Phags-pa (Unicode block)
Phags-pa is a Unicode block containing characters from the 'Phags-pa script promulgated as a national script by Kublai Khan. It was used primarily in writing Mongolian and Chinese, although it was intended for the use of all languages of the Mongol Empire.Block
The block has six variation sequences defined for standardized variants. They use :
Note that four vowel letters have positional variants:
| Character | Orientation | Isolate | Initial | Medial | Final |
| U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I | regular | | | | |
| U+A85E PHAGS-PA LETTER I | reversed | | | | |
| U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U | regular | | | | |
| U+A85F PHAGS-PA LETTER U | reversed | | | | |
| U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E | regular | | | | |
| U+A860 PHAGS-PA LETTER E | 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:
