Small Kana Extension

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Small Kana Extension
RangeU+1B130..U+1B16F
(64 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Hiragana (4 char.)
Katakana (5 char.)
Assigned9 code points
Unused55 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.

Contents

Block

Small Kana Extension [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1B13x𛄲
U+1B14x
U+1B15x𛅐𛅑𛅒𛅕
U+1B16x𛅤𛅥𛅦𛅧
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Unassigned code points in the U+1B130 to U+1B163 range were set aside for possible future small kana. [4] [5] [6]

History

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

Fonts

As of 28 March 2024, 2 fonts are known to support the 15.0 Small Kana Extension range:

Other fonts

See also

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. "Chapter 18.4: 18.4 Hiragana and Katakana". The Unicode Standard, Version 12.0 (PDF). Mountain View, CA: Unicode, Inc. June 2018. ISBN   978-1-936213-22-1.
  4. Suignard, Michel (2017-06-05). "N4825: Additional repertoire for ISO/IEC 10646:2017 (5th ed.) Amendment 2.0" (PDF). p. 16.
  5. McGowan, Rick (2017-05-03), "Feedback on L2/17-091 and small kana", L2/17-105: Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 18 - May 01, 2017)
  6. "L2/17-091: Japanese National Body Contribution on Small Kana Characters" (PDF). 2017-04-07.
  7. "BabelStone Han". Babelstone Fonts. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024. Small Kana Extension - 1B130..1B16F - 9 out of 9 characters - Full-width
  8. "TrueType font にしき的フォント『 Nishiki-teki 』Version 3.99t (2024-03-26)" (in Japanese). Umihotaru. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.