Kanbun (Unicode block)

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

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]

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.