U+580A "堊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
堊
U+580A "堊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "white earth" or "to plaster with whitewash," composed of the radical for "earth" or "dirt" (土) and a phonetic component. This character is used in classical and modern East Asian texts, particularly in Chinese and Japanese, where it can refer to a type of chalky clay used for making mortar, whitewash, or a base for paint, and it also appears in compound words related to plastering or whitening surfaces. Historically, it is found in ancient literary works and dictionaries, such as the Shuowen Jiezi, reflecting its role in describing materials and processes in traditional construction and art.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+580A |
| 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 | 堊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 堊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA0 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x580A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000580A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u580a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0EE |
| kCCCII | 21383E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5953 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5953 |
| kCangjie | MMG |
| kCantonese | ok3 |
| kCihaiT | 323.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0469.100 |
| kDefinition | white earth; to daub with white mud |
| kEACC | 21383E |
| kFanqie | 烏各 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1010.4 |
| kGB1 | 5949 |
| kGSR | 0805g |
| kHangul | 악:0N |
| kHanYu | 10449.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10449.060:è,yà |
| kIICore | ATKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0469.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10449.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0232.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5B51 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0EE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5441 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F7B1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-643E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5953 |
| kJapanese | ア オ アク ウ しろつち |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIROTSUCHI IROTSUCHI |
| kJapaneseOn | A AKU O |
| kJis0 | 5233 |
| kKangXi | 0232.080 |
| kKarlgren | 209 |
| kKorean | AK |
| kMandarin | è |
| kMatthews | 4808 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2148a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009133 |
| kMorohashi | 05215 |
| kNelson | 0059 |
| kPhonetic | 2 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4498+32.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.8 |
| kSBGY | 507.32 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "垩" U+57A9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 135.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | è粵ok3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1019 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 274:257 |
| kXHC1983 | 0284.011:è |