| Mayan Numerals | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1D2E0..U+1D2FF (32 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Assigned | 20 code points |
| Unused | 12 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 11.0 (2018) | 20 (+20) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
Mayan Numerals is a Unicode block containing characters for the historical Mayan numeral system.
| Mayan Numerals [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+1D2Ex | 𝋠 | 𝋡 | 𝋢 | 𝋣 | 𝋤 | 𝋥 | 𝋦 | 𝋧 | 𝋨 | 𝋩 | 𝋪 | 𝋫 | 𝋬 | 𝋭 | 𝋮 | 𝋯 |
| U+1D2Fx | 𝋰 | 𝋱 | 𝋲 | 𝋳 | ||||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mayan Numerals block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.0 | U+1D2E0..1D2F3 | 20 | L2/16-264R | N4804 | Quinn, Jameson (2016-09-26), Mayan Numerals |
| L2/16-342 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-11-07), "1. Mayan", Recommendations to UTC #149 November 2016 on Script Proposals | ||||
| L2/16-325 | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "C.8", UTC #149 Minutes | ||||
| L2/17-110 | Pallan, Carlos; Anderson, Debbie (2017-03-07), Mayan Numerals: Layout and reading order in Mayan historical texts | ||||
| L2/17-153 | Anderson, Deborah (2017-05-17), "15. Mayan Numerals", Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals | ||||
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