Kana Supplement
RangeU+1B000..U+1B0FF
(256 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsHiragana (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 chartโ€ƒโˆฃโ€ƒWeb 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.

Block

Kana Supplement[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+1B00x ๐›€€ ๐›€ ๐›€‚ ๐›€ƒ ๐›€„ ๐›€… ๐›€† ๐›€‡ ๐›€ˆ ๐›€‰ ๐›€Š ๐›€‹ ๐›€Œ ๐›€ ๐›€Ž ๐›€
U+1B01x ๐›€ ๐›€‘ ๐›€’ ๐›€“ ๐›€” ๐›€• ๐›€– ๐›€— ๐›€˜ ๐›€™ ๐›€š ๐›€› ๐›€œ ๐›€ ๐›€ž ๐›€Ÿ
U+1B02x ๐›€  ๐›€ก ๐›€ข ๐›€ฃ ๐›€ค ๐›€ฅ ๐›€ฆ ๐›€ง ๐›€จ ๐›€ฉ ๐›€ช ๐›€ซ ๐›€ฌ ๐›€ญ ๐›€ฎ ๐›€ฏ
U+1B03x ๐›€ฐ ๐›€ฑ ๐›€ฒ ๐›€ณ ๐›€ด ๐›€ต ๐›€ถ ๐›€ท ๐›€ธ ๐›€น ๐›€บ ๐›€ป ๐›€ผ ๐›€ฝ ๐›€พ ๐›€ฟ
U+1B04x ๐›€ ๐› ๐›‚ ๐›ƒ ๐›„ ๐›… ๐›† ๐›‡ ๐›ˆ ๐›‰ ๐›Š ๐›‹ ๐›Œ ๐› ๐›Ž ๐›
U+1B05x ๐› ๐›‘ ๐›’ ๐›“ ๐›” ๐›• ๐›– ๐›— ๐›˜ ๐›™ ๐›š ๐›› ๐›œ ๐› ๐›ž ๐›Ÿ
U+1B06x ๐›  ๐›ก ๐›ข ๐›ฃ ๐›ค ๐›ฅ ๐›ฆ ๐›ง ๐›จ ๐›ฉ ๐›ช ๐›ซ ๐›ฌ ๐›ญ ๐›ฎ ๐›ฏ
U+1B07x ๐›ฐ ๐›ฑ ๐›ฒ ๐›ณ ๐›ด ๐›ต ๐›ถ ๐›ท ๐›ธ ๐›น ๐›บ ๐›ป ๐›ผ ๐›ฝ ๐›พ ๐›ฟ
U+1B08x ๐›‚€ ๐›‚ ๐›‚‚ ๐›‚ƒ ๐›‚„ ๐›‚… ๐›‚† ๐›‚‡ ๐›‚ˆ ๐›‚‰ ๐›‚Š ๐›‚‹ ๐›‚Œ ๐›‚ ๐›‚Ž ๐›‚
U+1B09x ๐›‚ ๐›‚‘ ๐›‚’ ๐›‚“ ๐›‚” ๐›‚• ๐›‚– ๐›‚— ๐›‚˜ ๐›‚™ ๐›‚š ๐›‚› ๐›‚œ ๐›‚ ๐›‚ž ๐›‚Ÿ
U+1B0Ax ๐›‚  ๐›‚ก ๐›‚ข ๐›‚ฃ ๐›‚ค ๐›‚ฅ ๐›‚ฆ ๐›‚ง ๐›‚จ ๐›‚ฉ ๐›‚ช ๐›‚ซ ๐›‚ฌ ๐›‚ญ ๐›‚ฎ ๐›‚ฏ
U+1B0Bx ๐›‚ฐ ๐›‚ฑ ๐›‚ฒ ๐›‚ณ ๐›‚ด ๐›‚ต ๐›‚ถ ๐›‚ท ๐›‚ธ ๐›‚น ๐›‚บ ๐›‚ป ๐›‚ผ ๐›‚ฝ ๐›‚พ ๐›‚ฟ
U+1B0Cx ๐›ƒ€ ๐›ƒ ๐›ƒ‚ ๐›ƒƒ ๐›ƒ„ ๐›ƒ… ๐›ƒ† ๐›ƒ‡ ๐›ƒˆ ๐›ƒ‰ ๐›ƒŠ ๐›ƒ‹ ๐›ƒŒ ๐›ƒ ๐›ƒŽ ๐›ƒ
U+1B0Dx ๐›ƒ ๐›ƒ‘ ๐›ƒ’ ๐›ƒ“ ๐›ƒ” ๐›ƒ• ๐›ƒ– ๐›ƒ— ๐›ƒ˜ ๐›ƒ™ ๐›ƒš ๐›ƒ› ๐›ƒœ ๐›ƒ ๐›ƒž ๐›ƒŸ
U+1B0Ex ๐›ƒ  ๐›ƒก ๐›ƒข ๐›ƒฃ ๐›ƒค ๐›ƒฅ ๐›ƒฆ ๐›ƒง ๐›ƒจ ๐›ƒฉ ๐›ƒช ๐›ƒซ ๐›ƒฌ ๐›ƒญ ๐›ƒฎ ๐›ƒฏ
U+1B0Fx ๐›ƒฐ ๐›ƒฑ ๐›ƒฒ ๐›ƒณ ๐›ƒด ๐›ƒต ๐›ƒถ ๐›ƒท ๐›ƒธ ๐›ƒน ๐›ƒบ ๐›ƒป ๐›ƒผ ๐›ƒฝ ๐›ƒพ ๐›ƒฟ
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:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.0U+1B000..1B0012L2/07-421N3388Kato, Nozomu (2008-01-14), Proposal to encode two Kana characters concerning YE
L2/08-117N3394UTC/L2 request to review proposal for encoding 2 kana characters, 2008-02-28
L2/08-257Kato, Nozomu (2008-07-14), Letter from Nozomu Kato to UTC, re Kana [restricted access]
L2/08-358N3528Japan's Input to N3388 (Two Kana Characters), 2008-10-09
L2/08-359Kato, Nozomu (2008-10-24), About WG2 N3528
L2/08-412N3553 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.24e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53
L2/09-062Kato, Nozomu (2009-01-27), Background Info on "e" Letters in Kana (in Japanese)
L2/09-003RMoore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.18", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes
L2/09-234N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.06b, M54.06c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/09-104Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C24", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes
L2/09-335RMoore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C7", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes, Change block name HISTORIC KANA to KANA SUPPLEMENT.
