Tirhuta (Unicode block)

Tirhuta
RangeU+11480..U+114DF
(96 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsTirhuta
Major alphabetsMaithili
Assigned82 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)82 (+82)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
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Tirhuta is a Unicode block containing characters for Brahmi-derived Tirhuta script which was the primary writing system for Maithili in Bihar, India and Madhesh, Nepal until the 20th century.[3]

Block

Tirhuta[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+1148x 𑒀‎ 𑒁‎ 𑒂‎ 𑒃‎ 𑒄‎ 𑒅‎ 𑒆‎ 𑒇‎ 𑒈‎ 𑒉‎ 𑒊‎ 𑒋‎ 𑒌‎ 𑒍‎ 𑒎‎ 𑒏‎
U+1149x 𑒐‎ 𑒑‎ 𑒒‎ 𑒓‎ 𑒔‎ 𑒕‎ 𑒖‎ 𑒗‎ 𑒘‎ 𑒙‎ 𑒚‎ 𑒛‎ 𑒜‎ 𑒝‎ 𑒞‎ 𑒟‎
U+114Ax 𑒠‎ 𑒡‎ 𑒢‎ 𑒣‎ 𑒤‎ 𑒥‎ 𑒦‎ 𑒧‎ 𑒨‎ 𑒩‎ 𑒪‎ 𑒫‎ 𑒬‎ 𑒭‎ 𑒮‎ 𑒯‎
U+114Bx 𑒰‎ 𑒱‎ 𑒲‎ 𑒳‎ 𑒴‎ 𑒵‎ 𑒶‎ 𑒷‎ 𑒸‎ 𑒹‎ 𑒺‎ 𑒻‎ 𑒼‎ 𑒽‎ 𑒾‎ 𑒿‎
U+114Cx 𑓀‎ 𑓁‎ 𑓂‎ 𑓃‎ 𑓄‎ 𑓅‎ 𑓆‎ 𑓇‎
U+114Dx 𑓐‎ 𑓑‎ 𑓒‎ 𑓓‎ 𑓔‎ 𑓕‎ 𑓖‎ 𑓗‎ 𑓘‎ 𑓙‎
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 Tirhuta block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
7.0 U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 82 L2/06-226 Pandey, Anshuman (2006-06-21), Request to Allocate the Maithili Script in the Unicode Roadmap
L2/09-329 N3765 Pandey, Anshuman (2009-09-30), Towards an Encoding for the Maithili Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-175R N4035 Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05), Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/11-116 Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "D.9", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes
L2/11-261R2 Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C35", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes
N4103 "11.1.1 Tirhuta Script (was Maithili)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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. ^ Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05). "N4035: Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2.