U+1F017 "🀗" Mahjong Tile Eight of Bamboos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1F017 "🀗" Mahjong Tile Eight of Bamboos is a specific symbol within the Mahjong tiles block, representing the eight numbered tile in the bamboo suit, which is characterized by eight stylized vertical green bamboo stalks arranged in two neat columns of four. This character is part of the set of 44 Mahjong tile glyphs encoded in Unicode 6.0 and is used in digital typography to represent the traditional tile from the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong, where it holds a fixed value and role in gameplay strategies. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for consistent display across different devices and platforms, preserving the tile’s recognizable pattern for gaming, documentation, or decorative purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F017 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Mahjong Tile Eight 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 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83C 0xDC17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F017 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83c\udc17 |
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 |