U+588A "墊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
墊
U+588A "墊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "pad," "cushion," or "to put something underneath to raise or support it." It is composed of the radical 土 (earth or ground) combined with elements that suggest placement or layering, reflecting its practical use in describing an object or a protective layer placed under something. In various contexts, it can also convey the idea of paying out money in advance as a deposit or advance payment, acting as a financial "cushion." This character is commonly found in both simplified and traditional Chinese writing systems, where it appears in everyday vocabulary such as 墊子 (cushion or mat) and 墊款 (to advance funds).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+588A |
| 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 | 墊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 墊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA2 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x588A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000588A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u588a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9D4 |
| kCCCII | 21385A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-683C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-683C |
| kCangjie | GIG |
| kCantonese | din3 |
| kCihaiT | 328.208 |
| kCowles | 4165.5 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0476.080 |
| kDefinition | advance money, pay for another |
| kEACC | 21385A |
| kFanqie | 都念 徒協 |
| kFenn | 304B |
| kFennIndex | 522.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4510.4 |
| kGB1 | 2170 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0685o |
| kHangul | 점:1N |
| kHanYu | 10477.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | diàn(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10477.080:diàn |
| kHKGlyph | 0798 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0476.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10477.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0237.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3566 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9D4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-2529 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3C27 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6C42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-683C |
| kJapanese | ジョウ テン チョウ くだる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,05,09 |
| kJapaneseKun | OCHIIRU OBORERU NAYAMU |
| kJapaneseOn | TEN TEU DEU |
| kJis1 | 2432 |
| kKangXi | 0237.300 |
| kKorean | CEM |
| kLau | 547 548 549 |
| kMandarin | diàn |
| kMatthews | 6359 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3087 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009267 |
| kMorohashi | 05420 |
| kPhonetic | 69 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17453+32.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.11 |
| kSBGY | 444.35 541.57 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "垫" U+57AB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 138.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | diàn粵din3 diàn粵din2 diàn粵din6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1067 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 257:335 |
| kXHC1983 | 0242.051:diàn |