# Kana Supplement

Kana Supplement is a Unicode block containing one archaic katakana character and 255 hentaigana (non-standard Hiragana) characters. Additional hentaigana characters are encoded in the Kana Extended-A block.

## Block

Kana Supplement Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) :
| | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| U+1B00x | 𛀀 | 𛀁 | 𛀂 | 𛀃 | 𛀄 | 𛀅 | 𛀆 | 𛀇 | 𛀈 | 𛀉 | 𛀊 | 𛀋 | 𛀌 | 𛀍 | 𛀎 | 𛀏 |
| U+1B01x | 𛀐 | 𛀑 | 𛀒 | 𛀓 | 𛀔 | 𛀕 | 𛀖 | 𛀗 | 𛀘 | 𛀙 | 𛀚 | 𛀛 | 𛀜 | 𛀝 | 𛀞 | 𛀟 |
| U+1B02x | 𛀠 | 𛀡 | 𛀢 | 𛀣 | 𛀤 | 𛀥 | 𛀦 | 𛀧 | 𛀨 | 𛀩 | 𛀪 | 𛀫 | 𛀬 | 𛀭 | 𛀮 | 𛀯 |
| U+1B03x | 𛀰 | 𛀱 | 𛀲 | 𛀳 | 𛀴 | 𛀵 | 𛀶 | 𛀷 | 𛀸 | 𛀹 | 𛀺 | 𛀻 | 𛀼 | 𛀽 | 𛀾 | 𛀿 |
| U+1B04x | 𛁀 | 𛁁 | 𛁂 | 𛁃 | 𛁄 | 𛁅 | 𛁆 | 𛁇 | 𛁈 | 𛁉 | 𛁊 | 𛁋 | 𛁌 | 𛁍 | 𛁎 | 𛁏 |
| U+1B05x | 𛁐 | 𛁑 | 𛁒 | 𛁓 | 𛁔 | 𛁕 | 𛁖 | 𛁗 | 𛁘 | 𛁙 | 𛁚 | 𛁛 | 𛁜 | 𛁝 | 𛁞 | 𛁟 |
| U+1B06x | 𛁠 | 𛁡 | 𛁢 | 𛁣 | 𛁤 | 𛁥 | 𛁦 | 𛁧 | 𛁨 | 𛁩 | 𛁪 | 𛁫 | 𛁬 | 𛁭 | 𛁮 | 𛁯 |
| U+1B07x | 𛁰 | 𛁱 | 𛁲 | 𛁳 | 𛁴 | 𛁵 | 𛁶 | 𛁷 | 𛁸 | 𛁹 | 𛁺 | 𛁻 | 𛁼 | 𛁽 | 𛁾 | 𛁿 |
| U+1B08x | 𛂀 | 𛂁 | 𛂂 | 𛂃 | 𛂄 | 𛂅 | 𛂆 | 𛂇 | 𛂈 | 𛂉 | 𛂊 | 𛂋 | 𛂌 | 𛂍 | 𛂎 | 𛂏 |
| U+1B09x | 𛂐 | 𛂑 | 𛂒 | 𛂓 | 𛂔 | 𛂕 | 𛂖 | 𛂗 | 𛂘 | 𛂙 | 𛂚 | 𛂛 | 𛂜 | 𛂝 | 𛂞 | 𛂟 |
| U+1B0Ax | 𛂠 | 𛂡 | 𛂢 | 𛂣 | 𛂤 | 𛂥 | 𛂦 | 𛂧 | 𛂨 | 𛂩 | 𛂪 | 𛂫 | 𛂬 | 𛂭 | 𛂮 | 𛂯 |
| U+1B0Bx | 𛂰 | 𛂱 | 𛂲 | 𛂳 | 𛂴 | 𛂵 | 𛂶 | 𛂷 | 𛂸 | 𛂹 | 𛂺 | 𛂻 | 𛂼 | 𛂽 | 𛂾 | 𛂿 |
| U+1B0Cx | 𛃀 | 𛃁 | 𛃂 | 𛃃 | 𛃄 | 𛃅 | 𛃆 | 𛃇 | 𛃈 | 𛃉 | 𛃊 | 𛃋 | 𛃌 | 𛃍 | 𛃎 | 𛃏 |
| U+1B0Dx | 𛃐 | 𛃑 | 𛃒 | 𛃓 | 𛃔 | 𛃕 | 𛃖 | 𛃗 | 𛃘 | 𛃙 | 𛃚 | 𛃛 | 𛃜 | 𛃝 | 𛃞 | 𛃟 |
| U+1B0Ex | 𛃠 | 𛃡 | 𛃢 | 𛃣 | 𛃤 | 𛃥 | 𛃦 | 𛃧 | 𛃨 | 𛃩 | 𛃪 | 𛃫 | 𛃬 | 𛃭 | 𛃮 | 𛃯 |
| U+1B0Fx | 𛃰 | 𛃱 | 𛃲 | 𛃳 | 𛃴 | 𛃵 | 𛃶 | 𛃷 | 𛃸 | 𛃹 | 𛃺 | 𛃻 | 𛃼 | 𛃽 | 𛃾 | 𛃿 |
| Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 |||||||||||||||||

