Brahmi (Unicode block)

Brahmi
Range U+11000..U+1107F
(128 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Brahmi
Assigned 109 code points
Unused 19 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 108 (+108)
7.0 109 (+1)
Note: [1][2]

Brahmi is a Unicode block containing characters written in India from the 3rd century BCE through the first millennium CE. It is the predecessor to all modern Indic scripts.

Brahmi[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1100x ๐‘€€ ๐‘€ ๐‘€‚  ๐‘€ƒ   ๐‘€„  ๐‘€… ๐‘€† ๐‘€‡ ๐‘€ˆ ๐‘€‰ ๐‘€Š ๐‘€‹ ๐‘€Œ ๐‘€ ๐‘€Ž ๐‘€
U+1101x ๐‘€ ๐‘€‘ ๐‘€’ ๐‘€“ ๐‘€” ๐‘€• ๐‘€– ๐‘€— ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€™ ๐‘€š ๐‘€› ๐‘€œ ๐‘€ ๐‘€ž ๐‘€Ÿ
U+1102x ๐‘€  ๐‘€ก ๐‘€ข ๐‘€ฃ ๐‘€ค ๐‘€ฅ ๐‘€ฆ ๐‘€ง ๐‘€จ ๐‘€ฉ ๐‘€ช ๐‘€ซ ๐‘€ฌ ๐‘€ญ ๐‘€ฎ ๐‘€ฏ
U+1103x ๐‘€ฐ ๐‘€ฑ ๐‘€ฒ ๐‘€ณ ๐‘€ด ๐‘€ต ๐‘€ถ ๐‘€ท ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€น ๐‘€บ ๐‘€ป ๐‘€ผ ๐‘€ฝ ๐‘€พ ๐‘€ฟ
U+1104x ๐‘€ ๐‘ ๐‘‚ ๐‘ƒ ๐‘„ ๐‘… ๐‘† ๐‘‡ ๐‘ˆ ๐‘‰ ๐‘Š ๐‘‹ ๐‘Œ ๐‘
U+1105x ๐‘’ ๐‘“ ๐‘” ๐‘• ๐‘– ๐‘— ๐‘˜ ๐‘™ ๐‘š ๐‘› ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘Ÿ
U+1106x ๐‘  ๐‘ก ๐‘ข ๐‘ฃ ๐‘ค ๐‘ฅ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ง ๐‘จ ๐‘ฉ ๐‘ช ๐‘ซ ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ญ ๐‘ฎ ๐‘ฏ
U+1107x  BNJ 
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 11.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Brahmi block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.0U+11000..1104D, 11052..1106F108L2/98-032N1685Everson, Michael (1998-01-18), Proposal to encode Brahmi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/02-397Baums, Stefan; Glass, Andrew (2002-11-02), Note for the UTC on the encoding of Brahmi in Unicode
L2/03-249RBaums, Stefan; Glass, Andrew (2003-07-27), Proposal for the Encoding of Brahmi in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/08-277RN3490REverson, Michael; Glass, Andrew; Baums, Stefan (2007-08-14), Progressing the encoding of Brahmi in the SMP of the UCS
L2/07-342N3491Baums, Stefan; Glass, Andrew (2007-10-09), Proposal for the encoding of Brฤhmฤซ in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/07-406Glass, Andrew; Baums, Stefan (2007-10-31), Scripts on Roadmap covered by Brahmi encoding (L2/07-342)
L2/12-020Sharma, Shriramana (2012-01-12), Special rendering of some jihvamuliya/upadhmaniya characters
L2/14-066Sharma, Shriramana (2014-02-07), Representation of the Brahmi and Kannada Jihvamuliya/Upadhmaniya Characters in the Code Charts
L2/16-343A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2016-11-05), Request to change the glyphs of Brahmi vowel signs Vocalic R and Vocalic RR
L2/16-321RA, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2016-12-23), Request to change the glyph of 11008 BRAHMI LETTER II
L2/17-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu; Moore, Lisa; Hai, Liang; Ishida, Richard; Misra, Karan; McGowan, Rick (2017-01-21), "3. Brahmi", Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-224McGowan, Rick (2017-07-25), "Dotted box for Brahmi/Kannada fricative characters", Comments on Public Review Issues (May 01 - July 25, 2017)
L2/17-362Moore, Lisa (2017-11-08), "153-A92", UTC #153 Minutes
7.0U+1107F1L2/10-340Sharma, Shriramana (2010-09-14), Using ZWJ in the encoded representation of Brahmi numbers
L2/11-357RN4166Glass, Andrew; Sharma, Shriramana (2011-11-02), Proposal to encode 1107F Brahmi Number Joiner
  1. โ†‘ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. โ†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. โ†‘ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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