Marchen (Unicode block)

Marchen is a Unicode block containing characters from the Marchen alphabet, which has been used to write the extinct Zhang-Zhung language of the Zhang-zhung culture of Tibet. In modern Bon usage, Marchen is also used to write Tibetan.

Marchen
Range	U+11C70..U+11CBF (80 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Marchen
Assigned	68 code points
Unused	12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
9.0 (2016)	68 (+68)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Marchen[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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9

A

B

C

D

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U+11C7x

𑱰‎

𑱱‎

𑱲‎

𑱳‎

𑱴‎

𑱵‎

𑱶‎

𑱷‎

𑱸‎

𑱹‎

𑱺‎

𑱻‎

𑱼‎

𑱽‎

𑱾‎

𑱿‎

U+11C8x

𑲀‎

𑲁‎

𑲂‎

𑲃‎

𑲄‎

𑲅‎

𑲆‎

𑲇‎

𑲈‎

𑲉‎

𑲊‎

𑲋‎

𑲌‎

𑲍‎

𑲎‎

𑲏‎

U+11C9x

𑲒‎

𑲓‎

𑲔‎

𑲕‎

𑲖‎

𑲗‎

𑲘‎

𑲙‎

𑲚‎

𑲛‎

𑲜‎

𑲝‎

𑲞‎

𑲟‎

U+11CAx

𑲠‎

𑲡‎

𑲢‎

𑲣‎

𑲤‎

𑲥‎

𑲦‎

𑲧‎

𑲩‎

𑲪‎

𑲫‎

𑲬‎

𑲭‎

𑲮‎

𑲯‎

U+11CBx

𑲰‎

𑲱‎

𑲲‎

𑲳‎

𑲴‎

𑲵‎

𑲶‎

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

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

Version	Final code points	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
9.0	U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6	68	L2/11-140	N4032	West, Andrew (2011-04-30), Proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
			L2/13-197	N4491	West, Andrew (2013-10-22), Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS
				N4403 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "10.3.16 Marchen script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14
			L2/14-026		Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "D.13", UTC #138 Minutes
				N4553 (pdf, doc)	Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.10", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
			L2/15-017		Moore, Lisa (2015-02-12), "Consensus 142-C16", UTC #142 Minutes, Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A.