Hiragana 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
hiragana
is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''.
It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...
characters for the
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic languages, Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese dia ...
.
Block
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Hiragana block:
See also
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Enclosed Ideographic Supplement (Unicode block) has a single hiragana character: U+1F200
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Kana Supplement (Unicode block)
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
History
The following Unicode-r ...
has a single
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 fr ...
and 255
hentaigana
In the Japanese writing system, are variant forms of hiragana.
Description
In contrast to modern Japanese, originally hiragana had several forms for a single sound. For example, while the hiragana reading "ha" has only one form in modern ...
characters
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Kana Extended-A (Unicode block) continues with additional 31 hentaigana characters
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Kana Extended-B (Unicode block) continues with additional kana for Taiwanese Hokkien
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Small Kana Extension (Unicode block) has four hiragana characters: U+1B132 and U+1B150–U+1B152
References
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Unicode blocks