U+5821 "堡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
堡
U+5821 "堡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "fortress," "castle," or "stronghold," and it is composed of the radical for "earth" or "ground" on top of the character for "protect" or "guard," reflecting its etymological association with fortified defensive structures. This character is widely used in East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, appearing in common words such as "城堡" (chéngbǎo, meaning castle) and "堡垒" (bǎolěi, meaning fortress). It also features in place names, historical contexts, and modern terminology, such as "桥头堡" (bridgehead or stronghold), and carries cultural connotations of stability, protection, and refuge across various written texts and digital communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5821 |
| 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 | 堡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 堡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA0 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5821 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005821 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5821 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B3F9 |
| kCCCII | 21384B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5E5F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5E5F |
| kCangjie | ODG |
| kCantonese | bou2 |
| kCihaiT | 325.104 |
| kCowles | 3335 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0470.310 |
| kDefinition | fort, fortress; town, village |
| kEACC | 21384B |
| kFanqie | 博抱 |
| kFenn | 758H |
| kFennIndex | 387.02 423.05 426.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2610.4 |
| kGB0 | 1704 |
| kGB1 | 1704 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kHangul | 보:0N |
| kHanYu | 10464.130 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bǎo(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10464.130:bǎo,bǔ,pù |
| kHKGlyph | 0783 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0470.310 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10464.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0233.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3124 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B3F9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5448 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEAE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5E5F |
| kJapanese | ホ ホウ とりで |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2693 |
| kJapaneseKun | TORIDE |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU HO |
| kJis0 | 5240 |
| kKangXi | 0233.150 |
| kKorean | PO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1027 |
| kMandarin | bǎo |
| kMatthews | 4947 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2411b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009152 |
| kMorohashi | 05254 |
| kNelson | 1107 |
| kPhonetic | 1068 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4505+32.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.9 |
| kSBGY | 303.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 136.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bǎo粵bou2 bǔ粵bou2 pù粵pou3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1027 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 013.020:bǎo 029.020:bǔ 289.110:pù |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 254:153 |
| kXHC1983 | 0040.020:bǎo 0087.020:bǔ 0891.050:pù |