Katakana (Unicode block)
{{About| a Unicode block|the syllabary|Katakana}}{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Katakana
|rangestart = 30A0
|rangeend = 30FF
|script1 = {{nowrap|Katakana (93 char.)}}
|script2 = {{nowrap|Common (3 char.)}}
|alphabets = Japanese
Ainu
|1_0_0 = 90
|1_1 = 4
|3_2 = 2
|sources = JIS X 0208
|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}}
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Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages.
Block
{{Unicode chart Katakana}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Katakana block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | U+30A1..30F6, 30FB..30FE | 90 | (to be determined) | ||
| 1.1 | U+30F7..30FA | 4 | (to be determined) | ||
| rowspan="9" | 3.2 | rowspan="9" | U+30A0, 30FF | rowspan="9" | 2 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99238-non-kanji2.pdf L2/99-238]}} | {{Citation|title=Consolidated document containing 6 Japanese proposals|date=1999-07-15}} | |
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2092.pdf N2092] | {{Citation|title=Addition of forty eight characters|date=1999-09-13}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00024.pdf L2/00-024]}} | {{Citation|title=JCS proposal revised|date=2000-01-31|first=Kohji|last=Shibano}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00098-n2195.pdf L2/00-098],}} {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00098-page5.pdf L2/00-098-page5]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2195.doc N2195] | {{Citation|title=Rationale for non-Kanji characters proposed by JCS committee|date=2000-03-15}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00234-n2203m.pdf L2/00-234]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2203.rtf N2203 (rtf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2203.txt txt]) | {{Citation|title=Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24|date=2000-07-21|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=8.20}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00298-n2258.pdf L2/00-298]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2258.doc N2258] | {{Citation|title=JIS X 0213 symbols part-2|date=2000-09-04|first=T. K.|last=Sato}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00342-n2278.htm L2/00-342]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2278.doc N2278] | {{Citation|title=Ad hoc Report on Japan feedback N2257 and N2258|date=2000-09-20|first1=T. K.|last1=Sato|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|author-link2=Michael Everson|first3=Ken|last3=Whistler|first4=Asmus|last4=Freytag}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01050-n2353.pdf L2/01-050]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2253.pdf N2253] | {{Citation|title=Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000|date=2001-01-21|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=7.16 JIS X0213 Symbols}} | |||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01114-n2328.pdf L2/01-114]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2328.pdf N2328] | {{Citation|title=Summary of Voting on SC 2 N 3503, ISO/IEC 10646-1: 2000/PDAM 1|date=2001-03-09}} | |||
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See also
- Katakana Phonetic Extensions (Unicode block)
- Kana Extended-A (Unicode block)
- Kana Extended-B (Unicode block)
- Kana Supplement (Unicode block)
- Small Kana Extension (Unicode block)
- Hiragana (Unicode block)
- CJK Compatibility (Unicode block)
- Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (Unicode block)
- Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)