Tangut characters do not have descriptive character names, but have names derived algorithmically from their code point value (e.g. U+17000 is named TANGUT IDEOGRAPH-17000).
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Tangut block:
| Version | Final code points| Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document | |
|---|
| 9.0 | U+17000..187EC | 6,125 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07143-tangut.pdf L2/07-143]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3297.pdf N3297] | title=Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1|date=2007-05-09|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07144r-tangut-4-column-sr600.pdf L2/07-144]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3297a.pdf N3297A] | title=Tangut Proposal - Multi Column Chart|date=2007-05-08|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07145r-tangut-chart.pdf L2/07-145R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3297b.pdf N3297B] | title=Tangut Proposal - Single Column Chart|date=2007-05-09|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07229-tangut-update.pdf L2/07-229]}} | title=Tangut Proposal Code Chart Update|date=2007-07-23|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07289-tangut-bkgnd.pdf L2/07-289]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3307.pdf N3307] | title=Tangut Background|date=2007-09-01|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07301-n3338-china-tangut.pdf L2/07-301]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3338.pdf N3338] | title=Response to UC Berkeley’s proposals on Tangut|date=2007-09-16}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07302-n3343.pdf L2/07-302]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3343.pdf N3343] | title=Expert feedback on Chinese NB input on WG2/N3297 Tangut Encoding Proposal|date=2007-09-17|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08175-n3448.pdf L2/08-175]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3448.pdf N3448] | title=Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters|date=2008-04-22}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08187-n3467.pdf L2/08-187]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3467.pdf N3467] | title=Comments on N3297: Proposal to encode Tangut characters in UCS Plane 1 and charts|date=2008-04-22}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08259-tangut-5col-20080709.pdf L2/08-259]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3822.pdf N3822] | title=Tangut 5 column chart|date=2008-07-09|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08337-n3496-tangut-rev.pdf L2/08-337]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3496.pdf N3496] | title=Review of Proposed Tangut Repertoire|date=2008-09-01|first=Andrew|last=West|authorlink=Andrew West (linguist)}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08336-tangut.pdf L2/08-336]}} | title=Single-Column Tangut Code Chart (using Column G font)|date=2008-09-03|first=Richard|last=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08341-n3498r-tangut.pdf L2/08-341]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3498.pdf N3498R] | title=Expert Feedback on the proposed Tangut character set in PDAM 6.2|date=2008-09-24|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|authorlink1=Michael Everson|first2=Andrew|last2=West}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08349-n3521-tangut-rep.pdf L2/08-349]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3521.pdf N3521] | title=The UCS Tangut Repertory|date=2008-10-10|first1=Richard|last1=Cook|first2=Ken|last2=Lunde|authorlink2=Ken Lunde}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08376-n3539.pdf L2/08-376]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3539.doc N3539] | title=Response from Tangut scholars of China on the Tangut Unicode proposal|date=2008-10-13}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2008/08377-n3541.pdf L2/08-377]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3541.doc N3541] | title=Report from the Ad Hoc on Tangut|date=2008-10-13|first=Erkki I.|last=Kolehmainen}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09095-n3577-tangut.pdf L2/09-095]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3577.pdf N3577] | title=Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS|date=2009-03-01|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Nathan|last2=Hill|first3=Guillaume|last3=Jacques|authorlink3=Guillaume Jacques|first4=Andrew|last4=West|first5=Vlacheslav|last5=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3586.pdf N3586] | title=Request for Tangut font and mappings from N3577 to Amendment 7 repertoire|date=2009-03-04|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Richard|last2=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09115-n3577r-tangut.pdf L2/09-115]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3577.pdf N3577R] | title=Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS|date=2009-04-08|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Nathan|last2=Hill|first3=Guillaume|last3=Jacques|first4=Andrew|last4=West|first5=Viacheslav|last5=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09116-n3577r-a-tangut.pdf L2/09-116]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3577-a.pdf N3577R-A]}} | title=Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS - Appendix A|date=2009-04-08|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Nathan|last2=Hill|first3=Guillaume|last3=Jacques|first4=Andrew|last4=West|first5=Viacheslav|last5=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09117-n3577r-b-tangut.pdf L2/09-117]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3577-b.pdf N3577R-B]}} | title=Proposal for a revised Tangut character set for encoding in the SMP of the UCS - Appendix B|date=2009-04-08|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Nathan|last2=Hill|first3=Guillaume|last3=Jacques|first4=Andrew|last4=West|first5=Viacheslav|last5=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09169-n3629-tangut-adhoc.pdf L2/09-169]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3629.pdf N3629] | title=Tangut Ad-Hoc Meeting Report|date=2009-04-20}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10095-n3797-tangut.pdf L2/10-095]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3797-a.pdf N3797-A],}} {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3797-b.pdf N3797-B]}} | title=Final proposal for encoding the Tangut script in the SMP of the UCS|date=2010-04-05}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10131-n3821.pdf L2/10-131]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3821.pdf N3821] | title=Comments on Tangut proposal N3797|date=2010-04-16|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Richard|last2=Cook}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10141-n3833.pdf L2/10-141]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3833.pdf N3833] | title=Tangut Ad hoc report|date=2010-04-21|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11214-4033-tangut-report.pdf L2/11-214]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033.pdf N4033], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033a.pdf N4033A], [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4033b.pdf N4033B] | title=Report