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

Kana Extended-A[1][2] (PDF)
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U+1B10x𛄀𛄁𛄂𛄃𛄄𛄅𛄆𛄇𛄈𛄉𛄊𛄋𛄌𛄍𛄎𛄏
U+1B11x𛄐𛄑𛄒𛄓𛄔𛄕𛄖𛄗𛄘𛄙𛄚𛄛𛄜𛄝𛄞𛄟
U+1B12x𛄠𛄡𛄢
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kana Extended-A block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
10.0U+1B100..1B11E31van der Werven, Jeroen Ruigrok (2009-02-15), A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters
McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884
McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903
, )Notes on hentaigana, 2011-06-01
"11.1.2 Hentaigana characters", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.04b, M62.05b", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA
Orita, Tetsuji (2015-07-23), Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal
Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA, 2015-09-18
Tashiro, Shuichi (2015-10-31), Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "8. Hentaigana", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
Takada, Tomokazu; Yada, Tsutomu; Saito, Tatsuya (2015-11-03), The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese]
, )Yada, Tsutomu (2015-11-04), About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana
Tranter, Nicolas (2015-12-09), Hentaigana proposal
, )Orita, Tetsuji (2015-12-09), Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA
Lunde, Ken (2015-12-16), Hentaigana Comment Document
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals
Lunde, Ken (2016-01-26), Hentaigana Unification Candidates
Lunde, Ken (2016-04-28), Status of hentaigana proposal
"Two comments on hentaigana proposal", Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016), 2016-05-05
Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.3", UTC #147 Minutes
, )Revised Proposal of Hentaigana, 2016-06-20
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.a", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "C.3.1", UTC #148 Minutes
, )"10.3.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16
Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1", UTC #149 Minutes
14.0U+1B11F..1B1224Gross, Abraham (2020-01-05), Proposal to Encode Missing Japanese Kana
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "11a.", Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "C.6.1 Proposal to encode missing Japanese kana", Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162
Gross, Abraham (2020-06-24), Base Character of HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-07-21), "22. Kana", Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Action Item 164-A41", UTC #164 Minutes

See also