U+57AB "垫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+57AB "垫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to cushion," "to pad," or "to fill in," as well as referring to a "mat" or "cushion" itself. It is composed of the radical for "earth" or "ground" (土) on top of a phonetic component, reflecting its semantic connection to adding a layer beneath something for support or protection. In modern usage, it appears in common words like "dianzi" (垫子, meaning a mat or pad) and "dianjiao" (垫脚, meaning to stand on tiptoe or to use a footstool), and it is frequently employed in contexts ranging from furniture and bedding to financial terms such as "diankuan" (垫款, for advancing a payment). The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 32 (土) and is widely used in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese texts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
垫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
垫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0x9E 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x57AB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000057AB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u57ab |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
217546 |
| kCangjie |
QIG |
| kCantonese |
din6 |
| kDefinition |
advance money, pay for another |
| kEACC |
27385A |
| kFourCornerCode |
5510 |
| kGB0 |
2170 |
| kHanYu |
10437.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
diàn(24) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
10437.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0228.291 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-3566 |
| kIRG_TSource |
TF-2971 |
| kTGH |
2013:1390 |
| kKangXi |
0228.291 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
1067 |
| kMandarin |
diàn |
| kPhonetic |
69* |
| kRSUnicode |
32.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
132.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
074.100:diàn |
| kTotalStrokes |
9 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"墊" U+588A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0242.050:diàn |