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
Range	U+3190..U+319F (16 code points)
Plane	BMP
Scripts	Common
Major alphabets	Chinese characters
Assigned	16 code points
Unused	0 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

㆐

㆑

㆒

㆓

㆔

㆕

㆖

㆗

㆘

㆙

㆚

㆛

㆜

㆝

㆞

㆟

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0

History

The following Unicode-related document records the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Kanbun block:

Version	Final code points[a]	Count	UTC ID	Document
1.0.0	U+3190..319F	16	UTC/1991-048B	Whistler, Ken (1991-03-27), "Kaeriten from U+3190 to U+319f", Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple
Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names