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Phags-pa (Unicode block)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| blockname | Phags-pa |
| rangestart | A840 |
| rangeend | A87F |
| script1 | Phags Pa |
| alphabets | Mongolian |
| Chinese | |
| 5_0 | 56 |
| note |
Chinese FORCETOC
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. They use (VS01):
| U+ | Character | Base code point | Base + VS01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A856 | Phags‑Pa Letter Small A | ||
| A85C | Phags‑Pa Letter Ha | ||
| A85E | Phags‑Pa Letter I | ||
| A85F | Phags‑Pa Letter U | ||
| A860 | Phags‑Pa Letter E | ||
| A868 | Phags‑Pa Subjoined Letter Ya |
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:
| U+ | 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:
References
References
- "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard.
- "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard.
- "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
- Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
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