Phags-pa (Unicode block)
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Short description: Unicode character block
| Phags-pa | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+A840..U+A87F (64 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Phags Pa |
| Major alphabets | Mongolian Chinese |
| Assigned | 56 code points |
| Unused | 8 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 5.0 | 56 (+56) |
| 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.
Block
The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[3] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS01):
| U+ | A856 | A85C | A85E | A85F | A860 | A868 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base code point | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa |
| base + VS01 | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa | Template:Phagspa |
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:
| Character | Orientation | Isolate | Initial | Medial | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I | regular | ||||
| reversed | |||||
| U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U | regular | ||||
| reversed | |||||
| U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E | regular | ||||
| reversed | |||||
| U+A861 PHAGS-PA LETTER O | regular |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phags-pa block:
| Version | Final code points[lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | U+A840..A877 | 56 | L2/00-055 | N2163 (pdf, doc) | Sato, T. K. (2000-01-06), Soyombo and Pagba (old Mongol scripts) |
| L2/03-269 | West, Andrew; Fynn, Christopher (2003-08-16), E-mail questions and answers on Phags-pa encoding | ||||
| L2/03-229R3 | N2622 | West, Andrew (2003-09-18), Proposal to encode the Phags-pa script | |||
| L2/03-366 | N2666 | Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2003-10-20 | |||
| L2/03-374 | West, Andrew (2003-10-22), Response to N2666 (Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script) | ||||
| N2912 | Constable, Peter (2004-01-22), Open Issues on Phags-pa Encoding | ||||
| L2/04-085 | N2706 | Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3696 : Project Subdivision Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/Amendment 1, 2004-02-03 | |||
| L2/04-112 | N2719 | West, Andrew (2004-03-10), Response to Comments on Phags-pa Proposal in N2706 | |||
| L2/04-134 | N2745 | HPhags-pa script encoding, 2004-04-02 | |||
| L2/04-174 | N2771 | West, Andrew (2004-06-01), Comments on Chinese-Mongolian joint proposal to encode the Hphags-pa script (N2475) | |||
| L2/04-414 | N2870 | Summary of the Revised User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2004-10-25 | |||
| L2/04-412 | N2869 | Proposal to Encode the Phags-Pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
| L2/04-413 | N2869c | Cover letter to Updated proposal to encode the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
| L2/04-415 | N2871 | Some Problems on the Encoding of the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17 | |||
| L2/05-036 | N2922 | Consensus on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2005-01-25 | |||
| L2/05-059 | Whistler, Ken (2005-02-03), WG2 Consent Docket, Part 2: Unicode 5.0 Issues | ||||
| L2/05-026 | Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), UTC #102 Minutes | ||||
| L2/05-219 | N2964 | A User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2005-08-05 | |||
| L2/05-255 | N2972 | West, Andrew (2005-08-17), Glyph Forms for PHAGS-PA LETTER YA and PHAGS-PA LETTER ALTERNATE YA | |||
| L2/05-257 | N2979 | West, Andrew (2005-09-01), Phags-pa Glyphs | |||
| L2/05-270 | Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis) | ||||
| L2/05-279 | Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), UTC #105 Minutes | ||||
| N2953 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15 | ||||
| L2/12-343R2 | Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), UTC #133 Minutes | ||||
| L2/13-146 | N4435 | Suignard, Michel (2013-05-27), Presentation of vertical scripts | |||
| L2/13-132 | Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), UTC #136 Minutes | ||||
| N4403 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14 | ||||
| L2/18-278 | Dyi-Yuaan, Lo (2018-08-30), A Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA (U+A86D) | ||||
| L2/18-280 | N5012 | West, Andrew (2018-08-30), Discussion of 'Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA' | |||
| L2/18-272 | Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), UTC #157 Minutes | ||||
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References
- ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/ucd/. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
- ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium. https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt.
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