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Bhaiksuki (Unicode block)

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Bhaiksuki
RangeU+11C00..U+11C6F
(112 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsBhaiksuki
Assigned97 code points
Unused15 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)97 (+97)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Bhaiksuki is a Unicode block containing characters from the Bhaiksuki alphabet, which is a Brahmi-based script that was used for writing Sanskrit during the 11th and 12th centuries CE, mainly in the present-day states of Bihar and West Bengal in India, and in parts of Bangladesh.[3]

Bhaiksuki[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+11C0x 𑰀 𑰁 𑰂 𑰃 𑰄 𑰅 𑰆 𑰇 𑰈 𑰊 𑰋 𑰌 𑰍 𑰎 𑰏
U+11C1x 𑰐 𑰑 𑰒 𑰓 𑰔 𑰕 𑰖 𑰗 𑰘 𑰙 𑰚 𑰛 𑰜 𑰝 𑰞 𑰟
U+11C2x 𑰠 𑰡 𑰢 𑰣 𑰤 𑰥 𑰦 𑰧 𑰨 𑰩 𑰪 𑰫 𑰬 𑰭 𑰮 𑰯
U+11C3x 𑰰 𑰱 𑰲 𑰳 𑰴 𑰵 𑰶 𑰸 𑰹 𑰺 𑰻 𑰼 𑰽 𑰾 𑰿
U+11C4x 𑱀 𑱁 𑱂 𑱃 𑱄 𑱅
U+11C5x 𑱐 𑱑 𑱒 𑱓 𑱔 𑱕 𑱖 𑱗 𑱘 𑱙 𑱚 𑱛 𑱜 𑱝 𑱞 𑱟
U+11C6x 𑱠 𑱡 𑱢 𑱣 𑱤 𑱥 𑱦 𑱧 𑱨 𑱩 𑱪 𑱫 𑱬
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

References

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  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; Dimitrov, Dragomir (2014-04-23). "N4573: Final Proposal to Encode the Bhaiksuki Script in ISO/IEC 10646" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-22.