U+5B9D "宝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
宝
U+5B9D "宝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "treasure," "jewel," or "precious thing." In simplified Chinese, it is the standard form of the character, while its traditional counterpart is "寶" (U+5BF6). The character appears in East Asian writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and is commonly used in words such as "bǎo bèi" (宝贝, meaning "treasure" or "baby") and "bǎo shí" (宝石, meaning "gemstone"). Its structure combines the top element "宀" (roof) with "玉" (jade), symbolizing precious items kept under a roof, thus conveying the concept of something valued and protected.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5B9D |
| 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 | 宝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 宝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xAE 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5B9D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005B9D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5b9d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 273B39 |
| kCNS1986 | E-284E |
| kCNS1992 | 3-284E |
| kCangjie | JMGI |
| kCantonese | bou2 |
| kCihaiT | 416.402 |
| kCowles | 3332 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0561.080 |
| kDefinition | treasure, jewel; precious, rare |
| kEACC | 273B39 |
| kFennIndex | 387.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3010.3 |
| kGB0 | 1706 |
| kHangul | 보:N |
| kHanYu | 20917.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | bǎo(270) |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0561.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20917.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0284.081 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3126 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FBD2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A75 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3E51 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2D6C |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-284E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5257 |
| kJapanese | ホウ たから |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1274 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAKARA |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU |
| kJis0 | 4285 |
| kKangXi | 0284.081 |
| kKorean | PO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1405 |
| kMandarin | bǎo |
| kMatthews | 4956 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2408 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010135 |
| kMorohashi | 07122 |
| kNelson | 1293 |
| kPhonetic | 1083 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3653+40.3.5 C+3653+96.5.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 40.5 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5BDA U+5BF3<kFenn U+5BF6<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "宝" U+5B9D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTGHZ2013 | 012.130:bǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "宝" U+5B9D CJK Unified Ideograph-# "寶" U+5BF6 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJ |
| kVietnamese | bảo |
| kXHC1983 | 0037.100:bǎo |