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Phags-pa is a Unicode block containing characters from the 'Phags-pa script promulgated as a national script by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all written languages of the Mongol Empire.
Block
The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants. They use (VS01):
+ Variation sequences for reversed shaping U+ Character Base code point Base + VS01 A856 Phags‑Pa Letter Small A A85C Phags‑Pa Letter Ha A85E Phags‑Pa Letter I A85F Phags‑Pa Letter U A860 Phags‑Pa Letter E A868 Phags‑Pa Subjoined Letter Ya
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants: + Positional forms of I, U, E, and O U+ Character Orientation Isolate Initial Medial Final U+A85E Phags‑Pa Letter I regular reversed U+A85F Phags‑Pa Letter U regular reversed U+A860 Phags‑Pa Letter E regular reversed U+A861 Phags‑Pa Letter O regular
History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Phags-pa block:
Version Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document 5.0 U+A840..A877 56 doc) N2622 N2666 N2912 N2706 N2719 N2745 N2771 N2829 N2870 N2869 N2869c N2871 N2922 N2964 N2972 N2979 doc) N4435 doc) N5012
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