U+4E73 "乳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
乳
U+4E73 "乳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "milk," "breast," or "to breastfeed," and it is commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. Composed of the radical 乙 (second, winding) and the element 孚 (trust or brood), its historical etymology reflects a pictorial representation of a mother nourishing a child. In practical usage, it appears in words such as 牛奶 (niúnǎi, cow's milk), 乳房 (rǔfáng, breast), and 哺乳 (bǔrǔ, lactation or breastfeeding). This character holds cultural significance in East Asian contexts, particularly in discussions of family, nutrition, and maternal care.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E73 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 乳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 乳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB9 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e73 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8C5 |
| kCCCII | 21304B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4B66 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4B66 |
| kCangjie | BDU |
| kCantonese | jyu5 |
| kCihaiT | 55.304 |
| kCowles | 4891 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0171.220 |
| kDefinition | breast, nipples; milk, suckle |
| kEACC | 21304B |
| kFanqie | 而主 |
| kFenn | 408F |
| kFennIndex | 232.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2241.0 |
| kGB0 | 4073 |
| kGB1 | 4073 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0135a |
| kHangul | 유:0E |
| kHanYu | 10055.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | rǔ(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10055.040:rǔ |
| kHKGlyph | 0042 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0171.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10055.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0084.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4869 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8C5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-467D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FBB1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A61 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4B66 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4A4A |
| kJapanese | ニュウ ジュ ニュ ちち ち |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1175 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHICHI CHI |
| kJapaneseOn | NYUU |
| kJis0 | 3893 |
| kKangXi | 0084.170 |
| kKarlgren | 48 |
| kKorean | YU |
| kLau | 3538 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0050 |
| kMandarin | rǔ |
| kMatthews | 3144 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3638 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006417 MJ006417:E0102 MJ006416:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 00190:E0103 |
| kNelson | 0266 |
| kPhonetic | 1634A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3285+5.1.7 V+13968+5.1.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 5.7 |
| kSBGY | 263.34 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 10.18 164.09 407.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | rǔ粵jyu5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0050 |
| kTang | njiǒ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 317.030:rǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | vú |
| kXerox | 251:275 |
| kXHC1983 | 0973.070:rǔ |