Editing Kana (section)

== In Unicode ==
{{Main|Hiragana (Unicode block)|Katakana (Unicode block)|Katakana Phonetic Extensions|Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)|Kana Supplement (Unicode block)}}
{{See also|Hiragana#Unicode|Katakana#Unicode}}
The hiragana range in [[Unicode]] is U+3040 ... U+309F, and the katakana range is U+30A0 ... U+30FF. The obsolete and rare characters (''wi'' and ''we'') also have their proper code points.

{{Unicode chart Hiragana}}
{{Unicode chart Katakana}}
Characters U+3095 and U+3096 are hiragana [[small ke|small ''ka'' and small ''ke'']], respectively. U+30F5 and U+30F6 are their katakana equivalents. Characters U+3099 and U+309A are combining [[dakuten]] and [[handakuten]], which correspond to the spacing characters U+309B and U+309C. U+309D is the hiragana [[iteration mark]], used to repeat a previous hiragana. U+309E is the voiced hiragana iteration mark, which stands in for the previous hiragana but with the consonant voiced (''k'' becomes ''g'', ''h'' becomes ''b'', etc.). U+30FD and U+30FE are the katakana iteration marks. U+309F is a ligature of ''yori'' ([[Yori (kana)|より]]) sometimes used in vertical writing. U+30FF is a ligature of ''koto'' ([[Koto (kana)|コト]]), also found in vertical writing.

Additionally, there are halfwidth equivalents to the standard fullwidth katakana. These are encoded within the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block (U+FF00–U+FFEF), starting at U+FF65 and ending at U+FF9F (characters U+FF61–U+FF64 are halfwidth punctuation marks):
{{Unicode chart Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms|subset=katakana}}

There is also a small "Katakana Phonetic Extensions" range (U+31F0 ... U+31FF), which includes some additional small kana characters for writing the [[Ainu language]]. Further small kana characters are present in the "Small Kana Extension" block.
{{Unicode chart Katakana Phonetic Extensions}}
{{Unicode chart Small Kana Extension}}

Unicode also includes "Katakana letter archaic E" (U+1B000), as well as 255 [[hentaigana|archaic Hiragana]], in the Kana Supplement block.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1B000.pdf |access-date=11 March 2024 |title=Kana Supplement |website=Unicode 15.1 |publisher=Unicode}}</ref> It also includes a further 31 archaic Hiragana in the Kana Extended-A block.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1B100.pdf |access-date=11 March 2024 |title=Kana Extended-A |website=Unicode 15.1 |publisher=Unicode}}</ref>
{{Unicode chart Kana Supplement}}
{{Unicode chart Kana Extended-A}}

The Kana Extended-B block was added in September, 2021 with the release of version 14.0:
{{Unicode chart Kana Extended-B}}