U+530B "匋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

匋

U+530B "匋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 20 (勹, meaning "wrap" or "enclose"), though it also falls under the radical 缶 (meaning "earthenware" or "pottery") in some dictionaries. Its primary meanings include "pottery," "earthenware," or a "kiln," and it is historically used as a variant or ancient form of the character 陶 (táo, meaning "pottery" or "to mold"). The character appears in classical texts such as the Shuowen Jiezi, where it is defined as "a vessel for making pottery" or "the process of firing clay." In modern usage, it is largely archaic but retains relevance in linguistic studies of Chinese character evolution and in historical records. Its structure combines the top component 勹 with the bottom 缶, suggesting the wrapping or shaping of clay into ceramic forms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+530B
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	匋
HTML Hex Encoding	匋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE5 0x8C 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x530B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000530B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u530b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	CBD7
kCCCII	216C6F
kCNS1986	2-2557
kCNS1992	2-2557
kCangjie	POJU
kCantonese	tou4
kCihaiT	201.402
kDaeJaweon	0340.190
kDefinition	pottery
kEACC	216C6F
kFanqie	徒刀
kFennIndex	504.04
kFourCornerCode	2772.0
kGB5	1915
kGSR	1047a
kHanYu	10258.130
kHanyuPinyin	10258.130:táo,yáo
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	0340.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	10258.130
kIRGKangXi	0151.140
kIRG_GSource	G5-332F
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CBD7
kIRG_JSource	J14-234D
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-386D
kIRG_KSource	K2-254E
kIRG_TSource	T2-2557
kJapanese	トウドウヨウ
kJIS0213	2,03,45
kJapaneseKun	YAKIMONO
kJapaneseOn	TOU YOU
kJis1	1994
kKangXi	0151.140
kKorean	TO YO
kLau	3094
kMandarin	táo
kMatthews	6156
kMeyerWempe	3170b
kMojiJoho	MJ007766 MJ007766:E0101 MJ057082:E0102 MJ057083:E0103
kMorohashi	02524 02524:E0101
kPhonetic	1362
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14365+20.2.6 C+14365+121.6.2
kRSUnicode	20.6
kSBGY	157.40
kSemanticVariant	U+9676<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	71.03 534.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	táo粵tou4
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	301:171
kXHC1983	1122.030:táo