Phags-pa (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Phags-pa
|rangestart = A840
|rangeend = A87F
|script1 = Phags Pa
|alphabets = Mongolian
Chinese
|5_0 = 56
|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
}}
Phags-pa is a Unicode block containing characters from the 'Phags-pa script promulgated as a national script by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all written languages of the Mongol Empire.
Block
{{Unicode chart Phags-pa}}
The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants.{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt|title=Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences | publisher=The Unicode Consortium}} They use {{sc2|U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1}} (VS01):
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|+ Variation sequences for reversed shaping ! U+ !! Character !! Base code point !! Base + VS01 | |||
| A856 | Phags‑Pa Letter Small A | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡖ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡖ︀}} |
| A85C | Phags‑Pa Letter Ha | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡜ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡜ︀}} |
| A85E | Phags‑Pa Letter I | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ︀}} |
| A85F | Phags‑Pa Letter U | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ︀}} |
| A860 | Phags‑Pa Letter E | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ︀}} |
| A868 | Phags‑Pa Subjoined Letter Ya | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡨ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡨ︀}} |
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:
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|+ Positional forms of I, U, E, and O ! U+ ! Character ! Orientation ! Isolate ! Initial ! Medial ! Final |
| rowspan="2" | U+A85E
| rowspan="2" | Phags‑Pa Letter I | regular | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ}} |
| reversed
| {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡞ︀}} |
| rowspan="2" | U+A85F
| rowspan="2" | Phags‑Pa Letter U | regular | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ}} |
| reversed
| {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡟ︀}} |
| rowspan="2" | U+A860
| rowspan="2" | Phags‑Pa Letter E | regular | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ}} |
| reversed
| {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ︀}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡠ︀}} |
| U+A861
| Phags‑Pa Letter O | regular | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡡ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡡ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡡ}} | {{Phagspa|v|size=20|ꡡ}} |
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phags-pa block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="34" | 5.0 | rowspan="34" | U+A840..A877 | rowspan="34" | 56 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00055-n2163.pdf L2/00-055]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2163.pdf N2163 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2163.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Soyombo and Pagba (old Mongol scripts)|date=2000-01-06|first=T. K.|last=Sato|ref=none}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03224-cook-baxter.pdf L2/03-224]}} | {{Citation|title=Email on 'Phags-pa|date=2003-07-10|first=William H.|last=Baxter|author-link=William H. Baxter|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03246-phags-pa-support.pdf L2/03-246]}} | {{Citation|title=Letter commenting on Phags-pa encoding|date=2003-08-12|last1=Quejingzhabu|author-link1=Choijinzhab|first2=Andrew|last2=West|author-link2=Andrew West (linguist)|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03269-phagspa-info.txt L2/03-269]}} | {{Citation|title=E-mail questions and answers on Phags-pa encoding|date=2003-08-16|first1=Andrew|last1=West|first2=Christopher|last2=Fynn|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03229r3-phagspa.pdf L2/03-229R3]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2622.pdf N2622] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode the Phags-pa script|date=2003-09-18|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03366-n2666-principles-phagspa.pdf L2/03-366]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2666.doc N2666] | {{Citation|title=Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script|date=2003-10-20|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03374-west-phagspa-comment.pdf L2/03-374]}} | {{Citation|title=Response to N2666 (Principles on Encoding Phags-pa Script)|date=2003-10-22|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2912.pdf N2912] | {{Citation|title=Open Issues on Phags-pa Encoding|date=2004-01-22|first=Peter|last=Constable|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04085-n2706.pdf L2/04-085]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2706.pdf N2706] | {{Citation|title=Summary of Voting on ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 2 N 3696 : Project Subdivision Proposal for ISO/IEC 10646: 2003/Amendment 1|date=2004-02-03|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04112-n2719%20phagspa-cmt.pdf L2/04-112]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2719.pdf N2719] | {{Citation|title=Response to Comments on Phags-pa Proposal in N2706|date=2004-03-10|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04134-n2745-hphags-pa.pdf L2/04-134]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2745.pdf N2745] | {{Citation|title=HPhags-pa script encoding|date=2004-04-02|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04174-west-cmts-2745.pdf L2/04-174]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2771r.pdf N2771] | {{Citation|title=Comments on Chinese-Mongolian joint proposal to