Small Kana Extension is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
containing additional small variants for the
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
and
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...
syllabaries,
in addition to those in the
Hiragana
is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...
,
Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived f ...
and
Katakana Phonetic Extensions blocks.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Small Kana Extension block:
See also
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Hiragana (Unicode block)
Hiragana is a Unicode block containing hiragana characters for the Japanese language.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hiragana block:
See also
* E ...
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Katakana (Unicode block)
Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Katakana block:
See ...
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Kana Extended-A (Unicode block)
Kana Extended-A is a Unicode block containing hentaigana (non-standard hiragana) and historic kana characters. Additional hentaigana characters are encoded in the Kana Supplement block.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents re ...
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Kana Extended-B (Unicode block)
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Kana Supplement (Unicode block)
References
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Unicode blocks