Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages.
Block
History The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Katakana block:
Version 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) 3.2 U+30A0, 30FF 2 N2092 N2195 txt) N2258 N2278 N2253 N2328
See also Katakana Phonetic Extensions (Unicode block) Kana Extended-A (Unicode block) has eight katakana characters: U+1B120–U+1B122 and U+1B124–U+1B128 Kana Extended-B (Unicode block) Kana Supplement (Unicode block) Small Kana Extension (Unicode block) has six katakana characters: U+1B155 and U+1B164–U+1B168 Hiragana (Unicode block) CJK Compatibility (Unicode block) Enclosed CJK Letters and Months (Unicode block) Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)
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