A Japanese sans-serif
with historical kana.
Noto Sans JP, extended with all 286 hentaigana, the Unicode 18 kana additions, kana ligatures and Minnan tone letters. The same historical repertoire as GenZui Serif, in a gothic face for screens and signage.
Try the typeface.
Choose a sample, or type your own text.
Regular or Bold applies to every sample on the page, and the link keeps the choice. Mark samples demonstrate positioning. Unsupported characters in your text may use a fallback font.
Write in Okinawan.
Compose with Funatsu’s New Okinawan Kana or the prefecture’s raised katakana. Copy the result into an app that uses GenZui.
Examples: 宮良信詳『うちなーぐち活用辞典』 (2021), pp. 121, 123.
Type or paste kana with your usual keyboard. Select a letter below to insert its shortcut at the cursor. Nothing is sent to a server.
In kana mode, とぅ・てぃ・くゎ・くぃ・くぇ・ふぁ・ふぃ・ふぇ・すぃ become Funatsu letters. ふぁ and ふゎ both produce HWA. In romaji mode use tu ti kwa si tsi; tsu chi shi give ordinary つ・ち・し. Use du di gwa zi dzi for their voiced forms. yi ye produce い゙・え゙.
{'ya}, {'yu}, {'yo}, {'wa}, {'wi}, {'we} and {'n} select the glottal initial forms. Funatsu uses these at the start of a word. Plain ya yu yo wa wi we n remain ordinary kana.
Use ^a ^i ^u ^e ^o ^tsu ^fu ^n to insert the eight raised letters. A raised vowel before a full vowel marks a non-glottal onset: ^uウトゥ (husband) contrasts with ウトゥ (sound). Raised ツ marks the glottal onset in the guide’s specified contexts; raised フ distinguishes /f/ from /ɸ/. Choose these signs according to the variety you are writing.
The guide covers several Ryukyuan languages. This keyboard provides its eight raised signs; it does not infer pronunciation or convert between orthographies.
In romaji mode, n' separates a nasal from the next vowel (kan'i → かんい); double a consonant for small っ, or type xtsu. Use - for ー. Uppercase text and punctuation stay as typed. Check the result before copying.
Ordinary kana and combining dakuten use Unicode; the remaining forms use documented PUA conventions. Raised signs are designed for horizontal text. Download the mappings.
For kana sentences, GenZui Sans Okinawan includes these forms, ordinary kana, Latin and punctuation in a smaller package with an editable specimen. Use the full font for kanji.
Encoding & reference charts
The palette contains all 27 forms in Funatsu’s chart and all eight raised katakana in the prefectural proposal. Voiced Funatsu forms use a PUA base followed by U+3099. YI and YE use U+3044/U+3048 followed by U+3099. The input tool also converts the older Nishiki-teki PUA equivalents to these sequences.
Funatsu bases follow Nishiki-teki’s U+F450–U+F46A convention (18 selected positions). Raised katakana follow Xim Sans: U+E532–U+E537, U+E4EF and U+E5AA. These assignments are private agreements. Proposal code points are not used; U+1B168 remains SMALL ARCHAIC YE.
- Funatsu’s complete chart · 2023 proposal and specimens
- Okinawa Prefecture’s guide (PDF pages 11–12 and 26) · Raised-katakana proposal
- Nishiki-teki PUA chart · Xim Sans mapping documentation
GenZui uses its own Noto-based drawings. Toranekoman’s kana fonts, FROkinawaMoji and しま書体 were consulted as implementation references; their glyph outlines are not included.
CODE POINTS IN YOUR RESULT
All 286 hentaigana.
Noto Sans Hentaigana’s drawings, at weights calibrated against Noto Sans JP’s hiragana.
