for a total of 137,929 characters. The new character added to Version 12.1 is: U+32FF SQUARE ERA NAME REIWA Version 12.1 adds that single character to enable software to be rapidly updated to support the new Japanese era name in calendrical systems and date formatting. The new Japanese era name was officially announced on April 1, 2019, and is effective as of May 1, 2019. 36