U+5178 "典" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
典
U+5178 "典" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a foundational Chinese character traditionally meaning "codex," "canon," "standard," or "classic," often used to denote authoritative texts or rituals. It is composed of the radical for "book" or "document" and additional strokes that suggest a set of rules or a ceremonial record, making it central to phrases like "dictionary" (字典) and "classic literature" (经典). This character appears across East Asian scripts, including Japanese and Korean, where it retains similar meanings related to law, ceremony, or exemplary works.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5178 |
| 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 | 典 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 典 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5178 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005178 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5178 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8E5 |
| kCCCII | 21332C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C28 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C28 |
| kCangjie | TBC |
| kCantonese | din2 |
| kCihaiT | 162.201 |
| kCowles | 4162 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0286.120 |
| kDefinition | law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture |
| kEACC | 21332C |
| kFanqie | 多殄 |
| kFenn | 819B |
| kFennIndex | 521.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5580.1 |
| kGB0 | 2168 |
| kGB1 | 2168 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0476a |
| kHangul | 전:0E |
| kHanYu | 10247.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | diǎn(98) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10247.010:diǎn,tiǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 0290 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0286.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10247.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0128.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3564 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8E5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4535 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E7DC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6E70 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C28 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C4F |
| kJapanese | テン つかさどる のり ふみ さかん |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1092 |
| kJapaneseKun | NORI TSUKASADORU SAKAN |
| kJapaneseOn | TEN |
| kJis0 | 3721 |
| kKangXi | 0128.020 |
| kKorean | CEN |
| kLau | 546 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0368 |
| kMandarin | diǎn |
| kMatthews | 6347 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3083 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007291 MJ007291:E0101 MJ056983:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 01474 01474:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0588 |
| kPhonetic | 1334 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3119+12.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 12.6 |
| kSBGY | 288.37 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 48.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | diǎn粵din2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0368 |
| kTang | *děn děn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 073.170:diǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | điển |
| kXerox | 250:122 |
| kXHC1983 | 0241.010:diǎn |