𛀁𛀂𛀃𛀄𛀅𛀆𛀇𛀈𛀉𛀊𛀋𛀌𛀍𛀎𛀏𛀐𛀑𛀒𛀓𛀔𛀕𛀖𛀗𛀘𛀙𛀚𛀛𛀜𛀝𛀞𛀟𛀠𛀡𛀢𛀣𛀤𛀥𛀦𛀧𛀨𛀩𛀪𛀫𛀬𛀭𛀮𛀯𛀰𛀱𛀲𛀳𛀴𛀵𛀶𛀷𛀸𛀹𛀺𛀻𛀼𛀽𛀾𛀿𛁀𛁁𛁂𛁃𛁄𛁅𛁆𛁇𛁈𛁉𛁊𛁋𛁌𛁍𛁎𛁏𛁐𛁑𛁒𛁓𛁔𛁕𛁖𛁗𛁘𛁙𛁚𛁛𛁜𛁝𛁞𛁟𛁠𛁡𛁢𛁣𛁤𛁥𛁦𛁧𛁨𛁩𛁪𛁫𛁬𛁭𛁮𛁯𛁰𛁱𛁲𛁳𛁴𛁵𛁶𛁷𛁸𛁹𛁺𛁻𛁼𛁽𛁾𛁿𛂀𛂁𛂂𛂃𛂄𛂅𛂆𛂇𛂈𛂉𛂊𛂋𛂌𛂍𛂎𛂏𛂐𛂑𛂒𛂓𛂔𛂕𛂖𛂗𛂘𛂙𛂚𛂛𛂜𛂝𛂞𛂟𛂠𛂡𛂢𛂣𛂤𛂥𛂦𛂧𛂨𛂩𛂪𛂫𛂬𛂭𛂮𛂯𛂰𛂱𛂲𛂳𛂴𛂵𛂶𛂷𛂸𛂹𛂺𛂻𛂼𛂽𛂾𛂿𛃀𛃁𛃂𛃃𛃄𛃅𛃆𛃇𛃈𛃉𛃊𛃋𛃌𛃍𛃎𛃏𛃐𛃑𛃒𛃓𛃔𛃕𛃖𛃗𛃘𛃙𛃚𛃛𛃜𛃝𛃞𛃟𛃠𛃡𛃢𛃣𛃤𛃥𛃦𛃧𛃨𛃩𛃪𛃫𛃬𛃭𛃮𛃯𛃰𛃱𛃲𛃳𛃴𛃵𛃶𛃷𛃸𛃹𛃺𛃻𛃼𛃽𛃾𛃿𛄀𛄁𛄂𛄃𛄄𛄅𛄆𛄇𛄈𛄉𛄊𛄋𛄌𛄍𛄎𛄏𛄐𛄑𛄒𛄓𛄔𛄕𛄖𛄗𛄘𛄙𛄚𛄛𛄜𛄝𛄞 𛀀𛄠𛄡𛄢
U+1B001–U+1B11E in code point order, followed by the four archaic kana 𛀀 𛄠 𛄡 𛄢 and the Unicode 18 additions .
Serif and Sans, side by side.
Both families share their historical repertoire and code points, so text moves between them without changes.
GENZUI SERIF · 源萃明朝
春はあけぼの。𛀂𛀆𛀋 かなのかたちを読む。
GENZUI SANS · 源萃ゴシック
春はあけぼの。𛀂𛀆𛀋 かなのかたちを読む。
Hentaigana weight
GenZui Sans compiles all 286 hentaigana from Noto’s sources at weight axis 410 for Regular and 770 for Bold. These instances are calibrated against native Noto Sans JP kana using stroke widths measured across the outlines. Relative to their native kana, the hentaigana’s thicker strokes are close to the level measured in GenZui Serif. The four simpler archaic kana keep the original Regular instance and axis 780 for Bold.
Historical kana from GenSeki
The Unicode 18 additions, kana ligatures and small kana come from GenSeki Hentaigana Gothic. KOTO, the alternate NE and the small archaic YE are refitted to the body height and baseline of their kana neighbours; the other seventeen outlines are unchanged. The alternate WI is drawn from Noto Sans JP’s WI and NA strokes.
Seven additions.
Historical digraphs, alternate katakana and a small archaic ye.
All seven are included; KOTO, alternate NE and small archaic YE are refitted from GenSeki, and the alternate WI is drawn from Noto Sans JP strokes.
See what’s inside.
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Select a character to see its encoding, source and design status.
All 763 characters identified by Unicode 18’s Hiragana/Katakana script properties are covered, including halfwidth, enclosed and squared kana. Coverage audit. Unencoded historical variants and arbitrary combining sequences fall outside this count.
Try Han numerals, ideographic tally marks or ideographic description characters. Description characters display as visible operators; they do not assemble a new glyph from the following components.
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Built on established type.
Most of GenZui Sans comes directly from existing fonts.
Counts show each source’s contribution; indented lines trace where each source came from.
- 0116,732characters · OFL 1.1
Noto Sans JP
The Japanese subset of Noto Sans CJK at weights 400 and 700, with its character repertoire, outlines and Japanese layout preserved. Ordinary kana, kanji and Latin.
