Grantha (Unicode block)

Grantha is a Unicode block containing the ancient Grantha script characters of 6th to 19th century Tamil Nadu and Kerala for writing Sanskrit and Manipravalam.

Grantha
RangeU+11300..U+1137F
(128 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGrantha (85 char.)
Inherited (1 char.)
Major alphabetsSanskrit Manipravalam
Assigned86 code points
Unused42 reserved code points
Unicode version history
7.0 (2014)83 (+83)
8.0 (2015)85 (+2)
11.0 (2018)86 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
Grantha[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1130x 𑌀 𑌁 𑌂 𑌃 𑌅 𑌆 𑌇 𑌈 𑌉 𑌊 𑌋 𑌌 𑌏
U+1131x 𑌐 𑌓 𑌔 𑌕 𑌖 𑌗 𑌘 𑌙 𑌚 𑌛 𑌜 𑌝 𑌞 𑌟
U+1132x 𑌠 𑌡 𑌢 𑌣 𑌤 𑌥 𑌦 𑌧 𑌨 𑌪 𑌫 𑌬 𑌭 𑌮 𑌯
U+1133x 𑌰 𑌲 𑌳 𑌵 𑌶 𑌷 𑌸 𑌹 𑌻 𑌼 𑌽 𑌾 𑌿
U+1134x 𑍀 𑍁 𑍂 𑍃 𑍄 𑍇 𑍈 𑍋 𑍌 𑍍
U+1135x 𑍐 𑍗 𑍝 𑍞 𑍟
U+1136x 𑍠 𑍡 𑍢 𑍣 𑍦 𑍧 𑍨 𑍩 𑍪 𑍫 𑍬
U+1137x 𑍰 𑍱 𑍲 𑍳 𑍴
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 Grantha 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.