Kannada Unicode Characters
The Kannada script (ISO 15924 code Knda) is an official Unicode writing system defined in UAX #24.
Other Scripts:
Script vs. Block Distinction: In the Unicode Standard, a Script identifies a functional writing system and frequently spans multiple distinct blocks (e.g. Kannada characters appear across 1 blocks). Conversely, a Block is merely a contiguous geometric range of code points that may contain characters belonging to different scripts.
Shared Characters in Script_Extensions (17)
These characters are functionally used with Kannada, but their primary Unicode Script property is assigned to another writing system (such as Common or Inherited). In regular expressions, match both primary and shared characters using \p{scx=Knda}.
Unicode Block Distribution
Characters belonging to the Kannada script are distributed across 1 distinct Unicode blocks.
General Category Breakdown
Typological distribution of Kannada characters across formal Unicode general categories.
Unicode Version Additions
Timeline of when characters in the Kannada script were standardized in Unicode.