Re: What is the Source of "kMandarin" in Unihan.txt?

From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Wed Jan 27 2010 - 15:39:41 CST

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Don't use kMandarin. Seriously. The data there is old, of unknown provenance, and unreliable. Currently, the best approach is to use kHanyuPinlu if it exists, then kXHC1983, then kHanyuPinyin.

This is covered by one of the CJK FAQs <http://unicode.org/faq/han_cjk.html>.

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