U+66F8 "書" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
書
U+66F8 "書" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character representing the concept of "book," "write," or "document," and it is also used in Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese as a kanji, hanja, or chữ Hán with similar meanings. This character commonly appears in compounds such as "图书馆" (library) and "書店" (bookstore), reflecting its deep cultural association with literature, calligraphy, and formal writing traditions across East Asia. Historically, its form evolved from ancient oracle bone and bronze inscriptions depicting a hand holding a writing brush, symbolizing the act of recording information. In modern usage, it remains a core component of vocabulary related to education, publishing, and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+66F8 |
| 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 | 書 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 書 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9B 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x66F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000066F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u66f8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AED1 |
| kCCCII | 214355 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5573 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5573 |
| kCangjie | LGA |
| kCantonese | syu1 |
| kCihaiT | 650.302 |
| kCowles | 3982 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0874.180 |
| kDefinition | book, letter, document; writings |
| kEACC | 214355 |
| kFanqie | 傷魚 |
| kFenn | 669A |
| kFennIndex | 460.08 461.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5060.1 |
| kGB1 | 4273 |
| kGSR | 0045t |
| kHangul | 서:0E |
| kHanYu | 21509.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shū(1446) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21509.090:shū |
| kHKGlyph | 1820 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0874.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21509.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0502.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4A69 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AED1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3D71 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1ED |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F76 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5573 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5878 |
| kJapanese | ショ かく ふみ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAKU FUMI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHO |
| kJis0 | 2981 |
| kKangXi | 0502.120 |
| kKorean | SE |
| kLau | 2901 |
| kMandarin | shū |
| kMatthews | 5857 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2760 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013492 MJ013491:E0102 MJ013492:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 14294 13928:E0102 14294:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3719 |
| kPhonetic | 94 1235 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2427+72.4.6 C+2427+73.4.6 V+13827+73.4.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 73.6 |
| kSBGY | 066.27 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "书" U+4E66 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 298.03 548.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shū粵syu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2579 |
| kTang | *shiu |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thư |
| kXerox | 242:060 |
| kXHC1983 | 1064.071:shū |