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Manichaean (Unicode block)

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Manichaean
RangeU+10AC0..U+10AFF
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsManichaean
Major alphabetsSogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned51 code points
Unused13 reserved code points
Unicode Version History
7.0 (2014)51 (+51)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Manichaean is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Sogdian, Parthian, and the dialects of Fars.[3]

Block

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Manichaean[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+10ACx 𐫀‎ 𐫁‎ 𐫂‎ 𐫃‎ 𐫄‎ 𐫅‎ 𐫆‎ 𐫇‎ 𐫈‎ 𐫉‎ 𐫊‎ 𐫋‎ 𐫌‎ 𐫍‎ 𐫎‎ 𐫏‎
U+10ADx 𐫐‎ 𐫑‎ 𐫒‎ 𐫓‎ 𐫔‎ 𐫕‎ 𐫖‎ 𐫗‎ 𐫘‎ 𐫙‎ 𐫚‎ 𐫛‎ 𐫜‎ 𐫝‎ 𐫞‎ 𐫟‎
U+10AEx 𐫠‎ 𐫡‎ 𐫢‎ 𐫣‎ 𐫤‎ 𐫥‎ 𐫦‎ 𐫫‎ 𐫬‎ 𐫭‎ 𐫮‎ 𐫯‎
U+10AFx 𐫰‎ 𐫱‎ 𐫲‎ 𐫳‎ 𐫴‎ 𐫵‎ 𐫶‎
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 18.0
2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has five variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[4] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS1) to denote alternate letter forms:[3]

Variation sequences for alternate forms
U+10AC510AC610AD610AD710AE1
base code point𐫅𐫆𐫖𐫗𐫡
base + VS01𐫅︀𐫆︀𐫖︀𐫗︀𐫡︀

History

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

References

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  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. 1 2 Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10). "N4029R: Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.
  4. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.