Editing Uchen script (section)

{{Short description|Style of the Tibetan alphabet}}
{{Infobox writing system
| name        = Uchen script
| altname     = <!-- 2ary name -->
| type        = <!-- (see type options below) -->Semisyllabary|<!-- The following three fields, prefixed SH (ShortHand), are used only if the type parameter is set as "shorthand" or "stenography": -->
| SHline      = <!-- ("light" or "heavy" - heavy-line shorthands distinguish thick and thin strokes) -->Heavy
| SHtype      = <!-- (see SHtype options below) -->Alphabet
| SHform      = <!-- (see SHform options below) -->Script|
| typedesc    = <!-- (For providing additional info after a general type) -->
| languages   = <!-- (Major languages using the writing system) -->Tibetan, [[Dzongkha]]
| creator     = <!-- (Use instead of famN for artificially created writing systems) -->[[Thonmi Sambhota]]
| date        = <!-- (Date created) -->7th century to 8th century
| published   = <!-- (Date published - for shorthands and script reforms) -->
| time        = <!-- (Time period during which system was in use) -->
| fam1        = <!-- (Use famN to specify parent writing system/s. -->[[Brahmi script]]
| fam2        = <!--  Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, 
  ...          fam1 being the oldest.) -->
| fam15       = 
| print       = <!-- (the print basis/model of a braille script} -->
| sisters     = <!-- (For sister writing systems here with common origin) -->
| children    = <!-- (For child writing systems) -->[[Umê script]]
| sample      = <!-- (Sample image, WITHOUT "Image:" prefix) -->
| imagesize   = <!-- (Sample image's size) -->
| unicode     = <!-- (To specify a Unicode range) -->
| iso15924    = <!--  (Either the ISO 15924 four-letter code or number. Template will automatically display both) -->
| iso15924 note = <!-- (To specify more text on the ISO 15924 four-letter codes, e.g. variants, aliases) -->
| footnotes   = <!--  (Some information about the writing system) -->
| note        = <!-- (set to "none" to cancel IPA warning) -->
}}

'''Uchen''' ({{bo|t=དབུ་ཅན་|w=dbu-can}}; {{IPA|bo|utɕɛ̃|IPA}}; variant spellings include ''ucen'', ''u-cen'', ''u-chen'', ''ucan'', ''u-can'', ''uchan'', ''u-chan'', and ''ucän'') is the upright, block style of the [[Tibetan script]]. The name means "with a head", and is the style of the script used for printing and for formal manuscripts.

It is used to write both the Tibetan language and [[Dzongkha]], the official language of [[Bhutan]].

There are also a number of cursive forms of the Tibetan script, sometimes collectively referred to as ''[[umê]]'' ({{bo|t=དབུ་མེད་|w=dbu-med|ume=1}}), "headless."