Unicode 8.0.0 added nearly 8,000 characters. Here are the highlights of the release:

• Ahom script for the Tai Ahom language (India)
• Arwi, Tamil language (Arabic)
• Cherokee symbols
• CJK unified ideographs
• Emoji symbols along with flesh-tone symbol modifiers
• Georgian Lari currency symbol
• lk language (Uganda)
• Kulango language (Cote d'Ivoire)