Kana Supplement

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Kana Supplement
RangeU+1B000..U+1B0FF
(256 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Hiragana (255 char.)
Katakana (1 char.)
Major alphabetsJapanese
Assigned256 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.0 (2010)2 (+2)
10.0 (2017)256 (+254)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Kana Supplement is a Unicode block containing one archaic katakana character and 255 hentaigana (non-standard Hiragana) characters. Additional hentaigana characters are encoded in the Kana Extended-A block.

Contents

Block

Kana Supplement [1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1B00x𛀀𛀁𛀂𛀃𛀄𛀅𛀆𛀇𛀈𛀉𛀊𛀋𛀌𛀍𛀎𛀏
U+1B01x𛀐𛀑𛀒𛀓𛀔𛀕𛀖𛀗𛀘𛀙𛀚𛀛𛀜𛀝𛀞𛀟
U+1B02x𛀠𛀡𛀢𛀣𛀤𛀥𛀦𛀧𛀨𛀩𛀪𛀫𛀬𛀭𛀮𛀯
U+1B03x𛀰𛀱𛀲𛀳𛀴𛀵𛀶𛀷𛀸𛀹𛀺𛀻𛀼𛀽𛀾𛀿
U+1B04x𛁀𛁁𛁂𛁃𛁄𛁅𛁆𛁇𛁈𛁉𛁊𛁋𛁌𛁍𛁎𛁏
U+1B05x𛁐𛁑𛁒𛁓𛁔𛁕𛁖𛁗𛁘𛁙𛁚𛁛𛁜𛁝𛁞𛁟
U+1B06x𛁠𛁡𛁢𛁣𛁤𛁥𛁦𛁧𛁨𛁩𛁪𛁫𛁬𛁭𛁮𛁯
U+1B07x𛁰𛁱𛁲𛁳𛁴𛁵𛁶𛁷𛁸𛁹𛁺𛁻𛁼𛁽𛁾𛁿
U+1B08x𛂀𛂁𛂂𛂃𛂄𛂅𛂆𛂇𛂈𛂉𛂊𛂋𛂌𛂍𛂎𛂏
U+1B09x𛂐𛂑𛂒𛂓𛂔𛂕𛂖𛂗𛂘𛂙𛂚𛂛𛂜𛂝𛂞𛂟
U+1B0Ax𛂠𛂡𛂢𛂣𛂤𛂥𛂦𛂧𛂨𛂩𛂪𛂫𛂬𛂭𛂮𛂯
U+1B0Bx𛂰𛂱𛂲𛂳𛂴𛂵𛂶𛂷𛂸𛂹𛂺𛂻𛂼𛂽𛂾𛂿
U+1B0Cx𛃀𛃁𛃂𛃃𛃄𛃅𛃆𛃇𛃈𛃉𛃊𛃋𛃌𛃍𛃎𛃏
U+1B0Dx𛃐𛃑𛃒𛃓𛃔𛃕𛃖𛃗𛃘𛃙𛃚𛃛𛃜𛃝𛃞𛃟
U+1B0Ex𛃠𛃡𛃢𛃣𛃤𛃥𛃦𛃧𛃨𛃩𛃪𛃫𛃬𛃭𛃮𛃯
U+1B0Fx𛃰𛃱𛃲𛃳𛃴𛃵𛃶𛃷𛃸𛃹𛃺𛃻𛃼𛃽𛃾𛃿
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

