Manichaean (Unicode block)

Manichaean
Range U+10AC0..U+10AFF
(64 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Manichaean
Major alphabets Sogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned 51 code points
Unused 13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 51 (+51)
Note: [1][2]

Manichaean is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Sogdian, Parthian, and Fars languages.[3]

The block has five variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[4]

Manichaean[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10ACx 𐫀 𐫁 𐫂 𐫃 𐫄 𐫅 𐫆 𐫇 𐫈 𐫉 𐫊 𐫋 𐫌 𐫍 𐫎 𐫏
U+10ADx 𐫐 𐫑 𐫒 𐫓 𐫔 𐫕 𐫖 𐫗 𐫘 𐫙 𐫚 𐫛 𐫜 𐫝 𐫞 𐫟
U+10AEx 𐫠 𐫡 𐫢 𐫣 𐫤 𐫥 𐫦 𐫫 𐫬 𐫭 𐫮 𐫯
U+10AFx 𐫰 𐫱 𐫲 𐫳 𐫴 𐫵 𐫶
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 Manichaean block:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF651L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/01-007Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/03-099N2544Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/04-292McGowan, Rick (2004-07-20), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
L2/08-025N3378Everson, Michael (2008-01-28), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/08-271R2N3486R2Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008-11-01), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-284Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-06), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
L2/09-186N3644Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009-09-30), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-123RN4029REverson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10), Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ↑ Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10). "N4029R: Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
  4. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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