U+5F23 "弣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
弣
U+5F23 "弣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that historically refers to the central grip or handle of a bow, the part that an archer holds when drawing the bowstring. In classical Chinese texts, such as the "Rites of Zhou," it appears as a component of archery terminology, often associated with the structure of a bow and its use in ritual or martial contexts. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, this character retains significance in the study of ancient Chinese weaponry and ceremonial practices, illustrating the detailed vocabulary developed around bow construction in classical literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5F23 |
| 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 | 弣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 弣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBC 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5F23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005F23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5f23 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | CC72 |
| kCCCII | 22294C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2653 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2653 |
| kCangjie | NODI |
| kCantonese | fu2 |
| kCihaiT | 501.603 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0674.080 |
| kDefinition | middle |
| kEACC | 22294C |
| kFanqie | 芳武 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1424.0 |
| kGB3 | 2772 |
| kGSR | 0136f |
| kHanYu | 20993.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20993.020:fǔ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0674.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20993.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0357.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-3B68 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-CC72 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7435 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-41B6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3128 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2653 |
| kJapanese | フ ゆづか |
| kJIS0213 | 1,84,21 |
| kJapaneseKun | YUZUKA |
| kJapaneseOn | FU |
| kJis1 | 2870 |
| kKangXi | 0357.260 |
| kMandarin | fǔ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011171 |
| kMorohashi | 09749 |
| kPhonetic | 392 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+16856+57.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 57.5 |
| kSBGY | 262.27 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1719 |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 315:125 |