(idea) by avjewe Tue Sep 10 2002 at 17:15:08
Hiragana is the cursive syllabary used to write Japanese words phonetically and to write sentence particles and inflectional endings. It is also commonly used to indicate the pronunciation of Japanese words. Hiragana syllables are phonetically equivalent to the corresponding Katakana syllables.

The Hiragana block is based on JIS X 0208-1990, extended by U+3094  ゔ  vu which is used in some Japanese corporate standards.

Hiragana and Katakana both use U+3099  ゙  combining Katakana Hiragana voiced sound mark and U+309A  ゚  combining Katakana Hiragana semi voiced sound mark to generate voiced and semi-voiced syllables from base syllables.

The two characters U+309D  ゝ  Hiragana iteration mark and U+309E  ゞ  Hiragana voiced iteration mark are punctuation-like characters that denote the iteration, or repetition, of a previous syllable according to whether the repeated syllable has an unvoiced or voiced consonant.

With all due respect to liveforever's excellent writeup, the code listing is incomplete, and so I will include the complete code block below.

Unicode's Hiragana code block reserves the 96 code points from U+3040 to U+309F, of which 93 are currently assigned.

CJK Symbols and Punctuation <-- Hiragana --> Katakana

Number of characters added in each version of the Unicode standard :
Unicode 1.1 : 90
Unicode 3.2 : 3

Number of characters in each General Category : 

Letter, Modifier   Lm :  2
Letter, Other      Lo : 87
Mark, Non-Spacing  Mn :  2
Symbol, Modifier   Sk :  2

Number of characters in each Bidirectional Category : 

Left To Right       L : 89
Non Spacing Mark  NSM :  2
Other Neutral      ON :  2

The columns below should be interpreted as :

  1. The Unicode code for the character
  2. The character in question
  3. The Unicode name for the character
  4. The Unicode General Category for the character
  5. The Unicode Bidirectional Category for the character
  6. The Unicode version when this character was added

If the characters below show up poorly, or not at all, see Unicode Support for possible solutions.

 

Hiragana

     Based on JIS X 0208

U+3041   ぁ   Hiragana letter small a Lo L 1.1
U+3042   あ   Hiragana letter A Lo L 1.1
U+3043   ぃ   Hiragana letter small i Lo L 1.1
U+3044   い   Hiragana letter I Lo L 1.1
U+3045   ぅ   Hiragana letter small u Lo L 1.1
U+3046   う   Hiragana letter U Lo L 1.1
U+3047   ぇ   Hiragana letter small e Lo L 1.1
U+3048   え   Hiragana letter E Lo L 1.1
U+3049   ぉ   Hiragana letter small o Lo L 1.1
U+304A   お   Hiragana letter O Lo L 1.1
U+304B   か   Hiragana letter ka Lo L 1.1
U+304C   が   Hiragana letter ga Lo L 1.1
U+304D   き   Hiragana letter ki Lo L 1.1
U+304E   ぎ   Hiragana letter gi Lo L 1.1
U+304F   く   Hiragana letter ku Lo L 1.1
U+3050   ぐ   Hiragana letter gu Lo L 1.1
U+3051   け   Hiragana letter ke Lo L 1.1
U+3052   げ   Hiragana letter ge Lo L 1.1
U+3053   こ   Hiragana letter ko Lo L 1.1
U+3054   ご   Hiragana letter go Lo L 1.1
U+3055   さ   Hiragana letter sa Lo L 1.1
U+3056   ざ   Hiragana letter za Lo L 1.1
U+3057   し   Hiragana letter si Lo L 1.1
aka shi
U+3058   じ   Hiragana letter zi Lo L 1.1
aka ji (not unique)
U+3059   す   Hiragana letter su Lo L 1.1
U+305A   ず   Hiragana letter zu Lo L 1.1
U+305B   せ   Hiragana letter se Lo L 1.1
U+305C   ぜ   Hiragana letter ze Lo L 1.1
U+305D   そ   Hiragana letter so Lo L 1.1
U+305E   ぞ   Hiragana letter zo Lo L 1.1
U+305F   た   Hiragana letter ta Lo L 1.1
U+3060   だ   Hiragana letter da Lo L 1.1
U+3061   ち   Hiragana letter ti Lo L 1.1
aka chi
U+3062   ぢ   Hiragana letter di Lo L 1.1
aka ji (not unique)
U+3063   っ   Hiragana letter small tu Lo L 1.1
aka small tsu
U+3064   つ   Hiragana letter tu Lo L 1.1
aka tsu
U+3065   づ   Hiragana letter du Lo L 1.1
aka zu (not unique)
U+3066   て   Hiragana letter te Lo L 1.1
U+3067   で   Hiragana letter de Lo L 1.1
U+3068   と   Hiragana letter to Lo L 1.1
U+3069   ど   Hiragana letter do Lo L 1.1
U+306A   な   Hiragana letter na Lo L 1.1
U+306B   に   Hiragana letter ni Lo L 1.1
U+306C   ぬ   Hiragana letter nu Lo L 1.1
U+306D   ね   Hiragana letter ne Lo L 1.1
U+306E   の   Hiragana letter no Lo L 1.1
U+306F   は   Hiragana letter ha Lo L 1.1
U+3070   ば   Hiragana letter ba Lo L 1.1
U+3071   ぱ   Hiragana letter pa Lo L 1.1
U+3072   ひ   Hiragana letter hi Lo L 1.1
U+3073   び   Hiragana letter bi Lo L 1.1
U+3074   ぴ   Hiragana letter pi Lo L 1.1
U+3075   ふ   Hiragana letter hu Lo L 1.1
aka fu
U+3076   ぶ   Hiragana letter bu Lo L 1.1
U+3077   ぷ   Hiragana letter pu Lo L 1.1
U+3078   へ   Hiragana letter he Lo L 1.1
U+3079   べ   Hiragana letter be Lo L 1.1
U+307A   ぺ   Hiragana letter pe Lo L 1.1
U+307B   ほ   Hiragana letter ho Lo L 1.1
U+307C   ぼ   Hiragana letter bo Lo L 1.1
U+307D   ぽ   Hiragana letter po Lo L 1.1
U+307E   ま   Hiragana letter ma Lo L 1.1
U+307F   み   Hiragana letter mi Lo L 1.1
U+3080   む   Hiragana letter mu Lo L 1.1
U+3081   め   Hiragana letter me Lo L 1.1
U+3082   も   Hiragana letter mo Lo L 1.1
U+3083   ゃ   Hiragana letter small ya Lo L 1.1
U+3084   や   Hiragana letter ya Lo L 1.1
U+3085   ゅ   Hiragana letter small yu Lo L 1.1
U+3086   ゆ   Hiragana letter yu Lo L 1.1
U+3087   ょ   Hiragana letter small yo Lo L 1.1
U+3088   よ   Hiragana letter yo Lo L 1.1
U+3089   ら   Hiragana letter ra Lo L 1.1
U+308A   り   Hiragana letter ri Lo L 1.1
U+308B   る   Hiragana letter ru Lo L 1.1
U+308C   れ   Hiragana letter re Lo L 1.1
U+308D   ろ   Hiragana letter ro Lo L 1.1
U+308E   ゎ   Hiragana letter small wa Lo L 1.1
U+308F   わ   Hiragana letter wa Lo L 1.1
U+3090   ゐ   Hiragana letter wi Lo L 1.1
U+3091   ゑ   Hiragana letter we Lo L 1.1
U+3092   を   Hiragana letter wo Lo L 1.1
U+3093   ん   Hiragana letter N Lo L 1.1
U+3094   ゔ   Hiragana letter vu Lo L 1.1

     Small letters

U+3095   ゕ   Hiragana letter small ka Lo L 3.2
U+3096   ゖ   Hiragana letter small ke Lo L 3.2

     Voicing marks

U+3099   ゙   combining Katakana Hiragana voiced sound mark Mn NSM 1.1
U+309A   ゚   combining Katakana Hiragana semi voiced sound mark Mn NSM 1.1
U+309B   ゛   Katakana Hiragana voiced sound mark Sk ON 1.1
U+309C   ゜   Katakana Hiragana semi voiced sound mark Sk ON 1.1

     Iteration marks

U+309D   ゝ   Hiragana iteration mark Lm L 1.1
U+309E   ゞ   Hiragana voiced iteration mark Lm L 1.1

     Vertical form digraph

U+309F   ゟ   Hiragana digraph yori Lo L 3.2 
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