U+1F013 "🀓" Mahjong Tile Four of Bamboos Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1F013 "🀓" Mahjong Tile Four of Bamboos is a graphical symbol representing one of the 144 tiles used in the traditional Chinese game of Mahjong, specifically belonging to the Bamboo suit, which is also known as the "Sticks" or "Sou" suit. This tile depicts four stylized vertical green bamboo stalks arranged in two pairs, symbolizing both the number four and the suit's association with nature and growth. In gameplay, the Four of Bamboos is a numbered tile, holding the same value as other suit tiles of the same rank, and is essential for forming scoring combinations such as melds or the winning hand. As part of the Unicode emoji set, it is encoded in the Mahjong Tiles block, which was introduced in Unicode 5.1 to digitally preserve and represent these classic game pieces across different platforms and text systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1F013
Version Added 5.1
Name Mahjong Tile Four of Bamboos
Block Mahjong Tiles
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 🀓
HTML Hex Encoding 🀓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9F 0x80 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD83C 0xDC13
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001F013
C/C++/Java Escape \ud83c\udc13

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other