Phags-pa (Unicode block)

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Phags-pa
RangeU+A840..U+A87F
(64 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Phags Pa
Major alphabetsMongolian
Chinese
Assigned56 code points
Unused8 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, the founder of the Yuan dynasty. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all written languages of the Mongol Empire.

Contents

Block

Phags-pa [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+A84xꡀꡁꡂꡃꡄꡅꡆꡇꡈꡉꡊꡋꡌꡍꡎꡏ
U+A85xꡐꡑꡒꡓꡔꡕꡖꡗꡘꡙꡚꡛꡜꡝꡞꡟ
U+A86xꡠꡡꡢꡣꡤꡥꡦꡧꡨꡩꡪꡫꡬꡭꡮꡯ
U+A87xꡰꡱꡲꡳ꡴꡵꡶꡷
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants. [3] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS01):

Variation sequences for reversed shaping
U+CharacterBase code pointBase + VS01
A856Phags‑Pa Letter Small Aꡖꡖ︀
A85CPhags‑Pa Letter Haꡜꡜ︀
A85EPhags‑Pa Letter Iꡞꡞ︀
A85FPhags‑Pa Letter Uꡟꡟ︀
A860Phags‑Pa Letter Eꡠꡠ︀
A868Phags‑Pa Subjoined Letter Yaꡨꡨ︀

Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:

Positional forms of I, U, E, and O
U+CharacterOrientationIsolateInitialMedialFinal
U+A85EPhags‑Pa Letter Iregularꡞꡞ‍‍ꡞ‍‍ꡞ
reversedꡞ︀ꡞ︀‍‍ꡞ︀‍‍ꡞ︀
U+A85FPhags‑Pa Letter Uregularꡟꡟ‍‍ꡟ‍‍ꡟ
reversedꡟ︀ꡟ︀‍‍ꡟ︀‍‍ꡟ︀
U+A860Phags‑Pa Letter Eregularꡠꡠ‍‍ꡠ‍‍ꡠ
reversedꡠ︀ꡠ︀‍‍ꡠ︀‍‍ꡠ︀
U+A861Phags‑Pa Letter Oregularꡡꡡ‍‍ꡡ‍‍ꡡ

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phags-pa block:

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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. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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