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jus wonderin
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June 8, 2016
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Most commonly used CJK glyphs?

  • June 8, 2016
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Maybe this can't be answered. Trying to get a font through the localization process and I continue to find missing glyphs for the CJK that I haven't created. Thankfully, less each iteration.

Is there a reference list for the most commonly used CJK font glyphs?

I have included Hiragana, Katakana, and 72 of the CJK Unified Ideographs. I hesitate to delve into the other 20992 CJK UI without having some list or guidance.

Thanks in advance if anyone can point me in the right direction.

Steve

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    The most common CJK characters depends on the language or region. An obvious candidate is the ideograph that means one, U+4E00, which is found in the most basic East Asian regional character set standards. You'd need to pick characters that are common across all of the most basic East Asian regional character set standards, meaning GB 2312 (China), Big Five (Taiwan), JIS X 0208 (Japan), and KS X 1001 (Korean). Although no character codes are provided, this document may help to narrow down the choices.

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    Anonymous
    June 8, 2016

    To provide even more helpful information, I cross-referenced all 20,902 characters in Version 1.1 of the URO, and found that these 2,513 ideographs match the criteria that I stated in my original reply.

    Enjoy!

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    jus wonderinAuthor
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    June 8, 2016

    Thanks so much Ken. Now I am in overload.

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    Anonymous
    June 8, 2016

    Yeah, but I imagine that it is a good overload.  

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      Anonymous
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      June 8, 2016

      The most common CJK characters depends on the language or region. An obvious candidate is the ideograph that means one, U+4E00, which is found in the most basic East Asian regional character set standards. You'd need to pick characters that are common across all of the most basic East Asian regional character set standards, meaning GB 2312 (China), Big Five (Taiwan), JIS X 0208 (Japan), and KS X 1001 (Korean). Although no character codes are provided, this document may help to narrow down the choices.

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