U+5739 "圹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+5739 "圹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a grave, tomb, or burial mound, often specifically denoting an open or vacant burial site in classical and modern Chinese texts. It is composed of the radical "土" meaning earth or soil, combined with the component "广" which suggests a shelter or expanse, reflecting its connection to land used for interment. This character appears in historical records and literary works, including ancient dictionaries like the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is defined as a spacious or empty tomb. In contemporary usage, it remains a standard part of the Chinese writing system, primarily encountered in formal or archaic contexts related to burial and memorial sites.

General Properties

Code Point U+5739
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 圹
HTML Hex Encoding 圹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE5 0x9C 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x5739
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00005739
C/C++/Java Escape \u5739

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

kCCCII 27386B
kCangjie XGI
kCantonese kwong3
kDefinition tomb, grave: prairie; open wilderness
kEACC 27386B
kFourCornerCode 4010
kGB0 5959
kHanYu 10420.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10420.070
kIRGKangXi 0224.181
kIRG_GSource G0-5B5B
kTGH 2013:3574
kKangXi 0224.181
kMainlandTelegraph 1094
kMandarin kuàng
kRSUnicode 32.3
kSMSZD2003Index 128.03
kTGHZ2013 202.050:kuàng
kTotalStrokes 6
kTraditionalVariant "壙" U+58D9 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0660.040:kuàng