| Small Kana Extension | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+1B130..U+1B16F (64 code points) |
| Plane | SMP |
| Scripts | Hiragana (3 char.) Katakana (4 char.) |
| Assigned | 7 code points |
| Unused | 57 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 12.0 (2019) | 7 (+7) |
| 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.
Block[edit]
| Small Kana Extension[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1B13x | ||||||||||||||||
| U+1B14x | ||||||||||||||||
| U+1B15x | 𛅐 | 𛅑 | 𛅒 | |||||||||||||
| U+1B16x | 𛅤 | 𛅥 | 𛅦 | 𛅧 | ||||||||||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
History[edit]
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Small Kana Extension block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0 | U+1B150..1B152, 1B164..1B167 | 7 | L2/16-334 | Sim, Cheon Hyeong (2016-11-04), Hiragana and Katakana (Small Letters) | |
| L2/16-354 | Yamaguchi, Ryusei (2016-11-07), Proposal to add Kana small letters | ||||
| L2/16-358R | N4803 | Lunde, Ken (2016-11-22), L2/16-334 & L2/16-354 Feedback (small kana) | |||
| L2/16-325 | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "C.14 Kana", UTC #149 Minutes | ||||
| L2/17-016 | Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "Consensus 150-C18", UTC #150 Minutes | ||||
| N4953 (pdf, doc) | "M66.07i", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23 | ||||
| L2/17-353 | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken (2017-10-02), "N.1. Small Kana Extension code block and code point changes", WG2 Consent Docket | ||||
| L2/17-362 | Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C13", UTC #153 Minutes | ||||
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See also[edit]
- Hiragana (Unicode block)
- Katakana (Unicode block)
- Kana Extended-A (Unicode block)
- Kana Extended-B (Unicode block)
- Kana Supplement (Unicode block)
References[edit]
- ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "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.