U+4DE4 "䷤" Hexagram for the Family Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
䷤
U+4DE4 "䷤" Hexagram for the Family is a representation of the 37th hexagram, known as Jia Ren, from the ancient Chinese divination text, the I Ching or Book of Changes. This hexagram consists of the trigram for Wind above the trigram for Fire, symbolizing the principles of order, harmony, and proper relationships within a household or close community. It conveys the importance of clear roles and mutual support among family members, suggesting that when individuals act with integrity and respect in their domestic sphere, that stability can extend outward into society. The character is used in modern digital contexts to reference these traditional concepts of kinship, responsibility, and balanced domestic life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4DE4 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Hexagram for the Family |
| Block | Yijing Hexagram Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ䷤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ䷤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB7 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4DE4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004DE4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4de4 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| 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 |