Detailed: Searchable Character Type
Super Kanji Search includes the following character sets.
- (1)JIS Level 1 and 2 (JIS X 0208) --6,879 characters--
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These characters are established by JIS(Japanese Industrial Standards). It consists of 6,355 kanji characters(Level 1: 2,965 characters, Level 2: 3,390 characters) and 524 non-kanji characters (JIS X 0208:1997). These characters can be used on normal computers in Japan.
† The characters in JIS Level 1 and 2 are colored black and displayed on the 1st plane of "Basic Japanese" in this software.
- (2)JIS Level 3 and 4 (JIS X 0213) --4,344 characters--
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JIS Level 3 and 4 (JIS X 0213:2000) were designed for providing the sufficient character set for handling contemporary Japanese, expanding JIS Level 1 and 2 (JIS X 0208). It consists of 3,685 kanji (Level 3: 1,249 characters, Level 4: 2,436 characters) and 659 non-kanji characters. It also includes unit symbols such as circled numbers, Roman numerals and the Euro symbol.
† The characters in JIS Level 3 are colored light blue and displayed on the 1st plane of "Basic Japanese" in this software. The characters in JIS Level 4 are displayed on the 2nd plane of "Basic Japanese".
† This software does not support JIS X 0213:2004.
- (3)JIS Supplementary Kanji (JIS X 0212) --6,067 characters--
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By the widespread use of computers in society, the number of kanji characters for computers were running short and 6,355 kanji characters in JIS Level 1 and 2 were not enough. In 1990, 5,801 kanji characters and 266 non-kanji characters including additional alphabets were established as JIS Supplementary Kanji (JIS X 0212-1990), aside from JIS X 0208. It includes the characters used in Latin languages except English. Using these characters, a lot of European languages can be written.
† The characters in JIS Supplementary Kanji are represented as "Auxiliary Japanese" in this software.
- (4)Korean (KS X 1001) --8,224 characters--
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KS X 1001(formerly called KS C 5601) is the standard of the character set of Korea. It includes Korean Kanji and Hangul. Japanese Hiragana and Katakana are also included. Similar to JIS X 0208, KS X 1001 consists of 94 rows and 94 cells. For the efficient allocation of coding, each 94 characters are allocated closely by the units of 126. Super Kanji Search takes over the original free space in which characters are not specified by KS X 1001.
† The characters in KS X 1001 are represented as "Korean" in this software.
- (5)Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) --7,445 characters--
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GB 2312 is the standard of the character set of China. It is the collection of daily used characters in Chinese mainland and it includes mainly Simplified Chinese. It is Chinese character-based collection, but Japanese Hiragana and Katakana are also included. Similar to JIS X 0208, GB 2312 consists of 94 rows and 94 cells. For the efficient allocation of coding, each 94 characters are allocated closely by the units of 126. Super Kanji Search takes over the original free space in which characters are not specified by GB 2312.
† The characters in GB 2312 are represented as "Basic Chinese" in this software.
- (6)Simplified Chinese (GB 18030) --634 characters--
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GB 18030 is the standard of the character set of China. Super Kanji Search supports a part of GB 18030.
† The characters in GB 18030 are represented as "Extension Chinese" in this software.
- (7)Traditional Chinese (CNS 11643, Big5) --13,491 characters--
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CNS(or BIG5) is the standard of the Chinese character set mainly used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The character shapes of Traditional Chinese resemble the Japanese old character shapes.
† Traditional Chinese are represented as "Taiwanese" in this software.
- (8)Braille --320 characters--
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64 characters of 6-Point Braille and 256 characters of 8-Point Braille.
† Braille characters are represented as "6-point braille" or "8-point braille" in this software.
- (9)i-mode emoji(pictogram) --271 characters--
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i-mode emoji(pictogram) for i-mode mail service and i-mode websites.
† i-mode emoji are represented as "i-mode" in this software.
- (10)GT Font --78,675 characters--
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GT project collected 190,000 characters and the project carefully selected 78,675 characters. The official name for GT project is "Study for Multilingual Text Processing on the Multimedia Communication System" project, Research for the Future Program of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. GT Font is the main result of the project. GT Font is designed for knowing the character's lines and dots easily, because GT Font was designed for storing texts on computers.
† The characters of GT Font are represented as "GT" in this software.
- (11)Daikanwa Dictionary --51,053 characters--
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The characters included in the second revision of Daikanwa Dictionary (Author: Tetsuji Morohashi, Publisher: TAISHUKAN Publishing Co., Ltd.)
† Characters in Daikanwa Dictionary are represented as "Daikanwa" in this software.
- (12)Tompa --1,362 characters--
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Tompa is the only one living pictograph in the world, having been used by Naxi people in Yunnan Province of China.
† Tompa characters are represented as "Tompa" in this software.
- (13)Dakuten-Hiragana, Dakuten-Katakana (Abbrev: Dakuten-kana) --204 characters--
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The characters used in manga including "あ゜" and "め゛".
† Dakuten-Hiragana and Dakuten-Katakana are represented as "Dakuten-kana" in this software.
- (14)Hentaigana for Basic resident register (Abbrev: Juki-kana) --168 characters--
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Hentaigana(variant forms of kana letters) is the predecessor of daily-used Hiragana. Juki-kana characters are Hentaigana used for Basic resident register of Japan. They are still used for names or places.
† Hentaigana for Basic resident register are represented as "Juki-kana" in this software.
- (15)Hentaigana (Variant form of a kana letter) --545 characters--
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Hentaigana is a type of Hiragana having been used since Heian Period. Because the daily-used Japanese syllabary was created after the Meiji Restoration, we have less access to Hentaigana. However, we can still find Hentaigana in the signs of traditional inns or soba(buckwheat noodle) shops.
† Hentaigana characters are represented as "Hentaigana" in this software.
- (16) Non-Kanji Characters in Unicode BMP --6,475 characters--
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Non-kanji characters in Unicode Basic Multilanguage Plane, excepting kanji and Hangul. It includes a lot of characters for the languages(e.g. Arabic, Latin) of countries which are not using kanji and symbols except kanji. Kanji parts(CJK Unified Kanji, Hangul Syllables, CJK Compatible Kanji) are omitted in TRON Code.
† These non-kanji characters are represented as "Unicode" in this software.
- (17)Ordinal Number --90 characters--
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Symbols for the serial number of titles or bullet points.
† These symbols are represented as "Ordinal number" in this software.
- (18)Yin-Yang --86 characters--
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The characters and symbols once used for the way of Yin and Yang.
† These characters and symbols are represented as "Yin-yang" in this software.
- (19)Hotsuma --154 characters--
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Hotsuma characters are used in the Japanese ancient text "Hotsuma-tsutae". These characters are regarded as one of the character sets in the age of deities.
† These characters are represented as "Hotsuma" in this software.
