View source for JapanE

[[JapanE]] is set of the following [[Unicode]] characters:

[[X2F2F]] [[&#X2F2F;]] <ref name="u2f2f:>
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F2F
[[エ]]
30A8
KATAKANA LETTER E
Katakana Script
id: restricted
confuse: [[工]] , [[⼯]] ..
</ref>, [[KanjiRadical]]

[[X30A8]] [[&#X30A8;]] <ref name="u30a8">
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=30A8
[[エ]]
30A8
KATAKANA LETTER E
Katakana Script
id: restricted
confuse: [[工]] , [[⼯]] .. 
</ref>, [[KatakanaE]] 

[[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]] <ref name="u5de5">
https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=5DE5
[[工]]
5DE5
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE5
Han Script
id: restricted
confuse: [[エ]], [[⼯]] ..
</ref>, [[KanjiLiberal]], sound: コウ、ク; menaing: craft, construction <ref name="kelly">
http://www.manythings.org/kanji/d/5de5.htm
工 craft 	
craft; construction; skill
コウ、ク
* 
</ref>.

==Graphic==
<div style="float:right;margin:-14px 0px 0px 0px; background-color:#ffFFff">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[File:X5DE5L1.png|60px]]&nbsp;[[File:X5DE5kL1.png|50px]]&nbsp;[[File:X5DE5km1.png|50px]]<small><center>&nbsp;&nbsp;versions of [[工]]</center>
</div>

View of characters of [[JapanE]] depends on the software. The three examples are shown in figure at right.

There would be nothing wrong in three different views, would they correspond to the three different characters.<br>
The problem is, that all the three pictures in figure at right correspond to the same character 
[[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]], viewed at different computers. No any special font regulation had been applied; these are default views.

The similar variety applies also to other characters of [[JapanE]].
So, for year 2021, with these Unicode characters, the serious problem remains:
for three characters, at least three different pictures are used in almost random order.

The case is aggrieved, as at the same computer, the three characters may look pretty similar.
That part of the problem is considered in the next section.

==Confusion==

Characters of [[JapanE]] 
[[X2F2F]] [[&#X2F2F;]], 
[[X30A8]] [[&#X30A8;]],
[[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]] look similar.

Even a native Japanese speaker, watching
[[&#X2F2F;]],
[[&#X30A8;]],
[[&#X5DE5;]],
is unlikely to answer:<br>
Which of them is [[X2F2F]]?<br>  
Which of them is [[X30A8]]?<br>
Which of them is [[X5DE5]]?

While such a character is printed, the correct specification is

"[[X2F2F]] [[&#X2F2F;]] or 
[[X30A8]] [[&#X30A8;]] or
[[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]]"

Term [[JapanE]] is defined in the preamble as substitute of this (long and complicated) construction.

If some printed character is recognized as [[JapanE]], the the context can be used to 
identify it as [[KanjiRadical]], [[KatakanaE]] or [[KanjiLiberal]].

In case of a separated character, some programming is necessary. The character can be identified with PHP program [[du.t]]
the call may have form

php du.t ⼯エ工

This command returns the [[Utf8]] encoding of each of the input characters.

==Scientific interest==

Various pictures are already designed for characters of [[JapanE]].

Up to year 2021, no regular way is found to assign <br>
one of them to [[KanjiRadical]] [[X2F2F]] [[&#X2F2F;]],<br> 
another to the [[KatakanaE]] [[X30A8]] [[&#X30A8;]],<br>
and the third one to [[KanjiLiberal]] [[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]].

Similar [[confusion]] takes place also for other characters of Japanese language.<br>
In such a way, the standardization of fonts for the Unicode characters,
as well as support of Japanese in computers, could be significantly improved.

==Reference==
<references/>

==Keywords==

[[Confusion]],
[[Japanese]],
[[JapanE]],
[[Kanji]],
[[KanjiConfudal]],
[[KanjiLiberal]],
[[KanjiRadical]],
[[Katakana]],
[[KatakanaE]],
[[Unocode]],
[[X2F2F]] [[&#X2F2F;]] , 
[[X30A8]] [[&#X30A8;]] ,
[[X5DE5]] [[&#X5DE5;]] ,

[[Category:Confusion]]
[[Category:Japanese]]
[[Category:JapanE]]
[[Category:Kanji]]
[[Category:KanjiLiberal]]
[[Category:KanjiRadical]]
[[Category:Katakana]]
[[Category:KatakanaE]]
[[Category:Unocode]]
[[Category:X2F2F]]  
[[Category:X30A8]] 
[[Category:X5DE5]] 

[[Category:&#X2F2F;]] 
[[Category:&#X30A8;]]
[[Category:&#X5DE5;]]