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<h2 id="block">Block</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="17">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms[1][2]<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFF00.pdf">Official Unicode Consortium code chart</a> (PDF)</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF0x</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><td>－</td><td>．</td><td>／</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF1x</td><td>０</td><td>１</td><td>２</td><td>３</td><td>４</td><td>５</td><td>６</td><td>７</td><td>８</td><td>９</td><td>：</td><td>；</td><td>＜</td><td>＝</td><td>＞</td><td>？</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF2x</td><td>＠</td><td>Ａ</td><td>Ｂ</td><td>Ｃ</td><td>Ｄ</td><td>Ｅ</td><td>Ｆ</td><td>Ｇ</td><td>Ｈ</td><td>Ｉ</td><td>Ｊ</td><td>Ｋ</td><td>Ｌ</td><td>Ｍ</td><td>Ｎ</td><td>Ｏ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF3x</td><td>Ｐ</td><td>Ｑ</td><td>Ｒ</td><td>Ｓ</td><td>Ｔ</td><td>Ｕ</td><td>Ｖ</td><td>Ｗ</td><td>Ｘ</td><td>Ｙ</td><td>Ｚ</td><td>［</td><td>＼</td><td>］</td><td>＾</td><td>＿</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF4x</td><td>｀</td><td>ａ</td><td>ｂ</td><td>ｃ</td><td>ｄ</td><td>ｅ</td><td>ｆ</td><td>ｇ</td><td>ｈ</td><td>ｉ</td><td>ｊ</td><td>ｋ</td><td>ｌ</td><td>ｍ</td><td>ｎ</td><td>ｏ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF5x</td><td>ｐ</td><td>ｑ</td><td>ｒ</td><td>ｓ</td><td>ｔ</td><td>ｕ</td><td>ｖ</td><td>ｗ</td><td>ｘ</td><td>ｙ</td><td>ｚ</td><td>｛</td><td>｜</td><td>｝</td><td>～</td><td>｟</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF6x</td><td>｠</td><td>｡</td><td>｢</td><td>｣</td><td>､</td><td>･</td><td>ｦ</td><td>ｧ</td><td>ｨ</td><td>ｩ</td><td>ｪ</td><td>ｫ</td><td>ｬ</td><td>ｭ</td><td>ｮ</td><td>ｯ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF7x</td><td>ｰ</td><td>ｱ</td><td>ｲ</td><td>ｳ</td><td>ｴ</td><td>ｵ</td><td>ｶ</td><td>ｷ</td><td>ｸ</td><td>ｹ</td><td>ｺ</td><td>ｻ</td><td>ｼ</td><td>ｽ</td><td>ｾ</td><td>ｿ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF8x</td><td>ﾀ</td><td>ﾁ</td><td>ﾂ</td><td>ﾃ</td><td>ﾄ</td><td>ﾅ</td><td>ﾆ</td><td>ﾇ</td><td>ﾈ</td><td>ﾉ</td><td>ﾊ</td><td>ﾋ</td><td>ﾌ</td><td>ﾍ</td><td>ﾎ</td><td>ﾏ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FF9x</td><td>ﾐ</td><td>ﾑ</td><td>ﾒ</td><td>ﾓ</td><td>ﾔ</td><td>ﾕ</td><td>ﾖ</td><td>ﾗ</td><td>ﾘ</td><td>ﾙ</td><td>ﾚ</td><td>ﾛ</td><td>ﾜ</td><td>ﾝ</td><td>ﾞ</td><td>ﾟ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FFAx</td><td><a href="/facts/KS_X_1001/3qaRgLx3"> HW HF</a></td><td>ﾡ</td><td>ﾢ</td><td>ﾣ</td><td>ﾤ</td><td>ﾥ</td><td>ﾦ</td><td>ﾧ</td><td>ﾨ</td><td>ﾩ</td><td>ﾪ</td><td>ﾫ</td><td>ﾬ</td><td>ﾭ</td><td>ﾮ</td><td>ﾯ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FFBx</td><td>ﾰ</td><td>ﾱ</td><td>ﾲ</td><td>ﾳ</td><td>ﾴ</td><td>ﾵ</td><td>ﾶ</td><td>ﾷ</td><td>ﾸ</td><td>ﾹ</td><td>ﾺ</td><td>ﾻ</td><td>ﾼ</td><td>ﾽ</td><td>ﾾ</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+FFCx</td><td></td><td></td><td>ￂ</td><td>ￃ</td><td>ￄ</td><td>ￅ</td><td>ￆ</td><td>ￇ</td><td></td><td></td><td>ￊ</td><td>ￋ</td><td>ￌ</td><td>ￍ</td><td>ￎ</td><td>ￏ</td></tr><tr><td>U+FFDx</td><td></td><td></td><td>ￒ</td><td>ￓ</td><td>ￔ</td><td>ￕ</td><td>ￖ</td><td>ￗ</td><td></td><td></td><td>ￚ</td><td>ￛ</td><td>ￜ</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>U+FFEx</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><td>￭</td><td>￮</td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17">Notes1.^ As of Unicode version 16.02.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The block has <a href="/facts/Variant_form_(Unicode)/CjXhs89M">variation sequences</a> defined for East Asian punctuation positional variants.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> They use U+FE00 VARIATION SELECTOR-1 (VS01) and U+FE01 VARIATION SELECTOR-2 (VS02): </p> Variation sequences for punctuation alignment<table><tbody><tr><td>U+</td><td>FF01</td><td>FF0C</td><td>FF0E</td><td>FF1A</td><td>FF1B</td><td>FF1F</td><td>Description</td></tr><tr><td>base code point</td><td>！</td><td>，</td><td>．