Kana Extended-A

{{Infobox Unicode block

|blockname = Kana Extended-A

|rangestart = 1B100

|rangeend = 1B12F

|script1 = {{nowrap|Hiragana (32 char.)}}

|script2 = {{nowrap|Katakana (3 char.)}}

|alphabets =

|10_0 = 31

|14_0 = 4

|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|access-date=2023-07-26}}

}}

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 record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kana Extended-A block:

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="25" \| 10.0	rowspan="25" \| U+1B100..1B11E	rowspan="25" \| 31	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09099-hentaigana.pdf L2/09-099]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3698.pdf N3698]	{{Citation\|title=A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters\|date=2009-02-15\|first=Jeroen Ruigrok\|last=van der Werven}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09200-yomikata-nyumon-1884.pdf L2/09-200]}}		{{Citation\|title=Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884\|date=2009-05-07\|first=Rick\|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09201-tsukiji-kappan-sample-p17-1903.pdf L2/09-201]}}		{{Citation\|title=Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903\|date=2009-05-07\|first=Rick\|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11229-n4091.pdf L2/11-229]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.pdf N4091 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Notes on hentaigana\|date=2011-06-01}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf N4103]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58\|date=2012-01-03\|section=11.1.2 Hentaigana characters}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553.pdf N4553 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA\|date=2014-09-16\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=M62.04b, M62.05b}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15193-n4670-hentai-gana-with-rep.pdf L2/15-193]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4670-HENTAIGANA.zip N4670]	{{Citation\|title=Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal\|date=2015-07-23\|first=Tetsuji\|last=Orita}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15239-hentaigana.pdf L2/15-239]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4674-Japan_Hentaigana_Proposal-a.zip N4674]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA\|date=2015-09-18}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15300-hentaigana-revised.pdf L2/15-300]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion\|date=2015-10-31\|first=Shuichi\|last=Tashiro}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15312-script-rec.pdf L2/15-312]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals\|date=2015-11-01\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|section=8. Hentaigana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15316-hentaigana-58_438.pdf L2/15-316]}}		{{Citation\|title=The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese]\|date=2015-11-03\|first1=Tomokazu\|last1=Takada\|first2=Tsutomu\|last2=Yada\|first3=Tatsuya\|last3=Saito}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-hentaigana.pdf L2/15-318 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-20151030HGchart-3a.xlsx xlsx])		{{Citation\|title=About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana\|date=2015-11-04\|first=Tsutomu\|last=Yada}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15334-hentaigana-cmt.html L2/15-334]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana proposal\|date=2015-12-09\|first=Nicolas\|last=Tranter}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-revised.pdf L2/15-343 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-rev-spreadsheet.xlsx xlsx])	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4708-Japan_Hentaigana_Revised_Repertory.zip N4708]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA\|date=2015-12-09\|first=Tetsuji\|last=Orita}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16053-hentaigana-lunde-tranter.pdf L2/16-053]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana Comment Document\|date=2015-12-16\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde\|author-link=Ken Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf L2/16-037]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-01-22\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|section=16}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16040-hentaigana-unif-cand.pdf L2/16-040]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana Unification Candidates\|date=2016-01-26\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16085-hentaigana-update.pdf L2/16-085]}}		{{Citation\|title=Status of hentaigana proposal\|date=2016-04-28\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16123-pubrev.html L2/16-123]}}		{{Citation\|title=Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016)\|date=2016-05-05\|section=Two comments on hentaigana proposal}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16121.htm L2/16-121]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #147 Minutes\|date=2016-05-20\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.3}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-rep.pdf L2/16-188 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-repertoire.xlsx xlsx])	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4732_Revised_proposal_of_Hentaigana.zip N4732]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal of Hentaigana\|date=2016-06-20}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16216-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/16-216]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-07-30\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|first7=Lisa\|last7=Moore\|section=6.a}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16203.htm L2/16-203]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #148 Minutes\|date=2016-08-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.3.1}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65\|date=2018-03-16\|section=10.3.2}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm L2/16-325]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #149 Minutes\|date=2016-11-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1}}
rowspan="6" \| 14.0	rowspan="6" \| U+1B11F..1B122	rowspan="6" \| 4	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19381-missing-kana.pdf L2/19-381]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Missing Japanese Kana\|date=2020-01-05\|first=Abraham\|last=Gross}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20046-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-046]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals\|date=2020-01-10\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Lisa\|last4=Moore\|first5=Hai\|last5=Liang\|section=11a.}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm L2/20-015R]}}		{{Citation\|title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162\|date=2020-05-14\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.6.1 Proposal to encode missing Japanese kana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20152-archaic-wu-origin.pdf L2/20-152]}}		{{Citation\|title=Base Character of HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU\|date=2020-06-24\|first=Abraham\|last=Gross}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20169-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-169]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals\|date=2020-07-21\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Lisa\|last4=Moore\|first5=Peter\|last5=Constable\|first6=Hai\|last6=Liang\|section=22. Kana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20172.htm L2/20-172]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #164 Minutes\|date=2020-08-03\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Action Item 164-A41}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="6" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}

