Phags-pa (Unicode block)
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Phags-pa | |
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Range | U+A840..U+A87F (64 code points) |
Plane | BMP |
Scripts | Phags Pa |
Major alphabets | Mongolian Chinese |
Assigned | 56 code points |
Unused | 8 reserved code points |
Unicode version history | |
5.0 (2006) | 56 (+56) |
Unicode documentation | |
Code chart ∣ Web page | |
Note: [1][2] |
Phags-pa is a Unicode block containing characters from the 'Phags-pa script promulgated as a national script by Kublai Khan. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all languages of the Mongol Empire.
The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[3]
Block
Phags-pa[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+A84x | ꡀ | ꡁ | ꡂ | ꡃ | ꡄ | ꡅ | ꡆ | ꡇ | ꡈ | ꡉ | ꡊ | ꡋ | ꡌ | ꡍ | ꡎ | ꡏ |
U+A85x | ꡐ | ꡑ | ꡒ | ꡓ | ꡔ | ꡕ | ꡖ | ꡗ | ꡘ | ꡙ | ꡚ | ꡛ | ꡜ | ꡝ | ꡞ | ꡟ |
U+A86x | ꡠ | ꡡ | ꡢ | ꡣ | ꡤ | ꡥ | ꡦ | ꡧ | ꡨ | ꡩ | ꡪ | ꡫ | ꡬ | ꡭ | ꡮ | ꡯ |
U+A87x | ꡰ | ꡱ | ꡲ | ꡳ | ꡴ | ꡵ | ꡶ | ꡷ | ||||||||
Notes |
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:
Character | Isolate | Initial | Medial | Final |
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U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I | ꡞ | ꡞ | ꡞ | ꡞ |
U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U | ꡟ | ꡟ | ꡟ | ꡟ |
U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E | ꡠ | ꡠ | ꡠ | ꡠ |
U+A861 PHAGS-PA LETTER O | ꡡ | ꡡ | ꡡ | ꡡ |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phags-pa block:
Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
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5.0 | U+A840..A877 | 56 | L2/00-055 | N2163 | Sato, T. K. (2000-01-06), Soyombo and Pagba (old Mongol scripts) |
L2/03-224 | Baxter, William H. (2003-07-10), Email on 'Phags-pa | ||||
L2/03-246 | Quejingzhabu; West, Andrew (2003-08-12), Letter commenting on Phags-pa encoding | ||||
L2/03-269 | West, Andrew; Fynn, Christopher (2003-08-16), E-mail questions and answers on Phags-pa encoding | ||||
L2/03-229R3 | N2622 | West, Andrew (2003-09-18), Proposal to encode the Phags-pa script | |||
L2/03-366 | N2666 | Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2003-10-20 | |||
L2/03-374 | West, Andrew (2003-10-22), Response to N2666 (Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script) | ||||
N2912 | Constable, Peter (2004-01-22), Open Issues on Phags-pa Encoding | ||||
L2/04-085 | N2706 | Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3696 : Project Subdivision Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/Amendment 1, 2004-02-03 | |||
L2/04-112 | N2719 | West, Andrew (2004-03-10), Response to Comments on Phags-pa Proposal in N2706 | |||
L2/04-134 | N2745 | HPhags-pa script encoding, 2004-04-02 | |||
L2/04-174 | N2771 | West, Andrew (2004-06-01), Comments on Chinese-Mongolian joint proposal to encode the Hphags-pa script (N2475) | |||
L2/04-275 | N2829 | Zhuang, Chen; Sen, Jia La; Ren, He Xi Ge Du; Tumurtogoo, Domi; Everson, Michael; Sekiguchi; Constable, Peter; Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2004-06-22), Consensus on the encoding of the Phags-pa script in the PDAM code chart | |||
L2/04-414 | N2870 | Summary of the Revised User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2004-10-25 | |||
L2/04-412 | N2869 | Proposal to Encode the Phags-Pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
L2/04-413 | N2869c | Cover letter to Updated proposal to encode the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
L2/04-415 | N2871 | Some Problems on the Encoding of the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
L2/05-036 | N2922 | Consensus on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2005-01-25 | |||
L2/05-219 | N2964 | A User’s Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2005-08-05 | |||
L2/05-255 | N2972 | West, Andrew (2005-08-17), Glyph Forms for PHAGS-PA LETTER YA and PHAGS-PA LETTER ALTERNATE YA | |||
L2/05-257 | N2979 | West, Andrew (2005-09-01), Phags-pa Glyphs | |||
L2/12-360 | Esfahbod, Behdad; Pournader, Roozbeh (2012-11-05), Mongolian and 'Phags-Pa Shaping | ||||
L2/12-343R2 | Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "B.14.5", UTC #133 Minutes | ||||
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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.
- ^ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.