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Marchen (Unicode block)

Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet. In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

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Marchen
RangeU+11C70..U+11CBF
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsMarchen
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode Version History
9.0 (2016)68 (+68)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: 12

Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet.3 In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

Marchen[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+11C7x 𑱰‎ 𑱱‎ 𑱲‎ 𑱳‎ 𑱴‎ 𑱵‎ 𑱶‎ 𑱷‎ 𑱸‎ 𑱹‎ 𑱺‎ 𑱻‎ 𑱼‎ 𑱽‎ 𑱾‎ 𑱿‎
U+11C8x 𑲀‎ 𑲁‎ 𑲂‎ 𑲃‎ 𑲄‎ 𑲅‎ 𑲆‎ 𑲇‎ 𑲈‎ 𑲉‎ 𑲊‎ 𑲋‎ 𑲌‎ 𑲍‎ 𑲎‎ 𑲏‎
U+11C9x 𑲒‎ 𑲓‎ 𑲔‎ 𑲕‎ 𑲖‎ 𑲗‎ 𑲘‎ 𑲙‎ 𑲚‎ 𑲛‎ 𑲜‎ 𑲝‎ 𑲞‎ 𑲟‎
U+11CAx 𑲠‎ 𑲡‎ 𑲢‎ 𑲣‎ 𑲤‎ 𑲥‎ 𑲦‎ 𑲧‎ 𑲩‎ 𑲪‎ 𑲫‎ 𑲬‎ 𑲭‎ 𑲮‎ 𑲯‎
U+11CBx 𑲰‎ 𑲱‎ 𑲲‎ 𑲳‎ 𑲴‎ 𑲵‎ 𑲶‎
Notes
1.^As of Unicode version 17.0
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 Marchen block:

Version Final code pointsa Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
9.0 U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 68 L2/11-140 N4032 West, Andrew (2011-04-30), Proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/13-197 N4491 West, Andrew (2013-10-22), Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
N4403 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.16 Marchen script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
L2/14-026 Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "D.13", UTC #138 Minutes
N4553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.10", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
L2/15-017 Moore, Lisa (2015-02-12), "Consensus 142-C16", UTC #142 Minutes, Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A.
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names
References

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. West, Andrew (2013-10-22). "N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF).