U+58E9 "壩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
壩
U+58E9 "壩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional writing, where it signifies a dam or a dike, often referring to a barrier constructed to hold back water or to control its flow. It is composed of the soil radical on the left, indicating an earthen structure, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation as "bà" in Mandarin. This character is commonly found in geographical names and in contexts related to hydraulic engineering, such as the famous "壩道" referring to dam roads or embankments, and it serves as an important term in both historical and modern discussions of flood control and irrigation infrastructure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+58E9 |
| 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 | 壩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 壩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA3 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x58E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000058E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u58e9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5F2 |
| kCCCII | 213871 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C5E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C5E |
| kCangjie | GMBB |
| kCantonese | baa3 |
| kCihaiT | 333.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0482.310 |
| kDefinition | embankment; dam |
| kEACC | 213871 |
| kFanqie | 必駕 |
| kFenn | 105I |
| kFennIndex | 375.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4112.7 |
| kGB1 | 1651 |
| kHanYu | 10502.250 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bà(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10502.250:bà |
| kHKGlyph | 0819 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0482.310 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10502.250 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0242.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3053 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5F2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-2F66 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3C70 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2B39 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C5E |
| kJapanese | ハ ヘ いせき |
| kJIS0213 | 1,15,70 |
| kJapaneseKun | RUSEKI |
| kJapaneseOn | HA HE |
| kJis1 | 2461 |
| kKangXi | 0242.330 |
| kKorean | PHA |
| kMandarin | bà |
| kMatthews | 4843 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2199a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009382 |
| kMorohashi | 05630 |
| kPhonetic | 997 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14443+32.3.21 |
| kRSUnicode | 32.21 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+57BB<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "坝" U+575D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 142.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bà粵baa3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1100 |
| kTotalStrokes | 24 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 256:372 |
| kXHC1983 | 0018.051:bà |