title: Samaritan (Unicode block)
text: # Samaritan (Unicode block)
  
  Samaritan is a Unicode block containing characters used for writing Samaritan Hebrew and Aramaic.
  
  Samaritan Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
  
  | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | U+080x | ࠀ‎ | ࠁ‎ | ࠂ‎ | ࠃ‎ | ࠄ‎ | ࠅ‎ | ࠆ‎ | ࠇ‎ | ࠈ‎ | ࠉ‎ | ࠊ‎ | ࠋ‎ | ࠌ‎ | ࠍ‎ | ࠎ‎ | ࠏ‎ |
  | U+081x | ࠐ‎ | ࠑ‎ | ࠒ‎ | ࠓ‎ | ࠔ‎ | ࠕ‎ | ࠖ‎ | ࠗ‎ | ࠘‎ | ࠙‎ | ࠚ‎ | ࠛ‎ | ࠜ‎ | ࠝ‎ | ࠞ‎ | ࠟ‎ |
  | U+082x | ࠠ‎ | ࠡ‎ | ࠢ‎ | ࠣ‎ | ࠤ‎ | ࠥ‎ | ࠦ‎ | ࠧ‎ | ࠨ‎ | ࠩ‎ | ࠪ‎ | ࠫ‎ | ࠬ‎ | ࠭‎ | | |
  | U+083x | ࠰‎ | ࠱‎ | ࠲‎ | ࠳‎ | ࠴‎ | ࠵‎ | ࠶‎ | ࠷‎ | ࠸‎ | ࠹‎ | ࠺‎ | ࠻‎ | ࠼‎ | ࠽‎ | ࠾‎ | |
  | 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 Samaritan block:
  
  | Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/03-206 | | Constable, Peter (2003-06-13), Proposal to encode Samaritan Pentateuch Sign |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/04-159 | N2758 | Keown, Elaine (2004-05-12), Proposal to add Samaritan Pointing to ISO 10646 |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | | N3353 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27 |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/07-231 | N3291 | Everson, Michael; Shoulson, Mark (2007-07-27), Preliminary proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/07-258 | | Whistler, Ken (2007-08-02), Middle Dots and Don'ts |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/07-260 | | Freytag, Asmus (2007-08-05), Non-blank spaces |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/07-225 | | Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.13", UTC #112 Minutes |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/08-024 | N3377 | Everson, Michael (2008-01-25), Proposal to add the Samaritan alphabet to the BMP of the UCS |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/08-003 | | Moore, Lisa (2008-02-14), "Samaritan", UTC #114 Minutes |
  | 5.2 | U+0800..082D, 0830..083E | 61 | L2/08-318 | N3453 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-08-13), "M52.8", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 52 |
  | ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||
  