2 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in October 2009.
6.0
Abbr
V6_0
Count
2088

6.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in October 2010.
6.1
Abbr
V6_1
Count
732

6.1 is the Unicode version when the character was first encoded, released in January 2012.
6.2
Abbr
V6_2
Count
1

6.2 is the Unicode version in which a specific character was first assigned, released in January 2012.
6.3
Abbr
V6_3
Count
5

6.3 is the Unicode version in which a character was first assigned, released in September 2013.
7.0
Abbr
V7_0
Count
2834

7.0 is the Unicode version when the character was first encoded, released in June 2014.
8.0
Abbr
V8_0
Count
7716

8.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in June 2015.
9.0
Abbr
V9_0
Count
7500

9.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in June 2016.
10.0
Abbr
V10_0
Count
8518

10.0 is the Unicode version when a character first appeared, released in June 2017.
11.0
Abbr
V11_0
Count
684

11.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in June 2018.
12.0
Abbr
V12_0
Count
554

12.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first assigned, released in March 2019.
12.1
Abbr
V12_1
Count
1

12.1 is the Unicode version in which a character was first encoded, released in May 2019.
13.0
Abbr
V13_0
Count
5930

13.0 is the Unicode version when the character was first encoded, released in March 2020.
14.0
Abbr
V14_0
Count
838

14.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in September 2021.
15.0
Abbr
V15_0
Count
4489

15.0 is when the character was first included in the Unicode standard, released in September 2021.
15.1
Abbr
V15_1
Count
627

15.1 is the Unicode version in which a character was first encoded, released in September 2023.
16.0
Abbr
V16_0
Count
5185

16.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in September 2024.
17.0
Abbr
V17_0
Count
4803

17.0 is the Unicode version when a character was first encoded, released in September 2025.
18.0
Abbr
V18_0
Count
13007

18.0 is the version identifier marking when a character was first introduced into the standard, released in September 2026.