U+572D "圭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
圭
U+572D "圭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents an ancient jade ritual object or scepter, often associated with nobility and authority in traditional East Asian culture. Its form depicts two overlapping blocks of earth or jade, symbolizing a type of ceremonial tablet used by emperors and officials during rites or as a mark of rank. In modern usage, it also appears in words related to measurement, such as a unit of capacity, and is a component in other characters like "桂" (cassia) and "佳" (good). The character carries historical significance in classical texts and remains part of the standard Chinese and Japanese writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+572D |
| 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 | 圭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 圭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x9C 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x572D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000572D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u572d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A663 |
| kCCCII | 213777 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4764 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4764 |
| kCangjie | GG |
| kCantonese | gwai1 |
| kCihaiT | 312.402 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0456.050 |
| kDefinition | jade pointed at top |
| kEACC | 213777 |
| kFanqie | 古攜 |
| kFenn | 48F |
| kFennIndex | 272.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4010.4 |
| kGB0 | 2571 |
| kGB1 | 2571 |
| kGSR | 0879a |
| kHangul | 규:0N |
| kHanYu | 10418.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10418.050:guī |
| kHKGlyph | 0737 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0456.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10418.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0224.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3967 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A663 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-373D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1CF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5024 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4764 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5050 |
| kJapanese | ケイ ケ たま |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3570 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAMA |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI |
| kJis0 | 2329 |
| kKangXi | 0224.020 |
| kKarlgren | 458 |
| kKorean | KYU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0964 |
| kMandarin | guī |
| kMatthews | 3609 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1368a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ008908 MJ008908:E0101 MJ057213:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 04887 04887:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1052 |
| kPhonetic | 699 710 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1811+32.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.3 |
| kSBGY | 091.42 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+73EA<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 127.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | guī粵gwai1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0964 |
| kTang | *guei |
| kTGHZ2013 | 123.130:guī |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | quê |
| kXerox | 263:164 |
| kXHC1983 | 0416.050:guī |