Phags-pa (Unicode block)

Phags-pa
Range	U+A840..U+A87F; (64 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Phags Pa
Major alphabets	Mongolian; Chinese
Assigned	56 code points
Unused	8 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.0	56 (+56)
	Note: [1][2]

Phags-pa is a Unicode block containing characters from the 'Phags-pa script promulgated as a national script by Kublai Khan. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all languages of the Mongol Empire.

Block

Phags-pa^[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+A84x	ꡀ	ꡁ	ꡂ	ꡃ	ꡄ	ꡅ	ꡆ	ꡇ	ꡈ	ꡉ	ꡊ	ꡋ	ꡌ	ꡍ	ꡎ	ꡏ
U+A85x	ꡐ	ꡑ	ꡒ	ꡓ	ꡔ	ꡕ	ꡖ	ꡗ	ꡘ	ꡙ	ꡚ	ꡛ	ꡜ	ꡝ	ꡞ	ꡟ
U+A86x	ꡠ	ꡡ	ꡢ	ꡣ	ꡤ	ꡥ	ꡦ	ꡧ	ꡨ	ꡩ	ꡪ	ꡫ	ꡬ	ꡭ	ꡮ	ꡯ
U+A87x	ꡰ	ꡱ	ꡲ	ꡳ	꡴	꡵	꡶	꡷
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[3] They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS01):

Variation sequences for reversed shaping
U+	A856	A85C	A85E	A85F	A860	A868
base code point	ꡖ	ꡜ	ꡞ	ꡟ	ꡠ	ꡨ
base + VS01	ꡖ︀	ꡜ︀	ꡞ︀	ꡟ︀	ꡠ︀	ꡨ︀

Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:

Positional forms of I, U, E, and O
Character	Orientation	Isolate	Initial	Medial	Final
U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I	regular	ꡞ	ꡞ‍	‍ꡞ‍	‍ꡞ
U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I	reversed	ꡞ︀	ꡞ︀‍	‍ꡞ︀‍	‍ꡞ︀
U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U	regular	ꡟ	ꡟ‍	‍ꡟ‍	‍ꡟ
U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U	reversed	ꡟ︀	ꡟ︀‍	‍ꡟ︀‍	‍ꡟ︀
U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E	regular	ꡠ	ꡠ‍	‍ꡠ‍	‍ꡠ
U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E	reversed	ꡠ︀	ꡠ︀‍	‍ꡠ︀‍	‍ꡠ︀
U+A861 PHAGS-PA LETTER O	regular	ꡡ	ꡡ‍	‍ꡡ‍	‍ꡡ

History

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

Version	Final code points[lower-alpha 1]	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
5.0	U+A840..A877	56	L2/00-055	N2163 (pdf, doc)	Sato, T. K. (2000-01-06), Soyombo and Pagba (old Mongol scripts)
			L2/03-224		Baxter, William H. (2003-07-10), Email on 'Phags-pa
			L2/03-246		Quejingzhabu; West, Andrew (2003-08-12), Letter commenting on Phags-pa encoding
			L2/03-269		West, Andrew; Fynn, Christopher (2003-08-16), E-mail questions and answers on Phags-pa encoding
			L2/03-229R3	N2622	West, Andrew (2003-09-18), Proposal to encode the Phags-pa script
			L2/03-366	N2666	Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2003-10-20
			L2/03-374		West, Andrew (2003-10-22), Response to N2666 (Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script)
				N2912	Constable, Peter (2004-01-22), Open Issues on Phags-pa Encoding
			L2/04-085	N2706	Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3696 : Project Subdivision Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/Amendment 1, 2004-02-03
			L2/04-112	N2719	West, Andrew (2004-03-10), Response to Comments on Phags-pa Proposal in N2706
			L2/04-134	N2745	HPhags-pa script encoding, 2004-04-02
			L2/04-174	N2771	West, Andrew (2004-06-01), Comments on Chinese-Mongolian joint proposal to encode the Hphags-pa script (N2475)
			L2/04-275	N2829	Chen, Zhuang; Jia La, Sen; He Xi Ge Du, Ren; Tumurtogoo, Domi; Everson, Michael; Sekiguchi; Constable, Peter; Whistler, Ken; Freytag, Asmus (2004-06-22), Consensus on the encoding of the Phags-pa script in the PDAM code chart
			L2/04-414	N2870	Summary of the Revised User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2004-10-25
			L2/04-412	N2869	Proposal to Encode the Phags-Pa Script, 2004-11-17
			L2/04-413	N2869c	Cover letter to Updated proposal to encode the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17
			L2/04-415	N2871	Some Problems on the Encoding of the Phags-pa Script, 2004-11-17
			L2/05-036	N2922	Consensus on Encoding Phags-pa Script, 2005-01-25
			L2/05-059		Whistler, Ken (2005-02-03), "1. Phags-pa", WG2 Consent Docket, Part 2: Unicode 5.0 Issues
			L2/05-026		Moore, Lisa (2005-05-16), "WG2 - Unicode 5.0 Consent Docket (B.1.16)", UTC #102 Minutes
			L2/05-219	N2964	A User’s Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script, 2005-08-05
			L2/05-255	N2972	West, Andrew (2005-08-17), Glyph Forms for PHAGS-PA LETTER YA and PHAGS-PA LETTER ALTERNATE YA
			L2/05-257	N2979	West, Andrew (2005-09-01), Phags-pa Glyphs
			L2/05-270		Whistler, Ken (2005-09-21), "F. Phags-pa Glyphs", WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)
			L2/05-279		Moore, Lisa (2005-11-10), "Consensus 105-C29", UTC #105 Minutes
				N2953 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "7.2.1", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
			L2/12-360		Esfahbod, Behdad; Pournader, Roozbeh (2012-11-05), Mongolian and 'Phags-Pa Shaping
			L2/12-343R2		Moore, Lisa (2012-12-04), "B.14.5 Mongolian Shaping", UTC #133 Minutes
			L2/13-146	N4435	Suignard, Michel (2013-05-27), Presentation of vertical scripts
			L2/13-132		Moore, Lisa (2013-07-29), "B.1.7 Presentation of vertical scripts", UTC #136 Minutes
				N4403 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "11.1.2 Presentation of Vertical scripts (Mongolian and Phags-pa)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
			L2/18-278		Dyi-Yuaan, Lo (2018-08-30), A Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA (U+A86D)
			L2/18-280	N5012	West, Andrew (2018-08-30), Discussion of 'Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA'
			L2/18-272		Moore, Lisa (2018-10-29), "C.5.1 A Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA (U+A86D)", UTC #157 Minutes
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

"Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
"Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
"Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.

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

[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.

[3] "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.

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