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Kaithi (Unicode block)
Unicode character block

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)
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U+1108x𑂀𑂁𑂂𑂃𑂄𑂅𑂆𑂇𑂈𑂉𑂊𑂋𑂌𑂍𑂎𑂏
U+1109x𑂐𑂑𑂒𑂓𑂔𑂕𑂖𑂗𑂘𑂙𑂚𑂛𑂜𑂝𑂞𑂟
U+110Ax𑂠𑂡𑂢𑂣𑂤𑂥𑂦𑂧𑂨𑂩𑂪𑂫𑂬𑂭𑂮𑂯
U+110Bx𑂰𑂱𑂲𑂳𑂴𑂵𑂶𑂷𑂸𑂺𑂹𑂻𑂼 𑂽 𑂾𑂿
U+110Cx𑃀𑃁𑃂 𑃍 
Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
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History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kaithi block:

VersionFinal code points1CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+11080..110C166L2/05-343Pandey, Anshuman (2005-10-25), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1 of ISO/IEC 10646
L2/05-368N3014Everson, Michael (2005-11-06), Towards an encoding of the Kaithi script
L2/07-199Pandey, Anshuman (2007-05-21), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in Plane 1
L2/07-418N3389Pandey, Anshuman (2007-12-13), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/08-003Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Kaithi", UTC #114 Minutes
L2/08-156N3438Anderson, Deborah; Pandey, Anshuman (2008-04-11), Request for removal of digits from Kaithi proposal
L2/08-194Pandey, Anshuman (2008-05-06), Proposal to Encode the Kaithi Script in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/08-318N3453 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.15", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52
L2/08-370N3544Anderson, Deborah (2008-10-15), Proposal to add three Kaithi punctuation marks
L2/08-400Anderson, Deborah (2008-10-29), Information on U+110BD KAITHI NUMBER SIGN
L2/08-161R2Moore, 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.
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.06", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/08-361Moore, Lisa (2008-12-02), "Consensus 117-C22", UTC #117 Minutes
L2/09-070Pandey, Anshuman; Anderson, Deborah (2009-02-01), Comments on Kaithi Punctuation Marks and FPDAM 6
L2/09-071N3520RAnderson, Deborah (2009-02-02), Details on Kaithi punctuation (based on N3389)
L2/09-089N3574Pandey, Anshuman (2009-02-10), Proposal to Encode Section Marks for Kaithi in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/09-003RMoore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "E.6", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.03c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-270RAnderson, Deborah (2009-08-05), Kaithi Decomposition Questions for Unicode 5.2
L2/09-225RMoore, Lisa (2009-08-17), "E.3.1", UTC #120 / L2 #217 Minutes
11.0U+110CD1L2/16-097RYang, Benjamin (2016-04-29), Proposal to encode Kaithi Number Sign Above
L2/16-156Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-05-06), "10. Kaithi", Recommendations to UTC #147 May 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-121Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "D.13", UTC #147 Minutes
14.0U+110C21L2/20-151A, Srinidhi; A, Sridatta (2020-06-24), Proposal to encode the KAITHI VOWEL SIGN VOCALIC R
L2/20-169Anderson, 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
L2/20-172Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Consensus 164-C14", UTC #164 Minutes

References

  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names