U+517B "养" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
养
U+517B "养" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to raise," "to nurture," or "to support," encompassing concepts of providing for physical needs such as food and care, as well as fostering growth or development, like in the cultivation of plants or the upbringing of children. It is composed of the radical for "sheep" or "goat" combined with other elements, and it appears in common words such as "养家" (to support a family), "营养" (nutrition), and "养老" (to care for the elderly). This character is widely used in both classical and modern Chinese texts, reflecting deep cultural values of care, maintenance, and sustenance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+517B |
| 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 | 养 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 养 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x517B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000517B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u517b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276071 |
| kCangjie | TOLL |
| kCantonese | joeng5 |
| kDefinition | raise, rear, bring up; support |
| kEACC | 276071 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8022 |
| kGB0 | 4988 |
| kHanYu | 10249.060 53127.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yǎng(430) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10249.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0951.151 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5178 |
| kIRG_JSource | J4-7474 |
| kJapanese | ビ うつくしい |
| kTGH | 2013:1641 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,84,84 |
| kKangXi | 0951.151 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7402 |
| kMandarin | yǎng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007293 MJ007293:E0101 MJ007294:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1530 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18393+12.2.8 C+18393+123.6.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 12.7 123.3 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 537.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 426.060:yǎng |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "養" U+990A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1337.050:yǎng |