Documents relating to the encoding of the Tangut, Jurchen and Khitan scripts

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1. Tangut

1.1 WG2 Documents relating to Tangut

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3297 N3297A N3297B	Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 Multi-column chart Code chart	Richard Cook (UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative)	2007-05-09
N3307	Tangut Background	Richard Cook (UC Berkeley Script Encoding Initiative)	2007-09-01
N3338	Response to UC Berkeley’s proposals on Tangut	China	2007-09-16
N3343	Expert feedback on Chinese NB input on WG2/N3297 Tangut Encoding Proposal	Richard Cook	2007-09-17
N3448	Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and Charts	UK	2008-04-19
N3467	Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and charts	China and US	2008-04-22
N3495	Proposal to encode Tangut Radicals and CJK Strokes in the UCS	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2008-09-01
N3496	Review of Proposed Tangut Repertoire	UK	2008-09-01 (rev. 2008-09-07)
N3498	Expert Feedback on the proposed Tangut character set in PDAM 6.2	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2008-09-24
N3521	The UCS Tangut Repertory	Richard Cook and Ken Lunde	2008-10-10
N3539	Response from Tangut scholars of China on the Tangut Unicode proposal	China	2008-10-13
N3541	Report from the Ad Hoc on Tangut	Erkki I. Kolehmainen	2008-10-13
N3577 N3577-A N3577-B	Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS Appendix A Appendix B	Michael Everson, Nathan Hill, Guillaume Jacques, Andrew West, Viacheslav Zaytsev	2009-03-01
N3586	Request for Tangut font and mappings from N3577 to Amendment 7 repertoire	Deborah Anderson and Richard Cook	2009-03-04
N3629	Tangut Ad-Hoc Meeting Report	Peter Constable	2009-04-20
N3797 N3797-A N3797-B	Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS Appendix A: Tangut Radical List Appendix B: Tangut Character List	China, Ireland, UK	2010-04-05
N3821	Comments on Tangut proposal N3797	Deborah Anderson and Richard Cook	2010-04-16
N3822	Tangut 5-Column Chart	Richard Cook	2010-04-16
N3833	Tangut Ad hoc report	Deborah Anderson	2010-04-21
N4033 N4033A N4033B	Report on Tangut Encoding Appendix A: Character List Appendix B: Multicolumn Chart	UK	2011-05-22
N4083	Tangut chart to supplement N4033 "Report on Tangut Encoding"	Michael Everson and Andrew West	2011-05-26

1.2 Working Documents for Tangut Proposals [2011-09-03]

The master data and source mappings for the 6,080 proposed characters in N4033 is available from my Tangut Character Database.

1.3 Working Documents for the Tangut Radicals and Components Proposal [2010-03-29]

Proposal is still in progress, and should be ready for submission in Spring 2012.

TangutRadicals.pdf (comparative table of radicals and components from all sources)
TangutCompoundRadicals.pdf (list of compound radicals excluded from the comparative table of radicals and components)

