U+589F "墟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
墟
U+589F "墟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to ruins, a deserted area, or an abandoned village or city, often conveying a sense of desolation or historical remains. It is composed of the radical for "earth" or "ground" on the left side and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its semantic connection to places once inhabited but now empty. In classical and modern Chinese literature, this character appears in compound words like "廢墟" (ruins) or "墟里" (a rural hamlet), and it is also used in references to ancient marketplaces or settlements that have fallen into disuse. Its structure and meaning contribute to its role in expressing the passage of time and the decay of human structures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+589F |
| 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 | 墟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 墟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA2 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x589F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000589F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u589f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BC56 |
| kCCCII | 213863 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6C40 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6C40 |
| kCangjie | GYPM |
| kCantonese | heoi1 |
| kCihaiT | 329.201 |
| kCowles | 1214 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0477.130 |
| kDefinition | high mound; hilly countryside; wasteland |
| kEACC | 213863 |
| kFanqie | 去魚 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4111.7 |
| kGB0 | 4870 |
| kGB1 | 4870 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0078b |
| kHangul | 허:0N |
| kHanYu | 10479.120 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10479.120:xū |
| kHKGlyph | 0806 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0477.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10479.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0238.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5066 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BC56 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5452 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3AC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A47 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6C40 |
| kJapanese | キョ コ あと おか |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3055 |
| kJapaneseKun | ATO |
| kJapaneseOn | KYO |
| kJis0 | 5250 |
| kKangXi | 0238.280 |
| kKorean | HE |
| kLau | 1248 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1074 |
| kMandarin | xū |
| kMatthews | 2823 |
| kMeyerWempe | 816 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009291 MJ009291:E0101 MJ009292:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 05457 05457:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1130 1139 |
| kPhonetic | 515 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4515+32.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.12 |
| kSBGY | 071.22 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5729<kPhonetic |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 139.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xū粵heoi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1074 |
| kTang | kiu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 412.180:xū |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:167 |
| kXHC1983 | 1299.091,1301.010:xū |