Unicode 8 New Characters (2015)

Unicode 8.0.0 is released on June 17, 2015.

Unicode 8.0 adds a total of 7,716 characters, encompassing six new scripts and many new symbols, as well as character additions to several existing scripts. Notable character additions include the following:

• A set of lowercase Cherokee syllables, forming case pairs with the existing Cherokee characters
• A large collection of CJK unified ideographs
• Emoji symbols and symbol modifiers for implementing skin tone diversity; see Unicode Emoji.
• Georgian lari currency symbol
• Letters to support the Ik language in Uganda, Kulango in the Côte d’Ivoire, and other languages of Africa
• The Ahom script for support of the Tai Ahom language in India
• Arabic letters to support Arwi—the Tamil language written in the Arabic script
• Other important updates in Unicode Version 8.0 include:

• Change in encoding model of New Tai Lue to visual order

Unicode 8 New Emoji

smilies

🤗 🤔 🙄 🤐 🤓 🙃 🤑 🤒 🤕 🤖

[see Emoji: Faces 😄]

skin tones

🏻 🏼 🏽 🏾 🏿

hand

🤘

[see Hand Emoji 👍]

animals

🦁 🦄 🦃 🦀 🦂

[see Emoji: Animal 🐰]

[see Insects Emoji 🐞]

food

🧀 🌭 🌮 🌯 🍿 🍾

[see Emoji: Food 🍺]

sports

🏐 🏏 🏑 🏒 🏓 🏸 🏹

[see Emoji: Sports ⚽ 🏀 🎾]

places

🕌 🕍 🕋 🛐

[see Emoji: Places 🏨]

things

🏺 🕎 📿

[see Emoji: Things 🎁 💊 🚽 🔪 🔨]

Reference

http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode8.0.0/