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

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
6.0U+1B000..1B0012 L2/07-421 N3388 Kato, Nozomu (2008-01-14), Proposal to encode two Kana characters concerning YE
L2/08-117 N3394 UTC/L2 request to review proposal for encoding 2 kana characters, 2008-02-28
L2/08-257 Kato, Nozomu (2008-07-14), Letter from Nozomu Kato to UTC, re Kana [restricted access]
L2/08-358 N3528 Japan's Input to N3388 (Two Kana Characters), 2008-10-09
L2/08-359 Kato, Nozomu (2008-10-24), About WG2 N3528
L2/08-412 N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.24e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/09-062 Kato, Nozomu (2009-01-27), Background Info on "e" Letters in Kana (in Japanese)
L2/09-003R Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.18", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.06b, M54.06c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-104 Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C24", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
L2/09-335R Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C7", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes, Change block name HISTORIC KANA to KANA SUPPLEMENT.
L2/16-037 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-123 "Two comments on hentaigana proposal", Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016), 2016-05-05
L2/16-189 N4731 Proposal to add a new character name alias to U+1B001, 2016-06-20
L2/16-216 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.b", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-203 Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "B.15.2", UTC #148 Minutes
L2/17-014 Orita, Tetsuji (2017-01-13), Notes on the HENTAIGANA「江」and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE
L2/17-016 Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.9.1 Notes on the HENTAIGANA「江」and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE", UTC #150 Minutes
10.0U+1B002..1B0FF254 L2/09-099 N3698 van der Werven, Jeroen Ruigrok (2009-02-15), A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters
L2/09-200 McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884
L2/09-201 McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903
L2/11-229 N4091 (pdf, doc)Notes on hentaigana, 2011-06-01
N4103 "11.1.2 Hentaigana characters", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/15-193 N4670 Orita, Tetsuji (2015-07-23), Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal
L2/15-239 N4674 Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA, 2015-09-18
L2/15-300 Tashiro, Shuichi (2015-10-31), Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion
L2/15-312 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "8. Hentaigana", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-316 Takada, Tomokazu; Yada, Tsutomu; Saito, Tatsuya (2015-11-03), The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese]
L2/15-318 (pdf, xlsx)Yada, Tsutomu (2015-11-04), About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana
L2/15-334 Tranter, Nicolas (2015-12-09), Hentaigana proposal
L2/15-343 (pdf, xlsx) N4708 Orita, Tetsuji (2015-12-09), Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA
L2/16-053 Lunde, Ken (2015-12-16), Hentaigana Comment Document
L2/16-037 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-040 Lunde, Ken (2016-01-26), Hentaigana Unification Candidates
L2/16-085 Lunde, Ken (2016-04-28), Status of hentaigana proposal
L2/16-123 "Two comments on hentaigana proposal", Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016), 2016-05-05
L2/16-121 Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.3", UTC #147 Minutes
L2/16-188 (pdf, xlsx) N4732 Revised Proposal of Hentaigana, 2016-06-20
L2/16-216 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.a", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-203 Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "C.3.1", UTC #148 Minutes
N4743 Proposal to correct the note for "HENTAIGANA LETTER HO-8", 2016-09-12
N4873R (pdf, doc)"10.3.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16
L2/16-325 Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1", UTC #149 Minutes
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

Fonts

As of 26 May 2024, 4 fonts are known to support the 10.0 Kana Supplement range:

See also

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I is one of the Japanese kana each of which represents one mora. い is based on the sōsho style of the kanji character 以, and イ is from the radical of the kanji character 伊. In the modern Japanese system of sound order, it occupies the second position of the syllable chart, between あ and う. Additionally, it is the first letter in Iroha, before ろ. Both represent the sound. In the Ainu language, katakana イ is written as y in their Latin-based syllable chart, and a small ィ after another katakana represents a diphthong.

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Hiragana is a Unicode block containing hiragana characters for the Japanese language.

Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages.

Kana Extended-A is a Unicode block containing hentaigana and historic kana characters. Additional hentaigana characters are encoded in the Kana Supplement block.

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References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ↑ "BabelStone Han". BabelStone Fonts. Retrieved 26 May 2024. Kana Supplement - 1B000..1B0FF - 256 out of 256 characters
  4. ↑ "現在公開されている花園明朝：2017年09月04日版" (in Japanese). Fonts.jp. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2024. U+1B000-1B0FF 仮名文字補助 256字（一部Unicode標準の例示字形と異なります）
  5. ↑ "IPA MJ Mincho Font" (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Sukima Gothic" (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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