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1 UTF-2000 character database format (S-expression version)
2
3 * Relations between Characters
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5 Property-name `->foo' or `<-foo' mean relations between characters.
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7 If there are a relationship `foo', property-name `->foo' means a value
8 of the property is a `foo' of the defined character.  Likewise,
9 property-name `<-foo' means the defined character is a `foo' of each
10 value of the property.
11
12 Example 1: If a character ?A has property `(->lowercase . (?a))', the
13 character ?a specified in the property is a lowercase of the defined
14 character ?A.
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16 Example 2: If a character ?a has property `(<-lowercase . (?A))', the
17 defined character ?a is a lowercase of the character ?A specified in
18 the property.
19
20
21 ** Character Reference
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23 Type of property `->foo' or `<-foo' are list of ``char-ref''.  The
24 type char-ref is defined by following definition:
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26    char-ref = character | char-spec | char-property-list
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28 The type ``char-property-list'' is a property-list.  In the
29 property-list, some keys are defined in the specification.  Following
30 list describes meaning of keys:
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32   :char
33         Required.  It indicates a character.
34         [type] character | char-spec
35
36   :sources
37         Optional.  It indicates a source of the relation.
38         [type] list of symbols
39
40         Meaning of some symbols are defined.  Following list describes
41         meaning of symbols:
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43                 doubun-tsuukou                  \e$BF1J8DL9M\e(B
44                 gyokuhen                        \e$B6LJS\e(B
45                 henkai                          \e$BJS3$\e(B
46                 inkaiho                         \e$B1$2qJd\e(B
47                 jii                             \e$B;zWC\e(B
48                 jiiho                           \e$B;zWCJd\e(B
49                 jiyun (shuuin)                  \e$B=81$\e(B
50                 kangxi                          \e$B9/_f;zE5\e(B
51                 kouin                           \e$B9-1$\e(B
52                 morohashi-daikanwa              \e$BBg4AOB<-E5\e(B
53                 ruishuu-meigishou               \e$BN`f\L>5A>6\e(B
54                 seiin                           \e$B@51$\e(B
55                 seiji-tsuu                      \e$B@5;zDL\e(B
56                 setsumon-tsuukun-teisei         \e$B@bJ8DL71Djfa\e(B
57                 shuowen                         \e$B@bJ8\e(B
58                 yuquan                          \e$B6L@t\e(B
59                 chuuka-daijiten                 \e$BCf2ZBg<-E5\e(B
60
61 ** Properties
62
63 ->lowercase     indicates lowercase
64 ->uppercase     indicates uppercase
65 ->titlecase     indicates titlecase (uppercase + lowercase)
66
67 ->fullwidth     indicates ``fullwidth'' characters
68 <-fullwidth     a ``fullwidth'' character of
69
70 ->same-ideograph        indicates same characters (\e$BF1;z\e(B)
71 ->original-ideograph    indicates ``original'' characters (\e$BK\;z\e(B)
72 <-original-ideograph    an ``original'' character of
73 ->ancient-ideograph     indicates ``ancient'' characters (\e$B8E;z\e(B)
74 <-ancient-ideograph     an ``ancient'' character of
75 ->vulgar-ideograph      indicates ``vulgar'' characters (\e$BB/;z\e(B)
76 <-vulgar-ideograph      a ``vulgar'' character of
77 ->simplified-ideograph  indicates simplified characters
78 <-simplified-ideograph  a simplified character of
79 ->ideographic-variants  indicates variants (\e$B0[BN;z\e(B)
80 ->synonyms              indicates synonyms
81
82 ->radical               indicates corresponding radical forms
83 <-radical               a radical form of
84
85 ->bopomofo              indicates bopomofo characters
86 <-bopomofo              a bopomofo character of
87
88 ->ideographic           indicates corresponding characters used with
89                         Ideographic script
90 <-ideographic           an Ideographic symbol of