on Tangut Encoding|date=2011-05-22|first=Andrew|last=West}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11204-n4083-tangut.pdf L2/11-204]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4083.pdf N4083] | title=Tangut chart to supplement N4033 “Report on Tangut Encoding”|date=2011-05-26|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Andrew|last2=West}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4094.pdf N4094] | title=Comments on Tangut report N4033|date=2011-06-01|first1=Richard|last1=Cook|first2=Deborah|last2=Anderson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12313-n4325.pdf L2/12-313]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4325.pdf N4325] | title=Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS|date=2012-10-02|first1=Andrew|last1=West|display-authors=etal}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12315-n4327.pdf L2/12-315]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4327.pdf N4327] | title=Code chart for Tangut ideographs and Tangut radicals|date=2012-10-02|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Andrew|last2=West}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4370.pdf N4370 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4370.doc doc]) | title=Comments on N4325, 4326 and N4327 (Tangut)|date=2012-10-20}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4455.pdf N4455] | title=Explanation on the Re-facture of Tangut Fonts|date=2013-06-10}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13241-tangut-report.pdf L2/13-241]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4516.pdf N4516] | title=Summary of Tangut meeting (Beijing, China)|date=2013-12-10|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14022-name-considerations.pdf L2/14-022]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4543.pdf N4543] | title=Character Name considerations|date=2014-01-12|first=Michel|last=Suignard}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14021-n4525-tangut-chart.pdf L2/14-021]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4525.pdf N4525] | title=Code chart for the Tangut script|date=2014-01-21|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|first3=Han|last3=Xiaomang|first4=Changye|last4=Jia|first5=Yongshi|last5=Jing|first6=Viacheslav|last6=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14023-n4522-tangut.pdf L2/14-023]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4522.pdf N4522] | title=Proposal to encode the Tangut script in the UCS|date=2014-01-21|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|first3=Han|last3=Xiaomang|first4=Changye|last4=Jia|first5=Yongshi|last5=Jing|first6=Viacheslav|last6=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]) | title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=10.2.9 Re-facture of Tangut fonts}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14246-n4642.pdf L2/14-246]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4642.pdf N4642] | title=Ad Hoc Reports for Tangut and Khitan Large Script|date=2014-09-29|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4640.pdf N4640] | title=Reveiw [sic] of N4558R Tangut glyph corrections|date=2014-09-29}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14209r-n4588.pdf L2/14-209R]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4588.pdf N4588R2] | title=Tangut glyph corrections|date=2014-10-01|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Bojun|last3=Sun|first4=Michael|last4=Everson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2014/14301-n4650-tangut.pdf L2/14-301]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4650-Discussion%20of%20Tangut%20character%20L2008-4148%C2%A0.pdf N4650] | title=Discussion of Tangut character L2008-4148|date=2014-12-01|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Michael|last3=Everson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15175-n4667-tangut-rep.pdf L2/15-175]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4667-TangutReview.pdf N4667] | title=Review of Tangut repertoire in DAM ballot|date=2015-07-16|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|first3=Viacheslav|last3=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15279-n4684-replyto-n4650-n4667.pdf L2/15-279]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4684-Reply%20To%20WG2N4650%20And%20WG2N4667.pdf N4684] | title=Reply to WG2N4650 and WG2N4667 on Tangut|date=2015-10-13}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16112-n4723-tangut-glyph-corr.pdf L2/16-112]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4723-glyphCorrectionFor%203Tangut.pdf N4723] | title=Glyph Corrections for 3 Tangut ideographs|date=2016-04-21|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Bojun|last3=Sun}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17313-n4850-tangut.pdf L2/17-313]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4850-TangutGlyphCorrections.pdf N4850] | title=Glyph Corrections for 31 Tangut ideographs and one Tangut component|date=2017-09-07|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17367-n4885-script-rec.pdf L2/17-367]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4885-ScriptRecommendations.pdf N4885] | title=Comments on WG2 #66 (Sept. 2017) documents|date=2017-09-18|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|section=2a. Tangut}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17360-n4896-tangut-add-corr.pdf L2/17-360]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4896-TangutAdditionsCorrections.pdf N4896] | title=Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections (replaces L2/17-313 and L2/17-314)|date=2017-09-22|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Bojun|last3=Sun|first4=Jerry|last4=You}} |
| 11.0 | U+187ED..187F1 | 5 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16095-n4724-tangut.pdf L2/16-095]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4724-FiveAdditionalTangut.pdf N4724] | title=Proposal to encode five additional Tangut ideographs|date=2016-04-21|first=Andrew|last=West}} |
| 12.0 | U+187F2..187F7 | 6 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17314-n4851-tangut.pdf L2/17-314]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4851-TangutAdditions.pdf N4851] | title=Proposal to encode six additional Tangut ideographs|date=2017-09-07|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17367-n4885-script-rec.pdf L2/17-367]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4885-ScriptRecommendations.pdf N4885] | title=Comments on WG2 #66 (Sept. 2017) documents|date=2017-09-18|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Lisa|last4=Moore|section=2b. Tangut}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17360-n4896-tangut-add-corr.pdf L2/17-360]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4896-TangutAdditionsCorrections.pdf N4896] | title=Tangut Character Additions and Glyph Corrections (replaces L2/17-313 and L2/17-314)|date=2017-09-22|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Viacheslav|last2=Zaytsev|first3=Bojun|last3=Sun|first4=Jerry|last4=You}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm L2/17-362]}} | title=UTC #153 Minutes|date=2018-02-02|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 153-C12}} |
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