U+4F8D "侍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+4F8D "侍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese kanji, where it is commonly pronounced "samurai" and means "to serve" or "attendant," originally referring to a person who serves a noble or military lord. In its broader Chinese usage, it conveys the concept of waiting upon someone or serving as a retainer, often with a connotation of loyalty and duty. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "person" or "human" combined with the element for "temple," suggesting a person standing by or attending in a place of honor. In modern contexts, it remains a key character in terms like "service" (service) in Chinese and is famously associated with the samurai class in Japanese history and culture, symbolizing the ideal of devoted service.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
侍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
侍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE4 0xBE 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x4F8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00004F8D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u4f8d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A8CD |
| kCCCII |
213148 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4B6E |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4B6E |
| kCangjie |
OGDI |
| kCantonese |
si6 |
| kCihaiT |
103.101 |
| kCowles |
3914 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0215.070 |
| kDefinition |
serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai |
| kEACC |
213148 |
| kFanqie |
時吏 |
| kFenn |
46E |
| kFennIndex |
456.07 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2424.1 |
| kGB0 |
4244 |
| kGB1 |
4244 |
| kGradeLevel |
4 |
| kGSR |
0961x |
| kHangul |
시:0E |
| kHanYu |
10143.170 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
shì(20) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
10143.170:shì |
| kHKGlyph |
0133 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0215.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10143.170 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0101.260 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4A4C |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A8CD |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-3B78 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-E4F9 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6334 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4B6E |
| kIRG_VSource |
V2-8A34 |
| kJapanese |
ジ シ さむらい さぶらう はべる |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:1136 |
| kJapaneseKun |
SAMURAI HABERU SABURAU |
| kJapaneseOn |
JI |
| kJis0 |
2788 |
| kKangXi |
0101.260 |
| kKorean |
SI |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
0174 |
| kMandarin |
shì |
| kMatthews |
5778 |
| kMeyerWempe |
2696 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ006702 |
| kMorohashi |
00589 |
| kNelson |
0427 |
| kPhonetic |
149 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+2246+9.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode |
9.6 |
| kSBGY |
358.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
28.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
shì粵si6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
0174 |
| kTang |
*zhiə̀ zhiə̌ |
| kTGHZ2013 |
337.030:shì |
| kTotalStrokes |
8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kXerox |
252:362 |
| kXHC1983 |
1050.040:shì |