U+6BB7 "殷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

殷

U+6BB7 "殷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a rich historical and cultural significance, commonly pronounced as "yīn" in Mandarin. Its original meaning relates to a grand or flourishing state, and it is most famously associated with the Shang dynasty (also known as the Yin dynasty), which was the second Chinese dynasty recorded in history. Over time, the character has evolved to convey additional meanings, including a deep, profound emotion or a sense of earnestness, as seen in phrases like "殷勤" (yīnqín), meaning attentive or solicitous. In modern usage, "殷" also appears in contexts such as "殷切" (yīnqiè) for sincere hope, and it remains a common element in personal names, place names, and classical literature, reflecting its enduring role in the Chinese writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+6BB7
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	殷
HTML Hex Encoding	殷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0xAE 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x6BB7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00006BB7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u6bb7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	AEEF
kCCCII	21463A
kCNS1986	1-5633
kCNS1992	1-5633
kCangjie	HSHNE
kCantonese	jan1
kCihaiT	742.603
kCowles	5109
kDaeJaweon	0977.190
kDefinition	many, great; abundant, flourishing
kEACC	21463A
kFanqie	於斤烏閑
kFenn	402F
kFennIndex	629.05
kFourCornerCode	2724.7
kGB0	5083
kGB1	5083
kGradeLevel	5
kGSR	0448a
kHangul	은:0N
kHanYu	32156.040
kHanyuPinyin	32156.040:yīn,yǐn,yān
kHKGlyph	2073
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0977.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	32156.040
kIRGKangXi	0585.020
kIRG_GSource	G0-5273
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AEEF
kIRG_JSource	J0-5D56
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-FBF3
kIRG_KSource	K0-6B5C
kIRG_TSource	T1-5633
kIRG_VSource	V1-5B45
kJapanese	アンインオンエンさかん
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:1977
kJapaneseKun	SAKAN
kJapaneseOn	IN AN
kJis0	6154
kKangXi	0585.020
kKarlgren	279
kKorean	UN AN
kLau	3323
kMainlandTelegraph	3009
kMandarin	yīn
kMatthews	7423
kMeyerWempe	3815
kMojiJoho	MJ014913
kMorohashi	16627
kNelson	0227
kPhonetic	1479
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+5365+79.4.6
kRSUnicode	79.6
kSBGY	112.21 130.05
kSMSZD2003Index	346.14
kSMSZD2003Readings	yīn粵jan1 yān粵jin1 yǐn粵jan2
kTaiwanTelegraph	3009
kTang	*qiən qiə̌n qɛn
kTGHZ2013	421.040:yān 436.170:yīn
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kVietnamese	ân
kXerox	256:277
kXHC1983	1324.020:yān 1376.030:yīn 1382.050:yǐn