U+5FB7 "德" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
德
U+5FB7 "德" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental and widely used Chinese character that represents the concept of virtue, moral character, or inner ethical power. It appears in classical texts such as the Dao De Jing and Confucian writings, where it conveys the idea of personal integrity and benevolent conduct. In modern usage, it is a common component in words like 道德 (dàodé, meaning morality) and 德国 (Déguó, the Chinese name for Germany). The character is composed of the radical 彳 (to walk or step) combined with components suggesting directness and the heart, together implying a path of righteous action rooted in sincere inner disposition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5FB7 |
| 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 | 德 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 德 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xBE 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5FB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005FB7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5fb7 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BC77 |
| kCCCII | 213D75 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6C61 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6C61 |
| kCangjie | HOJWP |
| kCantonese | dak1 |
| kCihaiT | 518.301 |
| kCowles | 4082 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0698.040 |
| kDefinition | ethics, morality, virtue |
| kEACC | 213D75 |
| kFanqie | 多則 |
| kFenn | 381aP |
| kFennIndex | 505.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2423.6 |
| kGB0 | 2134 |
| kGB1 | 2134 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0919k |
| kHangul | 덕:0E |
| kHanYu | 20841.170 |
| kHanyuPinlu | dé(97) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20841.170:dé |
| kHKGlyph | 1288 |
| kIBMJapan | FABA |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0698.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20841.170 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0371.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3542 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BC77 |
| kIRG_JSource | J3-7445 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D5E8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-536C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6C61 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5471 |
| kJapanese | トク チ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+5FB3 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3272 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,84,37 |
| kJapaneseKun | OSHIE |
| kJapaneseOn | TOKU |
| kKangXi | 0371.080 |
| kKorean | TEK |
| kLau | 484 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1795 |
| kMandarin | dé |
| kMatthews | 6162 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2996 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011356 MJ011356:E0101 MJ011357:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 10243 10243:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1633 1636 |
| kPhonetic | 171 1312A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+8452+60.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 60.12 |
| kSBGY | 529.04 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+60B3<kLau,kMatthews U+60EA<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 215.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dé粵dak1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1795 |
| kTang | dək |
| kTGHZ2013 | 069.060:dé |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | đức |
| kXerox | 243:103 |
| kXHC1983 | 0224.010:dé |