Tirhuta (Unicode block)
# Tirhuta (Unicode block)

Tirhuta is a Unicode block containing characters for Brahmi-derived Tirhuta script which was the primary writing system for Maithili in Bihar, India and Madhesh, Nepal until the 20th century.

## Block

Tirhuta Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :

| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| U+1148x | 𑒀‎ | 𑒁‎ | 𑒂‎ | 𑒃‎ | 𑒄‎ | 𑒅‎ | 𑒆‎ | 𑒇‎ | 𑒈‎ | 𑒉‎ | 𑒊‎ | 𑒋‎ | 𑒌‎ | 𑒍‎ | 𑒎‎ | 𑒏‎ |
| U+1149x | 𑒐‎ | 𑒑‎ | 𑒒‎ | 𑒓‎ | 𑒔‎ | 𑒕‎ | 𑒖‎ | 𑒗‎ | 𑒘‎ | 𑒙‎ | 𑒚‎ | 𑒛‎ | 𑒜‎ | 𑒝‎ | 𑒞‎ | 𑒟‎ |
| U+114Ax | 𑒠‎ | 𑒡‎ | 𑒢‎ | 𑒣‎ | 𑒤‎ | 𑒥‎ | 𑒦‎ | 𑒧‎ | 𑒨‎ | 𑒩‎ | 𑒪‎ | 𑒫‎ | 𑒬‎ | 𑒭‎ | 𑒮‎ | 𑒯‎ |
| U+114Bx | 𑒰‎ | 𑒱‎ | 𑒲‎ | 𑒳‎ | 𑒴‎ | 𑒵‎ | 𑒶‎ | 𑒷‎ | 𑒸‎ | 𑒹‎ | 𑒺‎ | 𑒻‎ | 𑒼‎ | 𑒽‎ | 𑒾‎ | 𑒿‎ |
| U+114Cx | 𑓀‎ | 𑓁‎ | 𑓂‎ | 𑓃‎ | 𑓄‎ | 𑓅‎ | 𑓆‎ | 𑓇‎ | | | | | | | | |
| U+114Dx | 𑓐‎ | 𑓑‎ | 𑓒‎ | 𑓓‎ | 𑓔‎ | 𑓕‎ | 𑓖‎ | 𑓗‎ | 𑓘‎ | 𑓙‎ | | | | | | |
| 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 Tirhuta block:

| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | L2/06-226 | | Pandey, Anshuman (2006-06-21), Request to Allocate the Maithili Script in the Unicode Roadmap |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | L2/09-329 | N3765 | Pandey, Anshuman (2009-09-30), Towards an Encoding for the Maithili Script in ISO/IEC 10646 |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | L2/11-175R | N4035 | Pandey, Anshuman (2011-05-05), Proposal to Encode the Tirhuta Script in ISO/IEC 10646 |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | L2/11-116 | | Moore, Lisa (2011-05-17), "D.9", UTC #127 / L2 #224 Minutes |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | L2/11-261R2 | | Moore, Lisa (2011-08-16), "Consensus 128-C35", UTC #128 / L2 #225 Minutes |
| 7.0 | U+11480..114C7, 114D0..114D9 | 82 | | N4103 | "11.1.1 Tirhuta Script (was Maithili)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