## History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kana Supplement block:
| Version | Final code points | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/07-421 | N3388 | Kato, Nozomu (2008-01-14), Proposal to encode two Kana characters concerning YE |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/08-117 | N3394 | UTC/L2 request to review proposal for encoding 2 kana characters, 2008-02-28 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/08-257 | | Kato, Nozomu (2008-07-14), Letter from Nozomu Kato to UTC, re Kana [restricted access] |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/08-358 | N3528 | Japan's Input to N3388 (Two Kana Characters), 2008-10-09 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/08-359 | | Kato, Nozomu (2008-10-24), About WG2 N3528 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/08-412 | N3553 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2008-11-05), "M53.24e", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 53 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/09-062 | | Kato, Nozomu (2009-01-27), Background Info on "e" Letters in Kana (in Japanese) |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/09-003R | | Moore, Lisa (2009-02-12), "B.15.18", UTC #118 / L2 #215 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/09-234 | N3603 (pdf, doc) | Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.06b, M54.06c", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/09-104 | | Moore, Lisa (2009-05-20), "Consensus 119-C24", UTC #119 / L2 #216 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/09-335R | | Moore, Lisa (2009-11-10), "Consensus 121-C7", UTC #121 / L2 #218 Minutes, Change block name HISTORIC KANA to KANA SUPPLEMENT. |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/16-037 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/16-123 | | "Two comments on hentaigana proposal", Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016), 2016-05-05 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/16-189 | N4731 | Proposal to add a new character name alias to U+1B001, 2016-06-20 |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/16-216 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.b", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/16-203 | | Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "B.15.2", UTC #148 Minutes |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/17-014 | | Orita, Tetsuji (2017-01-13), Notes on the HENTAIGANA「江」and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE |
| 6.0 | U+1B000..1B001 | 2 | L2/17-016 | | Moore, Lisa (2017-02-08), "C.9.1 Notes on the HENTAIGANA「江」and the ARCHAIC HIRAGANA YE", UTC #150 Minutes |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/09-099 | N3698 | van der Werven, Jeroen Ruigrok (2009-02-15), A proposal for encoding the hentaigana characters |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/09-200 | | McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Page images from Yomikata Nyuumon, 1884 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/09-201 | | McGowan, Rick (2009-05-07), Type sample page image, hentaigana, 1903 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/11-229 | N4091 (pdf, doc) | Notes on hentaigana, 2011-06-01 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | | N4103 | "11.1.2 Hentaigana characters", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-193 | N4670 | Orita, Tetsuji (2015-07-23), Request for Comments on HENTAIGANA proposal |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-239 | N4674 | Proposal of Japanese HENTAIGANA, 2015-09-18 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-300 | | Tashiro, Shuichi (2015-10-31), Hentaigana List after Matsue discussion |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-312 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "8. Hentaigana", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-316 | | Takada, Tomokazu; Yada, Tsutomu; Saito, Tatsuya (2015-11-03), The past, present, and future of hentaigana [in Japanese] |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-318 (pdf, xlsx) | | Yada, Tsutomu (2015-11-04), About the inclusion of standardized codepoints for Hentaigana |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-334 | | Tranter, Nicolas (2015-12-09), Hentaigana proposal |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/15-343 (pdf, xlsx) | N4708 | Orita, Tetsuji (2015-12-09), Revised Proposal of HENTAIGANA |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-053 | | Lunde, Ken (2015-12-16), Hentaigana Comment Document |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-037 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2016-01-22), "16", Recommendations to UTC #146 January 2016 on Script Proposals |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-040 | | Lunde, Ken (2016-01-26), Hentaigana Unification Candidates |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-085 | | Lunde, Ken (2016-04-28), Status of hentaigana proposal |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-123 | | "Two comments on hentaigana proposal", Comments on Public Review Issues (Jan 22, 2016 - May 03, 2016), 2016-05-05 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-121 | | Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "C.3", UTC #147 Minutes |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-188 (pdf, xlsx) | N4732 | Revised Proposal of Hentaigana, 2016-06-20 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-216 | | Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu; Moore, Lisa (2016-07-30), "6.a", Recommendations to UTC #148 August 2016 on Script Proposals |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-203 | | Moore, Lisa (2016-08-18), "C.3.1", UTC #148 Minutes |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | | N4743 | Proposal to correct the note for "HENTAIGANA LETTER HO-8", 2016-09-12 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | | N4873R (pdf, doc) | "10.3.2", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 65, 2018-03-16 |
| 10.0 | U+1B002..1B0FF | 254 | L2/16-325 | | Moore, Lisa (2016-11-18), "B.1.1.4, B.13.3.1", UTC #149 Minutes |
| ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names ||||||

## Fonts

As of 26 May 2024, 5 fonts are known to support the 10.0 Kana Supplement range:
* BabelStone Han.
* HanaMinA.
* IPA MJ Mincho.
* Noto Serif Hentaigana
* Sukima Gothic.