encode the Hphags-pa script (N2475)|date=2004-06-01|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04275-n2829-phagspa.pdf L2/04-275]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2829.pdf N2829] | {{Citation|title=Consensus on the encoding of the Phags-pa script in the PDAM code chart|date=2004-06-22|first1=Zhuang|last1=Chen|first2=La Sen|last2=Jia|first3=Xi Ge Du Ren|last3=He|first4=Domi|last4=Tumurtogoo|first5=Michael|last5=Everson|author-link5=Michael Everson|last6=Sekiguchi|first7=Peter|last7=Constable|first8=Ken|last8=Whistler|first9=Asmus|last9=Freytag|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04414-n2870-phagspa-user.pdf L2/04-414]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2870.pdf N2870] | {{Citation|title=Summary of the Revised User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script|date=2004-10-25|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04412-n2869-phagspa.pdf L2/04-412]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2869.pdf N2869] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Encode the Phags-Pa Script|date=2004-11-17|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04413-n2869c-cover-phagspa.pdf L2/04-413]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2869c.doc N2869c] | {{Citation|title=Cover letter to Updated proposal to encode the Phags-pa Script|date=2004-11-17|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04415-n2871-phagspa-problems.pdf L2/04-415]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2871.pdf N2871] | {{Citation|title=Some Problems on the Encoding of the Phags-pa Script|date=2004-11-17|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05036-n2922.pdf L2/05-036]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2922.doc N2922] | {{Citation|title=Consensus on Encoding Phags-pa Script|date=2005-01-25|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05059-wg2-consent2.txt L2/05-059]}} | {{Citation|title=WG2 Consent Docket, Part 2: Unicode 5.0 Issues|date=2005-02-03|first=Ken|last=Whistler|ref=none|section=1. Phags-pa}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05026.htm L2/05-026]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #102 Minutes|date=2005-05-16|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=WG2 - Unicode 5.0 Consent Docket (B.1.16)}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05219-n2964.pdf L2/05-219]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2964.pdf N2964] | {{Citation|title=A User's Agreement Related to Phags-pa Script|date=2005-08-05|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05255-n2972-phagspa.pdf L2/05-255]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2972.pdf N2972] | {{Citation|title=Glyph Forms for PHAGS-PA LETTER YA and PHAGS-PA LETTER ALTERNATE YA|date=2005-08-17|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05257-n2979-phagspa.pdf L2/05-257]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2979.pdf N2979] | {{Citation|title=Phags-pa Glyphs|date=2005-09-01|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05270-wg2docket.txt L2/05-270]}} | {{Citation|title=WG2 Consent Docket (Sophia Antipolis)|date=2005-09-21|first=Ken|last=Whistler|ref=none|section=F. Phags-pa Glyphs}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2005/05279.htm L2/05-279]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #105 Minutes|date=2005-11-10|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=Consensus 105-C29}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2953.pdf N2953 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2953.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15|date=2006-02-16|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=7.2.1}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12360-mong-shaping.txt L2/12-360]}} | {{Citation|title=Mongolian and 'Phags-Pa Shaping|date=2012-11-05|first1=Behdad|last1=Esfahbod|author-link1=Behdad Esfahbod|first2=Roozbeh|last2=Pournader|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-133-2012011.html L2/12-343R2]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #133 Minutes|date=2012-12-04|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=B.14.5 Mongolian Shaping}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13146-n4435.pdf L2/13-146]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4435.pdf N4435] | {{Citation|title=Presentation of vertical scripts|date=2013-05-27|first=Michel|last=Suignard|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2013/13132.htm L2/13-132]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #136 Minutes|date=2013-07-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=B.1.7 Presentation of vertical scripts}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf N4403 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14|date=2014-01-28|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|ref=none|section=11.1.2 Presentation of Vertical scripts (Mongolian and Phags-pa)}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18278-phags-pa-alt-ya-issue.pdf L2/18-278]}} | {{Citation|title=A Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA (U+A86D)|date=2018-08-30|first=Lo|last=Dyi-Yuaan|ref=none}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18280-feedback-phags-pa.pdf L2/18-280]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5012-Phags-paAlternateYA.pdf N5012] | {{Citation|title=Discussion of 'Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA'|date=2018-08-30|first=Andrew|last=West|ref=none}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18272.htm L2/18-272]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #157 Minutes|date=2018-10-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|ref=none|section=C.5.1 A Glyph Error of 'Phags-pa Alternate YA (U+A86D)}} | ||||
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