Unicode-Based Chart of Nüshu Characters and Pronunciation

Unicode-Based Chart of Nüshu Characters and Pronunciation

Nüshu script; Unicode encoding; phonetic transcription; endangered languages; Jiangyong dialect; Chinese characters

This Unicode-based chart, created by the Nüshu Developers Workgroup, aligns Nüshu characters with simplified Chinese equivalents and representative pronunciations in the Jiangyong dialect. Each entry includes the Nüshu symbol, its standardized number from Zitie (a traditional calligraphy model book used for practicing characters), its Chinese counterpart, and phonetic transcription. The chart supports script interpretation, transcription, and metadata encoding. It bridges stylized Nüshu writing with formal representation and enhances digital preservation and searchability.

Nüshu Developers Workgroup

https://github.com/nushu-script/unicode_nushu/blob/master/data.csv

GitHub

2023

Publicly shared on GitHub under open access. Refer to the repository for license details.

Related to Folding Fan with Nüshu Inscriptions (nushu-fan-001); supports phonetic transcription and digital encoding

CSV file; online dataset

Chinese; Jiangyong dialect; Nüshu script

Dataset

nushu-chart-003

Jiangyong County, Hunan Province, China; 19th century (script origin), 2023 (Unicode standardization)