U+58A8 "墨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
墨
U+58A8 "墨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that signifies "ink" or "ink stick," traditionally used in East Asian calligraphy and painting. It is composed of the radical for "black" (黑) and the component for "earth" or "soil" (土), reflecting how ink was historically made from soot mixed with glue and pressed into solid sticks. Beyond its literal meaning, "墨" carries cultural weight as a symbol of scholarship and artistry, often appearing in terms like "mo" in Chinese, "sumi" in Japanese, and "meok" in Korean, all referring to the essential medium for brushwork and written expression.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+58A8 |
| 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 | 墨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 墨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA2 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x58A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000058A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u58a8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BEA5 |
| kCCCII | 216267 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-702E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-702E |
| kCangjie | WGFG |
| kCantonese | mak6 |
| kCihaiT | 329.203 |
| kCowles | 2606 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0478.020 |
| kDefinition | ink; writing |
| kEACC | 216267 |
| kFanqie | 莫北 |
| kFenn | 831A |
| kFennIndex | 347.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6010.4 |
| kGB0 | 3611 |
| kGB1 | 3611 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0904c |
| kHangul | 묵:0E |
| kHanYu | 10487.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | mò(50) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10487.030:mò,mèi |
| kHKGlyph | 4723 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0478.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10487.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0238.400 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-442B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BEA5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4B4F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBE6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5978 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-702E |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8B40 |
| kJapanese | ボク モク バイ ビ すみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3255 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUMI |
| kJapaneseOn | BOKU MOKU |
| kJis0 | 4347 |
| kKangXi | 0238.400 |
| kKarlgren | 68 |
| kKorean | MWUK |
| kLau | 2082 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1075 |
| kMandarin | mò |
| kMatthews | 4386 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1767 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009301 MJ030254:FE00 MJ009301:E0102 MJ030254:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 05469:FE00 05469:E0103 |
| kNelson | 5404 |
| kPhonetic | 431 875 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3709+32.3.11 C+3709+203.11.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 203.3 32.12 |
| kSBGY | 529.51 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 140.04 825.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mò粵mak6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1075 |
| kTang | mək |
| kTGHZ2013 | 257.080:mò |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 250:073 |
| kXHC1983 | 0803.020:mò |