U+670B "朋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
朋
U+670B "朋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in East Asian languages, including Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean, where it conveys the meaning of "friend" or "companion." Its visual composition consists of two identical components of "月" (moon or flesh) side by side, which originally symbolized a pair of strings of cowrie shells used as currency in ancient China, later evolving to represent mutual association or partnership. In modern usage, the character appears frequently in words like "朋友" (péngyǒu, friend) and carries cultural connotations of trust and camaraderie across various written contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+670B |
| 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 | 朋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 朋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9C 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x670B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000670B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u670b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AA42 |
| kCCCII | 21435E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4E25 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4E25 |
| kCangjie | BB |
| kCantonese | pang4 |
| kCihaiT | 658.502 |
| kCowles | 3453 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0883.040 |
| kDefinition | friend, pal, acquaintance |
| kEACC | 21435E |
| kFanqie | 步崩 |
| kFenn | 622A |
| kFennIndex | 397.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7722.0 |
| kGB0 | 3783 |
| kGB1 | 3783 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0886a |
| kHangul | 붕:0E |
| kHanYu | 32050.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | péng(514) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32050.060:péng |
| kHKGlyph | 1829 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0883.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32050.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0504.290 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4573 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AA42 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A7E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DFC4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5D5B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4E25 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5923 |
| kJapanese | ホウ とも |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1185 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOMO |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU |
| kJis0 | 4294 |
| kKangXi | 0504.290 |
| kKorean | PWUNG |
| kLau | 2471 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2590 |
| kMandarin | péng |
| kMatthews | 5054 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2289 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013525 MJ013525:E0102 MJ013524:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 14340' 14340':E0102 14340:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3737 |
| kPhonetic | 1024 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3662+74.4.4 V+14022+74.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 74.4 |
| kSBGY | 201.37 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 300.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | péng粵pang4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2590 |
| kTang | bhəng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 279.030:péng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bằng |
| kXerox | 244:334 |
| kXHC1983 | 0864.010:péng |