Manichaean (Unicode block)

Manichaean
Manichaean
Range	U+10AC0..U+10AFF; (64 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Manichaean
Major alphabets	Sogdian, Parthian, Fars
Assigned	51 code points
Unused	13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)	51 (+51)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
	Note:

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

Block

Manichaean^[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+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 16.0 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+	10AC5	10AC6	10AD6	10AD7	10AE1
base code point	𐫅	𐫆	𐫖	𐫗	𐫡
base + VS01	𐫅︀	𐫆︀	𐫖︀	𐫗︀	𐫡︀

History

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

Version	Final code points^[a]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
7.0	U+10AC0..10AE6, 10AEB..10AF6	51	L2/00-128		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
			L2/00-153		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
			L2/01-007		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Manichaean and Christian Sogdian Scripts", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
			L2/02-009		Bunz, Carl-Martin (2001-11-23), "Manichaean script", 2nd Iranian Meeting Report
			L2/03-099	N2544	Everson, Michael (2002-12-03), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
			L2/04-292		McGowan, Rick (2004-07-20), Manichaean Joining Types and Shaping Behavior
			L2/08-025	N3378	Everson, Michael (2008-01-28), Revised proposal to encode the Manichaean script in the UCS
			L2/08-271R2	N3486R2	Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2008-11-01), Proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/09-284		Pournader, Roozbeh; Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-06), Specifying Joining Behavior for Manichaean Aleph
			L2/09-186	N3644	Everson, Michael; Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2009-09-30), Revised proposal for encoding the Manichaean script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/11-123R	N4029R	Everson, 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
			L2/11-116		Moore, 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
			L2/14-026		Moore, 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
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names