▁was ▁somewhat ▁controvers ial ▁in ▁the ▁Far ▁East . ▁Since ▁Chinese , ▁Japanese ▁and ▁Korean ▁characters ▁were ▁c oded ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁location , ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁a ▁selected ▁g lyph ▁could ▁depend ▁on ▁the ▁particular ▁font ▁being ▁used . ▁However , ▁the ▁source ▁separation ▁rule ▁states ▁that ▁characters ▁encoded ▁separately ▁in ▁an ▁earlier ▁character ▁set ▁would ▁remain ▁separate ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁Unicode ▁encoding . ▁ ▁Using ▁variation ▁select ors , ▁it ▁is ▁possible ▁to ▁specify ▁certain ▁variant ▁C J K ▁ide og rams ▁within ▁Unicode . ▁The ▁Ad obe - J apan 1 ▁character ▁set , ▁which ▁has ▁ 1 4 , 6 8 3 ▁ide ographic ▁variation ▁sequences , ▁is ▁an ▁extreme ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁variation ▁select ors . ▁ ▁Ch arts ▁ 4 E 0 0 - 6 2 FF , ▁ 6 3 0 0 - 7 7 FF , ▁ 7 8 0 0 - 8 C FF , ▁ 8 D 0 0 - 9 FF F . ▁ ▁S ources ▁Note : ▁Most ▁characters ▁appear ▁in ▁multiple ▁sources , ▁making ▁the ▁sum ▁of ▁individual ▁character ▁counts ▁( 1 0 2 , 4 3 7 ) ▁far ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁encoded ▁characters ▁( 2 0 , 9 8 9 ). ▁ ▁In ▁Unicode ▁ 4 . 1 , ▁ 1 4 ▁H K SC S - 2 0 0 4 ▁characters ▁and ▁ 8 ▁GB ▁ 1 8 0 3 0 ▁characters ▁were ▁assigned ▁to ▁between ▁U + 9 FA 6 ▁and ▁U