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Tirhuta (Unicode block)

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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]

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[edit]

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 15.1
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History[edit]

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[edit]

  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.