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Ancient Greek Numbers (Unicode block)
RangeU+10140..U+1018F
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGreek
Symbol setsacrophonic numerals
Assigned79 code points
Unused1 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.1 (2005)75 (+75)
7.0 (2014)77 (+2)
9.0 (2016)79 (+2)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ancient Greek Numbers is a Unicode block containing acrophonic numerals used in ancient Greece, including ligatures and special symbols.

Block

Ancient Greek Numbers[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+1014x 𐅀 𐅁 𐅂 𐅃 𐅄 𐅅 𐅆 𐅇 𐅈 𐅉 𐅊 𐅋 𐅌 𐅍 𐅎 𐅏
U+1015x 𐅐 𐅑 𐅒 𐅓 𐅔 𐅕 𐅖 𐅗 𐅘 𐅙 𐅚 𐅛 𐅜 𐅝 𐅞 𐅟
U+1016x 𐅠 𐅡 𐅢 𐅣 𐅤 𐅥 𐅦 𐅧 𐅨 𐅩 𐅪 𐅫 𐅬 𐅭 𐅮 𐅯
U+1017x 𐅰 𐅱 𐅲 𐅳 𐅴 𐅵 𐅶 𐅷 𐅸 𐅹 𐅺 𐅻 𐅼 𐅽 𐅾 𐅿
U+1018x 𐆀 𐆁 𐆂 𐆃 𐆄 𐆅 𐆆 𐆇 𐆈 𐆉 𐆊 𐆋 𐆌 𐆍 𐆎
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey area indicates non-assigned code point

History

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

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
4.1 U+10140..10189 74 L2/01-412 Anderson, Deborah (2001-11-05), Greek Acrophonic Numerals Proposal and Proposals for Other Greek Additional Characters
L2/01-405R Moore, Lisa (2001-12-12), "Consensus 89-C9", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Mountain View, November 6-9, 2001, The UTC favors the addition of the remaining Greek acrophonic numerals rather than cloning the existing Greek letters.
L2/02-029 Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), Measures Unicode Proposal
L2/02-031 Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), TLG Miscellanea Proposal
L2/02-033 Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), TLG Unicode Proposal (draft)
L2/02-053 Anderson, Deborah (2002-02-04), Description of TLG Documents
L2/02-273 Pantelia, Maria (2002-07-31), TLG Unicode Proposal
L2/02-287 Pantelia, Maria (2002-08-09), Proposal Summary Form accompanying TLG Unicode Proposal (L2/02-273)
L2/02-318R Pantelia, Maria (2002-11-07), Proposal for encoding Greek numerical characters in the UCS
L2/03-075R3 N2612-3 Pantelia, Maria (2003-06-11), Proposal for encoding Greek acrophonic characters in the UCS
L2/03-158R N2612-2 Pantelia, Maria (2003-06-11), Proposal for encoding Greek numerical characters in the UCS
U+1018A 1 L2/04-054 N2708 Mercier, Raymond (2004-02-02), Proposal to encode Greek Zero in the UCS
7.0 U+1018B..1018C 2 L2/12-034 N4194 Sosin, Joshua; Heilporn, Paul; Hoogendijk, Cisca; Mastronarde, Donald; Hickey, Todd; Anderson, Deborah (2012-01-23), Proposal for three Greek papyrological characters
9.0 U+1018D 1 L2/14-156 N4596 Kalvesmaki, Joel (2014-07-18), Proposal to encode GREEK BYZANTINE INDICTION SIGN
U+1018E 1 L2/14-158 N4594 Kalvesmaki, Joel (2014-07-18), Proposal to encode GREEK BYZANTINE NOMISMA SIGN
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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