Kana Extended-A

<h2 id="block">Block</h2>

<table><tbody><tr><th colspan="17">Kana Extended-A[1][2]<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1B100.pdf">Official Unicode Consortium code chart</a> (PDF)</th></tr><tr><th> </th><th>0</th><th>1</th><th>2</th><th>3</th><th>4</th><th>5</th><th>6</th><th>7</th><th>8</th><th>9</th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th><th>D</th><th>E</th><th>F</th></tr><tr><th>U+1B10x</th><td>𛄀</td><td>𛄁</td><td>𛄂</td><td>𛄃</td><td>𛄄</td><td>𛄅</td><td>𛄆</td><td>𛄇</td><td>𛄈</td><td>𛄉</td><td>𛄊</td><td>𛄋</td><td>𛄌</td><td>𛄍</td><td>𛄎</td><td>𛄏</td></tr><tr><th>U+1B11x</th><td>𛄐</td><td>𛄑</td><td>𛄒</td><td>𛄓</td><td>𛄔</td><td>𛄕</td><td>𛄖</td><td>𛄗</td><td>𛄘</td><td>𛄙</td><td>𛄚</td><td>𛄛</td><td>𛄜</td><td>𛄝</td><td>𛄞</td><td>𛄟</td></tr><tr><th>U+1B12x</th><td>𛄠</td><td>𛄡</td><td>𛄢</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="17">Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points</th></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kana Extended-A block:
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<table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></th><th>Count</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards/CXq4JYfR">L2</a> ID</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO%2fIEC_JTC_1%2fSC_2/IcW7grUW">WG2</a> ID</th><th>Document</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="25">10.0</td><td rowspan="25">U+1B100..1B11E</td><td rowspan="25">31</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09099-hentaigana.pdf">L2/09-099</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3698.pdf">N3698</a></td><td>van der Werven, Jeroen Ruigrok (2009-02-15), <i>A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09200-yomikata-nyumon-1884.pdf">L2/09-200</a></td><td></td><td>McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), <i>Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2009/09201-tsukiji-kappan-sample-p17-1903.pdf">L2/09-201</a></td><td></td><td>McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), <i>Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11229-n4091.pdf">L2/11-229</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.pdf">N4091 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4091.doc">doc</a>)</td><td><i>Notes on hentaigana</i>, 2011-06-01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf">N4103</a></td><td>"11.1.2 Hentaigana characters", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58</i>, 2012-01-03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553.pdf">N4553 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4553..doc">doc</a>)</td><td>Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-09-16), "M62.04b, M62.05b", <i>Minutes of WG 2 meeting 62 Adobe, San Jose, CA, USA</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15193-n4670-hentai-gana-with-rep.pdf">L2/15-193</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4670-HENTAIGANA.zip">N4670</a></td><td>Orita, Tetsuji (2015-07-23), <i>Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15239-hentaigana.pdf">L2/15-239</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4674-Japan_Hentaigana_Proposal-a.zip">N4674</a></td><td><i>Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA</i>, 2015-09-18</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15300-hentaigana-revised.pdf">L2/15-300</a></td><td></td><td>Tashiro, Shuichi (2015-10-31), <i>Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15312-script-rec.pdf">L2/15-312</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "8. Hentaigana", <i>Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15316-hentaigana-58_438.pdf">L2/15-316</a></td><td></td><td>Takada, Tomokazu; Yada, Tsutomu; Saito, Tatsuya (2015-11-03), <i>The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese]</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-hentaigana.pdf">L2/15-318 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15318-20151030HGchart-3a.xlsx">xlsx</a>)</td><td></td><td>Yada, Tsutomu (2015-11-04), <i>About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15334-hentaigana-cmt.html">L2/15-334</a></td><td></td><td>Tranter, Nicolas (2015-12-09), <i>Hentaigana proposal</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-revised.pdf">L2/15-343 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15343-hentaigana-rev-spreadsheet.xlsx">xlsx</a>)</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4708-Japan_Hentaigana_Revised_Repertory.zip">N4708</a></td><td>Orita, Tetsuji (2015-12-09), <i>Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16053-hentaigana-lunde-tranter.pdf">L2/16-053</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ken_Lunde/IPovxtJr">Lunde, Ken</a> (2015-12-16), <i>Hentaigana Comment Document</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16037-script-rec.pdf">L2/16-037</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", <i>Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16040-hentaigana-unif-cand.pdf">L2/16-040</a></td><td></td><td>Lunde, Ken (2016-01-26), <i>Hentaigana Unification Candidates</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16085-hentaigana-update.pdf">L2/16-085</a></td><td></td><td>Lunde, Ken (2016-04-28), <i>Status of hentaigana proposal</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16123-pubrev.html">L2/16-123</a></td><td></td><td>"Two comments on hentaigana proposal", <i>Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016)</i>, 2016-05-05</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16121.htm">L2/16-121</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.3", <i>UTC #147 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-rep.pdf">L2/16-188 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16188-rev-hentaigana-repertoire.xlsx">xlsx</a>)</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4732_Revised_proposal_of_Hentaigana.zip">N4732</a></td><td><i>Revised Proposal of Hentaigana</i>, 2016-06-20</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16216-script-ad-hoc.pdf">L2/16-216</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.a", <i>Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16203.htm">L2/16-203</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "C.3.1", <i>UTC #148 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.pdf">N4873R (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4873R-M65-Minutes.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>"10.3.2", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65</i>, 2018-03-16</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16325.htm">L2/16-325</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1", <i>UTC #149 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="6">14.0</td><td rowspan="6">U+1B11F..1B122</td><td rowspan="6">4</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19381-missing-kana.pdf">L2/19-381</a></td><td></td><td>Gross, Abraham (2020-01-05), <i>Proposal to Encode Missing Japanese Kana</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20046-script-adhoc-rept.pdf">L2/20-046</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2020-01-10), "11a.", <i>Recommendations to UTC #162 January 2020 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20015.htm">L2/20-015R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2020-05-14), "C.6.1 Proposal to encode missing Japanese kana", <i>Draft Minutes of UTC Meeting 162</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20152-archaic-wu-origin.pdf">L2/20-152</a></td><td></td><td>Gross, Abraham (2020-06-24), <i>Base Character of HIRAGANA LETTER ARCHAIC WU</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20169-script-adhoc-rept.pdf">L2/20-169</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Constable, Peter; Liang, Hai (2020-07-21), "22. Kana", <i>Recommendations to UTC #164 July 2020 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2020/20172.htm">L2/20-172</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2020-08-03), "Action Item 164-A41", <i>UTC #164 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Kana_Supplement/wMARN3ae">Kana Supplement (Unicode block)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Small_Kana_Extension/UnATj21L">Small Kana Extension (Unicode block)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hiragana_(Unicode_block)/95ADjFvu">Hiragana (Unicode block)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Katakana_(Unicode_block)/dxA32ljW">Katakana (Unicode block)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kana_Extended-B/Qv8VTN7z">Kana Extended-B (Unicode block)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Kana Extended-A