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Sep 17, 2026 · Fundamentals

Unicode 18.0 Adds 13,007 Characters Including Chinese Seal Script

Unicode 18.0 adds 13,007 characters, raising the total to 172,808, highlighted by 11,328 Chinese seal script characters, Jurchen script, nine new emojis, three currency symbols, and a critical security fix for variation selectors to prevent hidden AI injection attacks.