Warang Citi (Unicode block)

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Warang Citi
RangeU+118A0..U+118FF
(96 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Warang Citi
Major alphabetsWarang Citi (Varang Kshiti)
Assigned84 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)84 (+84)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Warang Citi is a Unicode block containing characters for Warang Citi (Varang Kshiti) script which is used by some to write the Ho language. [3]

Warang Citi [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+118Ax𑢠𑢡𑢢𑢣𑢤𑢥𑢦𑢧𑢨𑢩𑢪𑢫𑢬𑢭𑢮𑢯
U+118Bx𑢰𑢱𑢲𑢳𑢴𑢵𑢶𑢷𑢸𑢹𑢺𑢻𑢼𑢽𑢾𑢿
U+118Cx𑣀𑣁𑣂𑣃𑣄𑣅𑣆𑣇𑣈𑣉𑣊𑣋𑣌𑣍𑣎𑣏
U+118Dx𑣐𑣑𑣒𑣓𑣔𑣕𑣖𑣗𑣘𑣙𑣚𑣛𑣜𑣝𑣞𑣟
U+118Ex𑣠𑣡𑣢𑣣𑣤𑣥𑣦𑣧𑣨𑣩𑣪𑣫𑣬𑣭𑣮𑣯
U+118Fx𑣰𑣱𑣲𑣿
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 Warang Citi 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. Everson, Michael (2012-04-19). "N4259: Final proposal for encoding the Warang Citi script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Retrieved 3 July 2014.