Marchen (Unicode block)
# 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 Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :

| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 15.0 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 |
| 9.0 | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | 68 | L2/13-197 | N4491 | West, Andrew (2013-10-22), Final proposal to encode the Marchen script in the SMP of the UCS |
| 9.0 | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | 68 | | 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 |
| 9.0 | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | 68 | L2/14-026 | | Moore, Lisa (2014-02-17), "D.13", UTC #138 Minutes |
| 9.0 | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | 68 | | N4553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.10", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA |
| 9.0 | U+11C70..11C8F, 11C92..11CA7, 11CA9..11CB6 | 68 | L2/15-017 | | Moore, Lisa (2015-02-12), "Consensus 142-C16", UTC #142 Minutes, Rescind approval of U+11CA8 MARCHEN SUBJOINED LETTER -A. |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
