| Kanbun | |
|---|---|
| Range | U+3190..U+319F (16 code points) |
| Plane | BMP |
| Scripts | Common |
| Major alphabets | Chinese characters |
| Assigned | 16 code points |
| Unused | 0 reserved code points |
| Unicode version history | |
| 1.0.0(1991) | 16 (+16) |
| Unicode documentation | |
| Code chart ∣ Web page | |
| Note:[1][2] | |
Kanbun is aUnicode block containing annotation characters used in Japanese copies (kanbun) ofClassical Chinese texts, to indicate reading order.
Its block name in Unicode 1.0 wasCJK Miscellaneous, and its code point range was defined differently, including the then-unallocated space now occupied byBopomofo Extended,CJK Strokes andKatakana Phonetic Extensions.[3]
| Kanbun[1] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+319x | ㆐ | ㆑ | ㆒ | ㆓ | ㆔ | ㆕ | ㆖ | ㆗ | ㆘ | ㆙ | ㆚ | ㆛ | ㆜ | ㆝ | ㆞ | ㆟ |
Notes
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The following Unicode-related document records the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kanbun block:
| Version | Final code points[a] | Count | UTC ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | U+3190..319F | 16 | UTC/1991-048B | Whistler, Ken (1991-03-27), "Kaeriten from U+3190 to U+319f",Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple |
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