Kaithi (Unicode block)

Kaithi
RangeU+11080..U+110CF
(80 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsKaithi
Major alphabetsBhojpuri
Magahi
Awadhi
Maithili
Urdu
Hindi
Assigned68 code points
Unused12 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)66 (+66)
11.0 (2018)67 (+1)
14.0 (2021)68 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Kaithi is a Unicode block containing characters historically used for writing Bhojpuri, Bajjika, Magahi, Awadhi, Maithili, Urdu, Hindi, and other related languages of the Bihar/Uttar Pradesh area of northern India.

Kaithi[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+1108x 𑂀 𑂁 𑂂 𑂃 𑂄 𑂅 𑂆 𑂇 𑂈 𑂉 𑂊 𑂋 𑂌 𑂍 𑂎 𑂏
U+1109x 𑂐 𑂑 𑂒 𑂓 𑂔 𑂕 𑂖 𑂗 𑂘 𑂙 𑂚 𑂛 𑂜 𑂝 𑂞 𑂟
U+110Ax 𑂠 𑂡 𑂢 𑂣 𑂤 𑂥 𑂦 𑂧 𑂨 𑂩 𑂪 𑂫 𑂬 𑂭 𑂮 𑂯
U+110Bx 𑂰 𑂱 𑂲 𑂳 𑂴 𑂵 𑂶 𑂷 𑂸 𑂹 𑂺 𑂻 𑂼  𑂽  𑂾 𑂿
U+110Cx 𑃀 𑃁 𑃂  𑃍 
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 Kaithi block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
5.2 U+11080..110C1 66 L2/05-343 Pandey, Anshuman (2005-10-25), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/05-368 N3014 Everson, Michael (2005-11-06), Towards an encoding of the Kaithi script
L2/07-199 Pandey, Anshuman (2007-05-21), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1
L2/07-418 N3389 Pandey, Anshuman (2007-12-13), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/08-003 Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Kaithi", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-156 N3438 Anderson, Deborah; Pandey, Anshuman (2008-04-11), Request for removal of digits from Kaithi proposal
L2/08-194 Pandey, Anshuman (2008-05-06), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/08-318 N3453 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.15", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-370 N3544 Anderson, Deborah (2008-10-15), Proposal to add three Kaithi punctuation marks
L2/08-400 Anderson, Deborah (2008-10-29), Information on U+110BD KAITHI NUMBER SIGN
L2/08-161R2 Moore, Lisa (2008-11-05), "Consensus 115-C18", UTC #115 Minutes, Rescind approval of 10 characters for Kaithi digits, at U+110C0..U+110C9. They will be unified with Devanagari.
L2/08-412 N3553 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.06", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/08-361 Moore, Lisa (2008-12-02), "Consensus 117-C22", UTC #117 Minutes
L2/09-070 Pandey, Anshuman; Anderson, Deborah (2009-02-01), Comments on Kaithi Punctuation Marks and FPDAM 6
L2/09-071 N3520R Anderson, Deborah (2009-02-02), Details on Kaithi punctuation (based on N3389)
L2/09-089 N3574 Pandey, Anshuman (2009-02-10), Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Kaithi in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/09-003R Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "E.6", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-270R Anderson, Deborah (2009-08-05), Kaithi Decomposition Questions for Unicode 5.2
L2/09-225R Moore, Lisa (2009-08-17), "E.3.1", UTC #120 / L2 #217 Minutes
11.0 U+110CD 1 L2/16-097R Yang, Benjamin (2016-04-29), Proposal to encode Kaithi Number Sign Above
L2/16-156 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "10. Kaithi", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-121 Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "D.13", UTC #147 Minutes
14.0 U+110C2 1 L2/20-151 A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2020-06-24), Proposal to encode the KAITHI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R
L2/20-169 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-07-21), "12. Kaithi", Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals
L2/20-172 Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Consensus 164-C14", UTC #164 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  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.