Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

How does GB 18030 relate to Unicode?

April 26, 2017GB relate Unicode

0

Posted

How does GB 18030 relate to Unicode?

1 Answer

0

Posted

The specification refers directly to a mapping of GB 18030 codes to and from ISO 10646/Unicode to define most character assignments. Some characters that used to be mapped for GBK to the PUA (Private Use Area) for Unicode 2.1 are now assigned in Unicode 3.0, and their mappings from GB 18030 use only the Unicode 3.0 code points. In addition, GB 18030 defines roundtrip mappings for all 1.1 million Unicode code points including unassigned and non-character ones, but excluding single surrogates. This makes GB 18030 functionally very similar to a UTF.