Kanji Mode
Also known as:
Japanese mode
Encodes Shift JIS double-byte characters at 13 bits per character, 3 bits more efficient than byte mode for Japanese text. Supports Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and full-width Latin characters from the JIS X 0208 standard.
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