1.4 Bibliography

Grinstead, Eric, Analysis of the Tangut Script (Scandanavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series No.10). 1972.
Hán Xiǎománg (韓小忙), 西夏文正字研究 (Xīxiàwén Zhèngzì Yánjiū) [Research into the Correct Forms of Tangut Characters]. 2004.
Jǐng Yǒngshí (景永时 ), 西夏文字处理系统使用手册 (Xīxià Wénzì Chǔlǐ Xìtǒng Shǐyòng Shǒucè) [Handbook for the Tangut Document Processing System]. Yinchuan, 2008.
Keping, K. B. (К. Б. Кепинг) et al., Море письмен (More pisʹmen) [The Sea of Characters]. Moscow, 1969
Kolokolov, V. S. (В. С. Колоколов) and E. I. Kyčanov (Е. И. Кычанов), Китайская классика в тангутском переводе (Kitajskaja klassika v tangutskom perevode) [Chinese Classics in Tangut Translation]. Moscow, 1966.
Kyčanov, E. I. (Е. И. Кычанов), Словарь тангутского (Си Ся) языка (Slovarʹ tangutskogo (Si Sja) jazyka) [Tangut-Russian-English-Chinese Dictionary]. St. Petersburg and Kyoto, 2006.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文), 同音研究 (Tóngyīn Yánjiū) [Study of the Homophones]. Yinchuan. 1986.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文), 夏漢字典 (Xià-Hàn Zìdiàn) [Tangut-Chinese Dictionary]. Beijing. 1997.
Lǐ Fànwén (李範文). 夏漢字典 (Xià-Hàn Zìdiàn) [Tangut-Chinese Dictionary]. Beijing, 2008.
Nakajima Motoki (中嶋幹起) et al., 電脳処理《文海宝韻》研究 (Dennō shori ‘Bunkai Hōin’ kenkyū) [Research into the Computer Processing of the 'Precious Rhymes of the Sea of Characters']. Tokyo, 2000.
Nevskij, N. A. (Н. А. Невский), Тангутская филология: Исследования и словарь (Tangutskaja filologija: Issledovanija i slovarʹ) [Tangut Philology: Researches and Dictionary]. Moscow, 1960.
Nishida Tatsuo (西田龍雄), 西夏文小字典 (Seikabun Shōjiten) [Little Dictionary of Tangut]. In 西夏語の研究(Seikago no kenkyū) [A Study of the Hsi-Hsia Language] (1964-1966) vol.2. Tokyo, 1966.
Shǐ Jīnbō (史金波) et al., 文海研究 (Wénhǎi Yánjiū) [Study of the Sea of Characters]. Beijing, 1983.
Sofronov M. V. (М. В. Софронов), Грамматика тангутского языка (Grammatika tangutskogo jazyka) [Grammar of the Tangut Language]. Moscow, 1968.

2. Jurchen

2.1 WG2 Documents relating to Jurchen

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3618	Jurchen Character Repertoire	Jason Glavy	2009-01-06
N3628	Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Characters in UCS	China	2009-04-20
N3639	Jurchen Ad hoc report	Deborah Anderson	2009-04-22
N3688	Additional Information for the Proposal on Jurchen Characters	China	2009-09-29
N3696	Review of Jurchen Proposal (Documents N3628 and N3688)	Andrew West	2009-10-21
N3720	A Quick Response to WG2n3696: Review of Jurchen Proposal (Documents N3628 and N3688)	China	2009-10-26
N3788	Revised Proposal to Encode the Jurchen Characters in UCS	China	2010-01-26
N3817	Review of Revised Proposal to Encode Jurchen (N3788)	Andrew West	2010-04-15
N4077	Sources for the Encoding of Jurchen	Andrew West	2011-05-24

2.2 Working Documents for the Jurchen Proposal [2010-04-17]

Index to Jin Qizong's Jurchen Dictionary
JurchenNamesList_1429.txt (list of code points and character names for Jurchen block and Jurchen Radicals block if N3788 is accepted with changes suggested in N3817, and all variant characters are encoded separately) [1,429 Jurchen characters at 19000..19594 and 50 Jurchen radicals at 195C0..195F1]
JurchenNamesList_891.txt (list of code points and character names for Jurchen block and Jurchen Radicals block if N3788 is accepted with changes suggested in N3817, and all variant characters are represented as variation sequences) [891 Jurchen characters at 19000..1937A and 50 Jurchen radicals at 19380..193B1]

2.3 Bibliography

Jīn Qǐzōng (金啓孮), 女真文詞典 (Nǚzhēnwén Cìdiàn) [Dictionary of Jurchen]. Beijing: Wenwu Chubanshe (文物出版社), 1984.
Jīn Qǐzōng (金啓孮) and Aisin Gioro Ulhicun (愛新覺羅・烏拉熙春), 女真文大辞典 (Nǚzhēnwén Dàcìdiàn) [The Great Dictionary of Jurchen Language]. Meizandō (明善堂), 2003.

3. Khitan

3.1 WG2 Documents relating to Khitan

Doc. No.	Title	Author	Date
N3820	Preliminary Proposal for Encoding Khitan Characters in UCS	China	2010-04-15

3.2 Working Documents for the Jurchen Proposal [2011-07-06]

List of Khitan Small Characters in Kane 2009 (transcription of the "Index of Graphs" given on pages 301–305 of Kane 2009)

3.3 Bibliography

Daniel Kane, The Kitan Language and Script. Leiden: Brill, 2009. ISBN 9789004168299