Thai (Unicode block)

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Thai
RangeU+0E00..U+0E7F
(128 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Thai (86 char.)
Common (1 char.)
Major alphabets Thai
Northern Thai
Pali
Assigned87 code points
Unused41 reserved code points
Source standardsThai Industrial Standard 620-2529 and 620-2533
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)92 (+92)
1.0.1 (1992)87 (-5)
Chart
Code chart
Note: Five characters were removed from the Thai block in version 1.0.1 during the process of unifying with ISO 10646. [1] [2] [3]

Thai is a Unicode block containing characters for the Thai, Lanna Tai, and Pali languages. It is based on the Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533.

Contents

Block

Thai [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+0E0x
U+0E1x
U+0E2x
U+0E3x฿
U+0E4x
U+0E5x
U+0E6x
U+0E7x
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 14.0
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 Thai block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count UTC  ID L2  IDDocument
1.0.0U+0E01..0E3A, 0E3F..0E5B87UTC/1991-058Whistler, Ken, Thai, Lao
UTC/1991-048B Whistler, Ken (1991-03-27), "Thai, Lao", Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple
UTC/1992-xxx Freytag, Asmus (1992-05-12), "B. Indic SC", Unconfirmed minutes for UTC Meeting #52, May 8, 1992 at Xerox
L2/02-017 Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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References

  1. "Unicode 1.0.1 Addendum" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. 1992-11-03. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.