Marchen (Unicode block)

Marchen
Marchen
Range	U+11C70..U+11CBF; (80 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Marchen
Assigned	68 code points
Unused	12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)	68 (+68)
Unicode documentation
	Code chart ∣ Web page
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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 16.0 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 points^[a]	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.
^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
^ West, Andrew (2013-10-22). "N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF).

[final-4] Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

[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.

[N4491-3] West, Andrew (2013-10-22). "N4491: Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF).

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