References

Category:Unicode blocks

Version	{{nobr\|Final code points}}	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
class="wikitable collapsible sticky-header"
rowspan="25" \| 10.0	rowspan="25" \| U+1B100..1B11E	rowspan="25" \| 31	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09099-hentaigana.pdf L2/09-099]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3698.pdf N3698]	{{Citation\|title=A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters\|date=2009-02-15\|first=Jeroen Ruigrok\|last=van der Werven}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09200-yomikata-nyumon-1884.pdf L2/09-200]}}		{{Citation\|title=Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884\|date=2009-05-07\|first=Rick\|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09201-tsukiji-kappan-sample-p17-1903.pdf L2/09-201]}}		{{Citation\|title=Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903\|date=2009-05-07\|first=Rick\|last=McGowan}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11229-n4091.pdf L2/11-229]}}	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.pdf N4091 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Notes on hentaigana\|date=2011-06-01}}
	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf N4103]	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58\|date=2012-01-03\|section=11.1.2 Hentaigana characters}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553.pdf N4553 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA\|date=2014-09-16\|first=V. S.\|last=Umamaheswaran\|section=M62.04b, M62.05b}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15193-n4670-hentai-gana-with-rep.pdf L2/15-193]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4670-HENTAIGANA.zip N4670]	{{Citation\|title=Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal\|date=2015-07-23\|first=Tetsuji\|last=Orita}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15239-hentaigana.pdf L2/15-239]}}	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4674-Japan_Hentaigana_Proposal-a.zip N4674]	{{Citation\|title=Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA\|date=2015-09-18}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15300-hentaigana-revised.pdf L2/15-300]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion\|date=2015-10-31\|first=Shuichi\|last=Tashiro}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15312-script-rec.pdf L2/15-312]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals\|date=2015-11-01\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|section=8. Hentaigana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15316-hentaigana-58_438.pdf L2/15-316]}}		{{Citation\|title=The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese]\|date=2015-11-03\|first1=Tomokazu\|last1=Takada\|first2=Tsutomu\|last2=Yada\|first3=Tatsuya\|last3=Saito}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-hentaigana.pdf L2/15-318 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-20151030HGchart-3a.xlsx xlsx])		{{Citation\|title=About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana\|date=2015-11-04\|first=Tsutomu\|last=Yada}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15334-hentaigana-cmt.html L2/15-334]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana proposal\|date=2015-12-09\|first=Nicolas\|last=Tranter}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-revised.pdf L2/15-343 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-rev-spreadsheet.xlsx xlsx])	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4708-Japan_Hentaigana_Revised_Repertory.zip N4708]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA\|date=2015-12-09\|first=Tetsuji\|last=Orita}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16053-hentaigana-lunde-tranter.pdf L2/16-053]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana Comment Document\|date=2015-12-16\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde\|author-link=Ken Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf L2/16-037]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-01-22\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|section=16}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16040-hentaigana-unif-cand.pdf L2/16-040]}}		{{Citation\|title=Hentaigana Unification Candidates\|date=2016-01-26\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16085-hentaigana-update.pdf L2/16-085]}}		{{Citation\|title=Status of hentaigana proposal\|date=2016-04-28\|first=Ken\|last=Lunde}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16123-pubrev.html L2/16-123]}}		{{Citation\|title=Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016)\|date=2016-05-05\|section=Two comments on hentaigana proposal}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16121.htm L2/16-121]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #147 Minutes\|date=2016-05-20\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.3}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-rep.pdf L2/16-188 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-repertoire.xlsx xlsx])	[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4732_Revised_proposal_of_Hentaigana.zip N4732]	{{Citation\|title=Revised Proposal of Hentaigana\|date=2016-06-20}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16216-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/16-216]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals\|date=2016-07-30\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Rick\|last3=McGowan\|first4=Roozbeh\|last4=Pournader\|first5=Andrew\|last5=Glass\|first6=Laurențiu\|last6=Iancu\|first7=Lisa\|last7=Moore\|section=6.a}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16203.htm L2/16-203]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #148 Minutes\|date=2016-08-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.3.1}}
	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf N4873R (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc doc])	{{Citation\|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65\|date=2018-03-16\|section=10.3.2}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm L2/16-325]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #149 Minutes\|date=2016-11-18\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1}}
rowspan="6" \| 14.0	rowspan="6" \| U+1B11F..1B122	rowspan="6" \| 4	{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19381-missing-kana.pdf L2/19-381]}}		{{Citation\|title=Proposal to Encode Missing Japanese Kana\|date=2020-01-05\|first=Abraham\|last=Gross}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20046-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-046]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals\|date=2020-01-10\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Lisa\|last4=Moore\|first5=Hai\|last5=Liang\|section=11a.}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm L2/20-015R]}}		{{Citation\|title=Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162\|date=2020-05-14\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=C.6.1 Proposal to encode missing Japanese kana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20152-archaic-wu-origin.pdf L2/20-152]}}		{{Citation\|title=Base Character of HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU\|date=2020-06-24\|first=Abraham\|last=Gross}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20169-script-adhoc-rept.pdf L2/20-169]}}		{{Citation\|title=Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals\|date=2020-07-21\|first1=Deborah\|last1=Anderson\|first2=Ken\|last2=Whistler\|first3=Roozbeh\|last3=Pournader\|first4=Lisa\|last4=Moore\|first5=Peter\|last5=Constable\|first6=Hai\|last6=Liang\|section=22. Kana}}
{{nobr\|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20172.htm L2/20-172]}}		{{Citation\|title=UTC #164 Minutes\|date=2020-08-03\|first=Lisa\|last=Moore\|section=Action Item 164-A41}}
class="sortbottom" \| colspan="6" \| {{reflist\|group=lower-alpha\|refs=Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names}}

Kana Extended-A

Block

History

See also

References