diff --git a/basis/io/encodings/asian/asian.factor b/basis/io/encodings/asian/asian.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Yun, Jonghyouk.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: kernel math.parser sequences io.files io.encodings.ascii
+splitting assocs hashtables accessors ;
+IN: io.encodings.asian
+
+
+
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: drop-comments ( seq -- newseq )
+    [ "#" split1 drop ] map harvest ;
+
+: split-column ( line -- columns )
+    "\t" split 2 head ;
+
+: parse-hex ( s -- n )
+    2 short tail hex> ;
+
+: parse-line ( line -- code-unicode )
+    split-column [ parse-hex ] map ;
+
+: lines>(n>u) ( lines -- n>u )
+    drop-comments [ parse-line ] map >hashtable ; 
+
+: file>(n>u) ( filename -- n>u )
+    ascii file-lines lines>(n>u) ;
+
+: (n>u)>(u>n) ( n>u -- u>n )
+    [ swap ] assoc-map ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+TUPLE: code-table n>u u>n ;
+
+C: <code-table> code-table
+
+: <code-table>* ( filename -- code-table )
+    file>(n>u) dup (n>u)>(u>n) <code-table> ;
+
+GENERIC: n>u ( n code-table -- u )
+
+M: code-table n>u ( n code-table -- u ) n>u>> at ;
+
+GENERIC: u>n ( u code-table -- n )
+
+M: code-table u>n ( u code-table -- n ) u>n>> at ;
+
+
diff --git a/basis/io/encodings/asian/authors.txt b/basis/io/encodings/asian/authors.txt
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+Yun, Jonghyouk
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