Japanese character notes

This page lists characters used in orthographies based on the Japanese script and provides information about them. The Japanese script is composed of four subscripts: Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, & Latin.

Character notes have companion pages that summarise how a script is used for a specific orthography. For the Japanese script, see Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, & Latin).

Referencing this document

Richard Ishida, Japanese Character Notes, 12-Nov-2023, https://r12a.github.io/scripts/jpan/block

Kana

Halfwidth & Fullwidth Forms

CJK Punctuation

General Punctuation

Acknowledgements

The following people have provided helpful advice.

References