- Noto Sans CJK 2.004 Google · OFL 1.1
- Source Han Sans Adobe · OFL 1.1
- Noto Sans CJK 2.004 Google · OFL 1.1
- 02290characters · OFL 1.1
Noto Sans Hentaigana
All 286 hentaigana from calibrated instances at weight axis 410 (Regular) and 770 (Bold), and four archaic kana from the Regular instance and axis 780 (Bold), compiled from the upstream Glyphs sources.
- Unreleased sans companion of Noto Serif Hentaigana, built from commit
3aa4d30of the notofonts/hentaigana repository commits 31 Jan to 5 Jun 2025 · OFL 1.1 - Designer Kazuhiro Yamada · nipponia named in the font’s metadata
- Names no source font. A shape-correlation test scores its drawings like unrelated drawings against Sukima Gothic and against GenSeki’s Shokaki-derived glyphs.
- Unreleased sans companion of Noto Serif Hentaigana, built from commit
- 0320characters · OFL 1.1
GenSeki Hentaigana Gothic 1.201
Six of the seven Unicode 18 additions, kana ligatures and small kana, by MihailJP. Three outlines are refitted to their kana neighbours. The twenty outlines used here trace as follows.
- GenSeki Gothic ButTaiwan · OFL 1.1
𛄟 are GenSeki Hentaigana Gothic’s own additions, made from GenSeki Gothic. The font’s name record says its other kana glyphs derive from GenSeki Gothic, which covers the small kana 𛄲 𛅐 𛅑 𛅒 𛅕 𛅤 𛅥 𛅦 𛅧 .
- Genki Gothic 源起黑體 ButTaiwan · named as its base in GenSeki Gothic’s README
- Source Han Sans 2.0 Adobe · OFL 1.1 · GenSeki Gothic 2.000 (2024-07-25) was rebuilt on it
- Genki Gothic 源起黑體 ButTaiwan · named as its base in GenSeki Gothic’s README
- Sukima Gothic すきまゴシック きなさ · OFL 1.1
are Sukima Gothic’s own drawings. They are absent from Source Han Sans 1.002 and M+; ver11.41 carries them only in its Sub font, moved from private-use code points. The ligatures 𪜈 𬻿 𬼀 𬼂 are credited to Sukima by GenSeki’s README. Font ancestry:
- Genshin Gothic 源真ゴシック 自家製フォント工房 · OFL 1.1
- Source Han Sans 1.002 Adobe · OFL 1.1
- M+ OUTLINE FONTS M+ FONTS PROJECT · M+ FONTS LICENSE
- Genshin Gothic 源真ゴシック 自家製フォント工房 · OFL 1.1
- Shokaki Hentaigana Gothic しょかき変体仮名ゴチック ぼんのう堂 · OFL 1.1
None of the twenty. Font ancestry:
- Source Han Sans JP Regular Adobe · OFL 1.1
- GenSeki Gothic ButTaiwan · OFL 1.1
- 0415characters · OFL 1.1
FRB Taiwanese Kana
Minnan tone letters, overline and dot below, with kana attachment and vertical placement. By Fredrick R. Brennan.
- 051character · OFL 1.1
Noto Sans CJK JP
卄 (twenty), absent from the JP subset above, comes from the same family’s full CJK font with Japanese default forms.
- Source Han Sans Adobe · OFL 1.1
- 0638characters
GenZui drawings
㌬ The alternate WI, SQUARE PAATU, five tally marks, five ideographic description symbols and 26 Okinawan bases and raised signs, drawn from Noto Sans JP components. The refits of KOTO, alternate NE and small archaic YE are listed under GenSeki.
- Strokes and components of Noto Sans JP (01), from Noto Sans CJK and Source Han Sans
Japanese regional forms
GenZui Sans retains Noto Sans JP’s character repertoire and Japanese forms of shared ideographs. Other Chinese and Korean coverage is limited to the Japanese base.
Coverage
All 763 characters identified by Unicode 18’s Hiragana/Katakana script properties are covered, including halfwidth, enclosed and squared kana. Coverage audit · Font checks.
源萃ゴシック
GenZui Sans Regular and Bold · 0.105
Free for personal and commercial use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Install the font
Windows — Download the TTF, open it and select Install.
macOS — Open the TTF in Font Book and select Install.
Linux — Copy the TTF to ~/.local/share/fonts/ and run fc-cache, or open it in your font manager.
iOS / Android — Install through a font-installer app or a configuration profile; the system apps then list it.
Choose GenZui Sans in your app’s font menu. It installs beside GenZui Serif.
Use GenZui Sans on your website
Load the version 0.105 stylesheet, then set the font family:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://genzui.mkpo.li/sans-v0.105/genzui-sans.css">
body {
font-family: "GenZui Sans", sans-serif;
}