L2/16-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu (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
L2/16-189N4731Proposal to add a new character name alias to U+1B001, 2016-06-20
L2/16-216Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.b", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-203Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "B.15.2", UTC #148 Minutes
L2/17-014Orita, Tetsuji (2017-01-13), Notes on the HENTAIGANAใ€ŒๆฑŸใ€and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE
L2/17-016Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.9.1 Notes on the HENTAIGANAใ€ŒๆฑŸใ€and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE", UTC #150 Minutes
10.0U+1B002..1B0FF254L2/09-099N3698van der Werven, Jeroen Ruigrok (2009-02-15), A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters
L2/09-200McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884
L2/09-201McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903
L2/11-229N4091 (pdf, doc)Notes on hentaigana, 2011-06-01
N4103"11.1.2 Hentaigana characters", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
L2/15-193N4670Orita, Tetsuji (2015-07-23), Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal
L2/15-239N4674Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA, 2015-09-18
L2/15-300Tashiro, Shuichi (2015-10-31), Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion
L2/15-312Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu (2015-11-01), "8. Hentaigana", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-316Takada, 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
L2/15-334Tranter, Nicolas (2015-12-09), Hentaigana proposal
L2/15-343 (pdf, xlsx)N4708Orita, Tetsuji (2015-12-09), Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA
L2/16-053Lunde, Ken (2015-12-16), Hentaigana Comment Document
L2/16-037Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-040Lunde, Ken (2016-01-26), Hentaigana Unification Candidates
L2/16-085Lunde, 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
L2/16-121Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.3", UTC #147 Minutes
L2/16-188 (pdf, xlsx)N4732Revised Proposal of Hentaigana, 2016-06-20
L2/16-216Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurenศ›iu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.a", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
L2/16-203Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "C.3.1", UTC #148 Minutes
N4743Proposal 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
L2/16-325Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1", UTC #149 Minutes
  1. โ†‘ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. โ†‘ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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