Bhaiksuki (Unicode block)

Bhaiksuki
Range	U+11C00..U+11C6F (112 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Bhaiksuki
Assigned	97 code points
Unused	15 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)	97 (+97)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Bhaiksuki is a Unicode block containing characters from the Bhaiksuki alphabet, which is a Brahmi-based script that was used for writing Sanskrit during the 11th and 12th centuries CE, mainly in the present-day states of Bihar and West Bengal in India, and in parts of Bangladesh. ^[3]

Bhaiksuki [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+11C0x

𑰀

𑰁

𑰂

𑰃

𑰄

𑰅

𑰆

𑰇

𑰈

𑰊

𑰋

𑰌

𑰍

𑰎

𑰏

U+11C1x

𑰐

𑰑

𑰒

𑰓

𑰔

𑰕

𑰖

𑰗

𑰘

𑰙

𑰚

𑰛

𑰜

𑰝

𑰞

𑰟

U+11C2x

𑰠

𑰡

𑰢

𑰣

𑰤

𑰥

𑰦

𑰧

𑰨

𑰩

𑰪

𑰫

𑰬

𑰭

𑰮

𑰯

U+11C3x

𑰰

𑰱

𑰲

𑰳

𑰴

𑰵

𑰶

𑰸

𑰹

𑰺

𑰻

𑰼

𑰽

𑰾

𑰿

U+11C4x

𑱀

𑱁

𑱂

𑱃

𑱄

𑱅

U+11C5x

𑱐

𑱑

𑱒

𑱓

𑱔

𑱕

𑱖

𑱗

𑱘

𑱙

𑱚

𑱛

𑱜

𑱝

𑱞

𑱟

U+11C6x

𑱠

𑱡

𑱢

𑱣

𑱤

𑱥

𑱦

𑱧

𑱨

𑱩

𑱪

𑱫

𑱬

Notes 1. ^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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 Bhaiksuki block:

Version	Final code points [a]	Count	L2  ID	WG2  ID	Document
9.0	U+11C00..11C08, 11C0A..11C36, 11C38..11C45, 11C50..11C6C	97	L2/11-259	N4121	Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-11), Preliminary Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/11-298		Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2011-07-27), "3. Bhaiksuki", South Asian subcommittee report
			L2/13-167	N4469	Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2013-07-22), Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/13-165		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh (2013-07-25), "9", Recommendations to UTC on Script Proposals
			L2/13-194	N4489	Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2013-10-27), Revised Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/14-053		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-01-26), "18", Recommendations to UTC #138 February 2014 on Script Proposals
			L2/14-036		Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-01-27), Revised Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/14-091	N4573	Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-04-23), Final Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646
			L2/14-129		Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh (2014-05-02), "2", Recommendations to UTC #139 May 2014 on Script Proposals
			L2/14-100		Moore, Lisa (2014-05-13), "D.6", UTC #139 Minutes
				N4553 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "10.2.5", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
			L2/16-052	N4603 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.02a", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
			L2/16-121		Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "Consensus 147-C31", UTC #147 Minutes, Change the general category of characters U+11C38..U+11C3B from "Mc" to "Mn" and make them Indic Position Category = "top", for Unicode 9.0.
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
3. Pandey, Anshuman; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-04-23). "N4573: Final Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-22.