</td><td>：</td><td>；</td><td>？</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>base + VS01</td><td>！︀</td><td>，︀</td><td>．︀</td><td>：︀</td><td>；︀</td><td>？︀</td><td>corner-justified form</td></tr><tr><td>base + VS02</td><td>！︁</td><td>，︁</td><td>．︁</td><td>：︁</td><td>；︁</td><td>？︁</td><td>centered form</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An additional variant is defined for a fullwidth <a href="/facts/Slashed_zero/RYbw9BXQ">zero with a short diagonal stroke</a>: U+FF10 FULLWIDTH DIGIT ZERO, U+FE00 VS1 (０︀).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</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="9">1.0.0</td><td rowspan="9">U+FF01..FF5E, FF61..FFBE, FFC2..FFC7, FFCA..FFCF, FFD2..FFD7, FFDA..FFDC, FFE0..FFE6</td><td rowspan="9">216</td><td></td><td></td><td>(to be determined)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.pdf">N4403 (pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4403.doc">doc</a>)</td><td>Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2014-01-28), "Resolution M61.01", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 61, Holiday Inn, Vilnius, Lithuania; 2013-06-10/14</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17056-sv-western-vs-eastasian.pdf">L2/17-056</a></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Ken_Lunde/IPovxtJr">Lunde, Ken</a> (2017-02-13), <i>Proposal to add standardized variation sequences</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17436r-sv-eastsian-punct.pdf">L2/17-436</a></td><td></td><td>Lunde, Ken (2018-01-21), <i>Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for fullwidth East Asian punctuation</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18039-script-adhoc-rec.pdf">L2/18-039</a></td><td></td><td>Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai; Cook, Richard (2018-01-19), "24. Fullwidth East Asian Punctuation", <i>Recommendations to UTC #154 January 2018 on Script Proposals</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17362.htm">L2/17-362</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "B.4.1 New Proposal to add standardized variation sequence for U+FF10 FULL WIDTH DIGIT ZERO", <i>UTC #153 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18115.htm">L2/18-115</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2018-05-09), "Consensus 154-C17", <i>UTC #155 Minutes</i>, Add 16 standardized variation sequences based on L2/17-436R, for Unicode 12.0.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19055-segment-fullwd-digits.txt">L2/19-055</a></td><td></td><td>Iancu, Laurențiu (2019-01-14), <i>Proposed Changes in the Segmentation Property Values for Fullwidth Digits</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19008.htm">L2/19-008</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "B.11.11.1.2 Proposed changes in the segmentation property values for fullwidth digits", <i>UTC #158 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td>1.1</td><td>U+FFE8..FFEE</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>(to be determined)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="11">3.2</td><td rowspan="11">U+FF5F..FF60</td><td rowspan="11">2</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1999/99052.htm">L2/99-052</a></td><td></td><td>Freytag, Asmus (1999-02-05), <i>The math pieces from the symbol font</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01033-addbrackets.htm">L2/01-033</a></td><td></td><td>Karlsson, Kent; Freytag, Asmus (2001-01-16), <i>Disunify braces/brackets for math, computing science, and Z notation from similar-looking CJK braces/brackets</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01159-N2344-MathAdHoc.pdf">L2/01-159</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2344.pdf">N2344</a></td><td><i>Ad-hoc report on Mathematical Symbols</i>, 2001-04-03</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01157-N2345R-brackets.pdf">L2/01-157</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2345r.pdf">N2345R</a></td><td>Karlsson, Kent (2001-04-04), <i>Proposal to disunify certain fencing CJK punctuation marks from similar-looking Math fences</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01168-hell.txt">L2/01-168</a></td><td></td><td>Whistler, Ken (2001-04-10), <i>Bracket Disunification & Normalization Hell</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01012.htm">L2/01-012R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2001-05-21), "Disunifying Braces and Brackets", <i>Minutes UTC #86 in Mountain View, Jan 2001</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01223.htm">L2/01-223</a></td><td></td><td>Suignard, Michel (2001-05-23), <i>Discussion of Issues Regarding Bracket Disunification</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01184.htm">L2/01-184R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M21", <i>Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting</i>, Reverse the decision made in motion 86-M6 not to disunify brackets.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01317-bracket.htm">L2/01-317</a></td><td></td><td>Suignard, Michel (2001-08-14), <i>Bracket Disunification & Normalization</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/consortium/utc-minutes/UTC-088-200108.html">L2/01-295R</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2001-11-06), "Bracket Disunification and Normalization", <i>Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting #88</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02154-n2403-minutes.pdf">L2/02-154</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2403.pdf">N2403</a></td><td>Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "Resolution M41.1", <i>Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/CJK_Symbols_and_Punctuation_(Unicode_block)/evgXCvhD">CJK Symbols and Punctuation (Unicode block)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hangul_Jamo_(Unicode_block)/DK4ldv2z">Hangul Jamo (Unicode block)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Katakana_(Unicode_block)/dxA32ljW">Katakana (Unicode block)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin_script_in_Unicode/n0r7VFcv">Latin script in Unicode</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Enclosed_Alphanumerics/UpfRvKRr">Enclosed Alphanumerics</a> - bullet point sequences, some appear as full width (e.g. ⒈,⓵,⑴,⒜,ⓐ)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/CodeCharts2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode1.0.0/CodeCharts2.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"ICU Demonstration - Converter Explorer". demo.icu-project.org. Retrieved 7 May 2018. <a href="http://demo.icu-project.org/icu-bin/convexp?conv=ibm-933" target="_blank">http://demo.icu-project.org/icu-bin/convexp?conv=ibm-933</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Halfwidth and Fullwidth blame". <a href="https://harjit.moe/hwfwblame.html" target="_blank">https://harjit.moe/hwfwblame.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Conversion Data - Old location of the ICU User Guide". <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/conversion/data" target="_blank">http://userguide.icu-project.org/conversion/data</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Lunde, Ken (2018-01-21). "L2/17-436: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for fullwidth East Asian punctuation" (PDF). <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17436r-sv-eastsian-punct.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17436r-sv-eastsian-punct.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Beeton, Barbara; Freytag, Asmus; Iancu, Laurențiu; Sargent, Murray (2015-10-30). "L2/15-268: Proposal to Represent the Slashed Zero Variant of Empty Set" (PDF). <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15268-slashed-zero.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15268-slashed-zero.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/StandardizedVariants.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>