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Front Matter

Manichaean Script

Sacred script of Manichaeism, the world's first missionary religion founded by the Persian prophet Mani in the 3rd century.

𐫀 𐫁 𐫂 𐫃 𐫄
Era
Medieval
Region
Middle East
System
Abjad
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
Signs
51
Status
Extinct
Sacred script of Manichaeism, the world's first missionary religion founded by the Persian prophet Mani in the 3rd century. Spread from Rome to China along the Silk Road; Manichaean texts found in Turfan document Central Asian religious exchange. Augustine of Hippo was a Manichaean before his conversion.
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The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+10AC0–U+10AFF
Total signs51
Unicode Blocks
Not in Unicode
No Unicode block data available for this script.
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
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Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Right to Left (RTL)
오른쪽에서 왼쪽으로 표기.
α
System
Abjad
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
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The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Imperial Aramaic

Same family

Old SogdianKharosthiHatran AramaicPalmyrene
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In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Middle PersianSogdianParthian

Countries

IranChinaCentral Asia