Cham is a Unicode block containing characters of the Cham script, which is used for writing the Cham language, primarily used for the Eastern dialect in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Cham
RangeU+AA00..U+AA5F
(96 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCham
Major alphabetsEastern Cham
Assigned83 code points
Unused13 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)83 (+83)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

A separate block for Western Cham, used in Cambodia, was first proposed to Unicode in 2016. As of May 2022 it is still being finalized.[3]

Cham[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+AA0x
U+AA1x
U+AA2x
U+AA3x
U+AA4x
U+AA5x
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
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 Cham block:

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. ^ "ScriptSource - Entry - Unicode Status (Western Cham)".