| Small Kana Extension | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1B130..U+1B16F (64 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Hiragana (4 char.) Katakana (5 char.) |
| Assigned | 9 code points |
| Unused | 55 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 12.0 (2019) | 7 (+7) |
| 15.0 (2022) | 9 (+2) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note: [1] [2] | |
Small Kana Extension is a Unicode block containing additional small variants for the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, [3] in addition to those in the Hiragana, Katakana and Katakana Phonetic Extensions blocks.
| Small Kana Extension [1] [2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1B13x | 𛄲 | |||||||||||||||
| U+1B14x | ||||||||||||||||
| U+1B15x | 𛅐 | 𛅑 | 𛅒 | 𛅕 | ||||||||||||
| U+1B16x | 𛅤 | 𛅥 | 𛅦 | 𛅧 | ||||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
Each unassigned code point (except U+1B168–U+1B16F) is reserved for a specific small kana character. [4]
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Small Kana Extension block:
| Version | Final code points [lower-alpha 1] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0 | U+1B150..1B152, 1B164..1B167 | 7 | L2/16-334 | Sim, Cheon Hyeong (2016-11-04), Hiragana and Katakana (Small Letters) | |
| L2/16-354 | Yamaguchi, Ryusei (2016-11-07), Proposal to add Kana small letters | ||||
| L2/16-358R | N4803 | Lunde, Ken (2016-11-22), L2/16-334 & L2/16-354 Feedback (small kana) | |||
| L2/16-325 | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "C.14 Kana", UTC #149 Minutes | ||||
| L2/17-016 | Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C18", UTC #150 Minutes | ||||
| N4953 (pdf, doc) | "M66.07i", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23 | ||||
| L2/17-353 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "N.1. Small Kana Extension code block and code point changes", WG2 Consent Docket | ||||
| L2/17-362 | Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C13", UTC #153 Minutes | ||||
| 15.0 | U+1B132, 1B155 | 2 | L2/10-468R2 | N3987 | Lunde, Ken (2011-02-09), Proposal to add two kana characters |
| L2/11-016 | Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "Consensus 126-C7", UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes, Accept U+1B002 HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KO and U+1B003 KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KO for encoding in a future version of the standard. | ||||
| L2/11-228 | N4087 | Comment on "two kana" proposal, 2011-05-30 | |||
| N4108 | Sekiguchi, Masahiro (2011-06-08), A response regarding small ko | ||||
| N4103 | "11.2.7 Two additional Kana characters", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 | ||||
| L2/16-354 | Yamaguchi, Ryusei (2016-11-07), Proposal to add Kana small letters | ||||
| L2/16-358R | N4803 | Lunde, Ken (2016-11-22), L2/16-334 & L2/16-354 Feedback (small kana) | |||
| L2/16-325 | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "Consensus 149-C14", UTC #149 Minutes, Move HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KO to U+1B127 and KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KO to U+1B128. | ||||
| L2/17-353 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "N.2. SMALL KO characters", WG2 Consent Docket, WG2 agreed to remove ... two characters from the Small Kana Extension block | ||||
| L2/20-015R | Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "Consensus 162-C21", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162, Change the codepoint for HIRAGANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B127 to U+1B132, and KATAKANA LETTER SMALL KO from U+1B12B to U+1B155. | ||||
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As of 28 March 2024, 2 fonts are known to support the 15.0 Small Kana Extension range:
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Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script.
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The Braille pattern dots-1234 is a 6-dot braille cell with both top and all left-side dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top and both middle-left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+280f, and in Braille ASCII with P.
The Braille pattern dots-25 is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2812, and in Braille ASCII with the number 3.
The Braille pattern dots-135 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and bottom left, and middle right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and lower-middle left, and upper-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2815, and in Braille ASCII with the letter "O".
The Braille pattern dots-1235 is a 6-dot braille cell with dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2817, and in Braille ASCII with an R.
The Braille pattern dots-6 is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom right dot raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the lower-middle right dot raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2820, and in Braille ASCII with a comma:,.
The Braille pattern dots-26 is a 6-dot braille cell with the middle left and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper-middle left and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2822, and in Braille ASCII with the number 5.
The Braille pattern dots-126 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top and middle left, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top and upper-middle left, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2823, and in Braille ASCII with the less than sign: <.
The Braille pattern dots-36 is a 6-dot braille cell with both bottom dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both lower-middle dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2824, and in Braille ASCII with the hyphen: -.
The Braille pattern dots-12346 is a 6-dot braille cell with both top, both bottom, and the middle left dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both top, both lower-middle, and the upper-middle left dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+282f, and in Braille ASCII with the ampersand: &.
The Braille pattern dots-156 is a 6-dot braille cell with the upper left, and middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper left, and upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2831, and in Braille ASCII with a colon: ":".
The Braille pattern dots-256 is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2832, and in Braille ASCII with the number 4.
The Braille pattern dots-1256 is a 6-dot braille cell with the top left, both middle, and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the top left, both upper-middle, and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2833, and in Braille ASCII with a backslash: \.
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Small Kana Extension - 1B130..1B16F - 9 out of 9 characters - Full-width