
Kana
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Zhuyin charactersTable 2-17.
Zhuyin Ideograph Reading—Pinyin
𠀀
O
左
E
也
EI
𠀅
AI
乁
EI
幺
AO
又
OU
𢎘
AN
𠃑
EN
尢
ANG
𠃋
ENG
儿
ER
or 丨
I
㐅
U
凵
IU
e zhuyin character set is included in character sets developed in China (GB 2312-80
and GB/T 12345-90, Row 8) and Taiwan (CNS 11643-2007, Plane 1, Row 5). is set
of characters is identical across these two Chinese locales, with one exception, which is
indicated in Table 2-17 with two dierent characters: “” is used in China, and “” is
used in Taiwan.
Kana
e most frequently used script found in Japanese text is kana. It is a collective term for
two closely related scripts, as follows:
Hiragana•
Katakana•
Although one would expect to nd kana characters only in Japanese character sets, they
are, in fact, part of some Chinese and Korean character sets, in particular GB 2312-80 and
KS X 1001:2004. In fact, kana are encoded at the same code points in the case of GB 2312-
80! Why in the world would Chinese and Korean character sets include kana? Most likely