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Kanbun (Unicode block)

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Kanbun
RangeU+3190..U+319F
(16 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Major alphabetsChinese characters
Assigned16 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)16 (+16)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Kanbun is a Unicode block containing annotation characters used in Japanese copies (kanbun) of Classical Chinese texts, to indicate reading order.

Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was CJK Miscellaneous, and its code point range was defined differently, including the then-unallocated space now occupied by Bopomofo Extended, CJK Strokes and Katakana 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
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

History

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The following Unicode-related document records the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kanbun block:

References

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  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ^ "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.