Detailed: Handling of Characters in Super Kanji Search on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista
Briefing
Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista support the standard of a character set, JIS X 0213:2004(hereafter JIS2004, established in 2004). Compared to Windows XP, the major additions and modification are as follows.
- Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista include all characters in JIS Level 3 and 4 defined by JIS2004.
- The existing character shapes are modified to support the new sample character shapes in JIS2004.
On the other hand, Super Kanji Search supports the standard, JIS X 0213:2000(hereafter JIS2000, established in 2000), the previous version of JIS2004.
So, this page explains about the influences on displaying characters and converting characters when Super Kanji Search runs on Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista.
(For your information) JIS2004 and Supporting JIS2004 by Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista
JIS2004 is the revised standard of JIS2000, to answer the purpose of "Character shape list for non-listed kanji(the Japanese Language Council recommendation, on December 8th, 2000". The modification includes changing the sample character shapes and adding the characters.
- Changing Sample Character Shapes： 168 characters (JIS Level 1 and 2 =167 characters, JIS Level 3 =1 character)
- Adding Characters： 10 characters (JIS Level 3)
For more information on JIS2004, please refer to the following documents (written in Japanese).
- ◇Character Shape List for Non-Listed Kanji
- http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/old_bunka/kokugo_index/toushin/1325296.htm
- ◇Press release on JIS X 0213:2004 by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (PDF file)
- http://www.jisc.go.jp/newstopics/2004/040220kanjicode.pdf
For more information on the differences of character handling between Windows XP and Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista, refer to the following document (written in Japanese).
- ◇About the Support of JIS X 0213:2004 and New Japanese Font "Meiryo"
- http://www.microsoft.com/japan/windows/products/windowsvista/jp_font/default.mspx
Exchangeable Characters in Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista by Super Kanji Search
The exchangeable characters between Super Kanji Search and Windows are the characters in JIS Level 1, JIS Level 2 and JIS Supplementary Kanji.
There are restrictions on exchanging characters in JIS Level 3 and JIS Level 4. The exchangeable characters in JIS Level 3 and 4 are the characters redundantly defined by JIS Supplementary Kanji or the characters in CJK Unified Ideographs or CJK Compatibility Ideographs of Unicode.
For more information on the exchangeable characters, refer to the following document.
