In message <200007131414.GAA18480@unicode.org>
Otto Stolz <Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de> wrote:
> Am 2000-07-13 um 13:28 h UCT hat Kevin Bracey geschrieben:
> > It is acceptable for a limited-capability device to display Japanese just
> > using katakana characters (under 64 8x16 glyphs).
> ...
> > Anything more advanced than that [...] will display the basic Kanji set
>
> and Hiragana, I suppose?
>
> I understand the the wording in TUS 3.0, sections 10.2 and 10.3 (pages 272
> and 274) to the effect that Hiragana is required together with Kanji to
> write Japanese (and that Katakana is used in normal text only for foreign
> words or visual emphasis). So, I guess, a limited-capability device can
> support Katakana only, and an advanced one has to support Kanji + Hiragana
> + Katakana.
>
> Is that correct?
Quite right. The standard Japanese repertoire (as originally defined in JIS X
0208) contains 6355 kanji, 83 hiragana, 86 katakana and a couple of hundred
other symbols. You'd use that in addition to the basic latin + halfwidth
katakana set defined in JIS X 0201.
In summary:
Level Repertoires Glyphs
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Useless Basic Latin only 95
Limited Basic Latin + halfwidth katakana 158
Standard Basic Latin, halfwidth katakana + JIS X 0208 7037
Above average Basic Latin, halfwidth katakana, JIS X 0208+0212 13104
Our Japanese systems (internet access terminals) use a Japanese font with the
"standard" repertoire (with the addition of the all-important (C) and TM
characters :) ).
-- Kevin Bracey, Principal Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology plc Tel: +44 (0) 1223 518566 645 Newmarket Road Fax: +44 (0) 1223 518526 Cambridge, CB5 8PB, United Kingdom WWW: http://www.acorn.co.uk/
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