[Python-Dev] Odd lines in unicodedata_db.h (original) (raw)

Carl M. Johnson cmjohnson.mailinglist at gmail.com
Mon Apr 5 05:34:18 CEST 2010

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

They are related to the Chinese numbering system.  I recall U+4EAC having that value from my textbooks (it's the "kyo" in Tokyo, and the "jing" in "Beijing", so quite memorable), and U+5793 looks familiar (it's not otherwise used in Japanese AFAIK, so I'm not sure, but it seems quite plausible that there would be a character for 10000^5).

For reference, the Japanese dictionary built into OS X defines U+5793 as:

Gai

Numerical unit. 10,000 “kei”s (kei = U+4EAC). 10 to the 20th power. Formerly also used for 10 “kei”s.

Reference-deskily-yours,

-- Carl Johnson

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