U+4F8B "例" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+4F8B "例" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean that primarily means "example," "instance," or "precedent." In Chinese, it is pronounced "lì" in Mandarin and is frequently found in common compounds such as "例如" meaning "for example" and "例子" meaning "example" or "case." In Japanese, it is read as "rei" and appears in terms like "例文" (reibun, example sentence) and "例外" (reigai, exception). The character is composed of the radical "亻" (person) on the left, indicating a human element, and the phonetic component "列" (row or line) on the right, which also provides a clue to the meaning of arranging or listing examples. This character is a standard component of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block in the Unicode standard, ensuring its consistent representation across digital systems worldwide.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
例 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
例 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE4 0xBE 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x4F8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00004F8B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u4f8b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A8D2 |
| kCCCII |
21314E |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4B73 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4B73 |
| kCangjie |
OMNN |
| kCantonese |
lai6 |
| kCihaiT |
102.605 |
| kCowles |
2207 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0215.050 |
| kDefinition |
precedent, example; regulation |
| kEACC |
21314E |
| kFanqie |
力制 |
| kFenn |
279C |
| kFennIndex |
299.01 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2220.0 |
| kGB0 |
3293 |
| kGB1 |
3293 |
| kGradeLevel |
3 |
| kGSR |
0291h |
| kHangul |
례:0E 예:0 |
| kHanYu |
10146.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
lì(369) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10146.080:lì,liè |
| kHKGlyph |
0138 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0215.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10146.080 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0101.240 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-407D |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A8D2 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4E63 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-D9FD |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-5647 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4B73 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-4B3C |
| kJapanese |
レイ レツ たとえる たぐい ためし |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:1140 |
| kJapaneseKun |
TATOERU TAGUI TAMESHI |
| kJapaneseOn |
REI RETSU |
| kJis0 |
4667 |
| kKangXi |
0101.240 |
| kKarlgren |
548 |
| kKorean |
LYEY |
| kLau |
1796 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0173 |
| kMandarin |
lì |
| kMatthews |
3890 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1466 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ006700 |
| kMorohashi |
00587 |
| kNelson |
0428 |
| kPhonetic |
814 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+4011+9.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode |
9.6 |
| kSBGY |
378.45 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
28.01 60.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
lì粵lai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0173 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
217.120:lì |
| kTotalStrokes |
8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
lề |
| kXerox |
255:307 |
| kXHC1983 |
0698.060:lì |