Manichaean (Unicode block)

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

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 chartโ€ƒโˆฃโ€ƒWeb page
Note: [1][2]

Block
Manichaean[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+10ACx ๐ซ€โ€Ž ๐ซโ€Ž ๐ซ‚โ€Ž ๐ซƒโ€Ž ๐ซ„โ€Ž ๐ซ…โ€Ž ๐ซ†โ€Ž ๐ซ‡โ€Ž ๐ซˆโ€Ž ๐ซ‰โ€Ž ๐ซŠโ€Ž ๐ซ‹โ€Ž ๐ซŒโ€Ž ๐ซโ€Ž ๐ซŽโ€Ž ๐ซโ€Ž
U+10ADx ๐ซโ€Ž ๐ซ‘โ€Ž ๐ซ’โ€Ž ๐ซ“โ€Ž ๐ซ”โ€Ž ๐ซ•โ€Ž ๐ซ–โ€Ž ๐ซ—โ€Ž ๐ซ˜โ€Ž ๐ซ™โ€Ž ๐ซšโ€Ž ๐ซ›โ€Ž ๐ซœโ€Ž ๐ซโ€Ž ๐ซžโ€Ž ๐ซŸโ€Ž
U+10AEx ๐ซ โ€Ž ๐ซกโ€Ž ๐ซขโ€Ž ๐ซฃโ€Ž ๐ซคโ€Ž ๐ซฅโ€Ž ๐ซฆโ€Ž ๐ซซโ€Ž ๐ซฌโ€Ž ๐ซญโ€Ž ๐ซฎโ€Ž ๐ซฏโ€Ž
U+10AFx ๐ซฐโ€Ž ๐ซฑโ€Ž ๐ซฒโ€Ž ๐ซณโ€Ž ๐ซดโ€Ž ๐ซตโ€Ž ๐ซถโ€Ž
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1
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 point๐ซ…๐ซ†๐ซ–๐ซ—๐ซก
base + VS01๐ซ…๏ธ€๐ซ†๏ธ€๐ซ–๏ธ€๐ซ—๏ธ€๐ซก๏ธ€

History

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

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
7.0U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF651L2/00-128Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/01-007Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
L2/02-009Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
L2/03-099N2544Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/04-292McGowan, Rick (2004-07-20), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
L2/08-025N3378Everson, Michael (2008-01-28), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
L2/08-271R2N3486R2Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008-11-01), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/09-284Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-06), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
L2/09-186N3644Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009-09-30), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-123RN4029REverson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond; Pournader, Roozbeh; Afshar, Shervin (2011-05-10), Second revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/11-116Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "C.10", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
N4103"11.10 Manichaean script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/14-026Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "C.9", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.02d, M62.02h", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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; 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.
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