Lisu (Unicode block)
| Lisu | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+A4D0..U+A4FF (48 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Lisu |
| Major alphabets | Fraser Lisu |
| Assigned | 48 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 5.2 (2009) | 48 (+48) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1][2] | |
Lisu is a Unicode block containing characters of the Fraser alphabet, which is used to write the Lisu language. This alphabet (and by extension the block) consists of glyphs resembling capital letters in the basic Latin alphabet in their standard form and horizontally or vertically mirrored. (The addition of the block was subject to significant debate as to whether an entire block was necessary for the alphabet or if the turned letters not already in Unicode could instead be added under the Latin script section. Ultimately, the former approach was taken, and the Lisu letters are thus semantically different from their Latin counterparts.)
This block is supported by a few fonts including Noto Sans Lisu, Lisu Unicode, DejaVu Sans, Horta, Montagel, Quivira, Segoe UI (since Windows 8), and Highway Gothic (Wide, version 2.0.3).
| Lisu[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+A4Dx | ꓐ | ꓑ | ꓒ | ꓓ | ꓔ | ꓕ | ꓖ | ꓗ | ꓘ | ꓙ | ꓚ | ꓛ | ꓜ | ꓝ | ꓞ | ꓟ |
| U+A4Ex | ꓠ | ꓡ | ꓢ | ꓣ | ꓤ | ꓥ | ꓦ | ꓧ | ꓨ | ꓩ | ꓪ | ꓫ | ꓬ | ꓭ | ꓮ | ꓯ |
| U+A4Fx | ꓰ | ꓱ | ꓲ | ꓳ | ꓴ | ꓵ | ꓶ | ꓷ | ꓸ | ꓹ | ꓺ | ꓻ | ꓼ | ꓽ | ꓾ | ꓿ |
Notes
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History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Lisu block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | U+A4D0..A4FF | 48 | L2/07-297 | N3323 | Everson, Michael (2007-09-11), Towards an encoding of the Fraser script in the UCS |
| L2/07-294 | N3326 | Cook, Richard (2007-09-15), Fraser’s Lisu orthography | |||
| L2/07-357 | N3317R2 | Proposal for encoding the Old Lisu script in the BMP of the UCS, 2007-10-10 | |||
| L2/07-423 | Documentation on legacy encodings of the Old Lisu script, 2007-12-29 | ||||
| L2/08-019 | N3424 | Cheuk, Adrian (2008-01-28), Proposal for encoding the Old Lisu script in the BMP of the UCS | |||
| L2/09-247 | Hosken, Martin (2009-07-10), Discussion and proposal of default Lisu sort order | ||||
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References
- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.