Kana Extended-B is a Unicode block containing Taiwanese kana (that is, kana originally created by Japanese linguists to write Taiwanese Hokkien).

Block

Kana Extended-B[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1AFFx𚿰𚿱𚿲𚿳𚿵𚿶𚿷𚿸𚿹𚿺𚿻𚿽𚿾
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 IDDocument
14.0U+1AFF0..1AFF3, 1AFF5..1AFFB, 1AFFD..1AFFE13Brennan, Fredrick R. (2020-08-18), A Proposal to Encode Taiwanese Kana in the UCS
Chan, Eiso (2020-09-18), Feedback on L2/20-209 and some information for the shakuhachi musical notation
Brennan, Fredrick R. (2020-12-13), Final Proposal to Encode Taiwanese Kana in the UCS
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "22 Kana", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "B.1 — 22 Kana", UTC #166 Minutes

Fonts

As of 28 March 2024, 2 fonts are known to support the Kana Extended-B range:

  • Nishiki-teki.
  • FRBTaiwaneseKana.

See also