U+4F5B "佛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
佛
U+4F5B "佛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing the concept of "Buddha" or "Buddhism," derived from the Chinese character for "Buddha" and pronounced as "fó" in Mandarin. This ideograph combines the radical for "person" on the left with the phonetic component "弗" on the right, and it is central to East Asian religious and philosophical traditions, appearing in texts from China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for consistent digital representation across modern computing systems, preserving its cultural and historical significance in written communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4F5B |
| 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 | 佛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 佛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBD 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4F5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004F5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4f5b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6F2 |
| kCCCII | 213132 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4873 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4873 |
| kCangjie | OLLN |
| kCantonese | fat6 |
| kCihaiT | 98.101 |
| kCowles | 735 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0208.110 |
| kDefinition | Buddha; of Buddhism; merciful person; Buddhist image; the dead (Japanese) |
| kEACC | 213132 |
| kFanqie | 符弗 |
| kFenn | 252D |
| kFennIndex | 139.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2522.7 |
| kGB0 | 2380 |
| kGB1 | 2380 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0500l |
| kHangul | 불:0E |
| kHanYu | 10140.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | fú(252) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10140.030:fú,bó,bì,fó |
| kHKGlyph | 0109 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0208.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10140.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0099.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3770 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6F2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5047 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DFBF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5D56 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4873 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4B32 |
| kJapanese | フツ ブツ ホツ ヒツ ボチ ビチ ブチ ほとけ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+4ECF |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:789 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOTOKE |
| kJapaneseOn | BUTSU FUTSU HOTSU |
| kJis0 | 4839 |
| kKangXi | 0099.040 |
| kKarlgren | 47 |
| kKorean | PWUL PHIL |
| kLau | 687 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0154 |
| kMandarin | fú |
| kMatthews | 1982 |
| kMeyerWempe | 498 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006646 |
| kMorohashi | 00517 |
| kNelson | 0385 |
| kPhonetic | 358 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4128+9.2.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.5 |
| kSBGY | 476.24 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 25.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fó粵fat6 fú粵fat1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0154 |
| kTang | bhiət |
| kTGHZ2013 | 099.010:fó 100.060:fú |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | phật |
| kXerox | 247:133 |
| kXHC1983 | 0332.090:fó 0339.120:fú |