Scholarly reference for Shikoku
四国
The name in its original Japanese characters form. 四国 carries the full phonetic and orthographic weight of the source tradition.
SHIKOKU
This name is already attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode form Shikoku is identical to ASCII apart from capitalization, so no diacritic, stress, or script information was erased.
Shikoku
Because the name is already in Latin letters, the Unicode restoration does not add diacritics or change the script. Its value here is canonical spelling and consistent cataloguing, not the recovery of lost marks.
shikoku.com → shikoku.com
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How shikoku becomes Shikoku
| Step | ASCII | Unicode | Type | Scholarly Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | s | → | S | Same | Same |
| 02 | h | → | h | Same | Same |
| 03 | i | → | i | Same | Same |
| 04 | k | → | k | Same | Same |
| 05 | o | → | o | Same | Same |
| 06 | k | → | k | Same | Same |
| 07 | u | → | u | Same | Same |
Why Shikoku is classified as Tier-2 Basic
The Japanese name 四国 is attested in the Latin alphabet. The Unicode restoration is identical to ASCII, so no diacritic or script recovery is needed. It is catalogued as a single-tier Tier-2 name because the scholarly form carries no stress or length marks.
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