U+6C38 "永" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+6C38 "永" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "eternity," "permanence," or "forever," and it holds significant cultural and linguistic importance in East Asian writing systems. It is the foundational character for the famous Eight Principles of Yong, a traditional calligraphy practice in which the character's eight distinct strokes encompass all basic stroke types used in Chinese brush writing. Beyond its technical role in calligraphy, "永" appears in classical texts, philosophical concepts, and common phrases, such as in the word "永遠" (yǒngyuǎn), meaning "eternal." Its form combines a simplified depiction of flowing water with radical elements, symbolizing continuous or enduring action, and it is frequently employed in names, poetry, and inscriptions to convey a sense of lasting legacy or infinite time.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
永 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
永 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE6 0xB0 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x6C38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00006C38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u6c38 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
A5C3 |
| kCCCII |
21465D |
| kCNS1986 |
1-4663 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-4663 |
| kCangjie |
INE |
| kCantonese |
wing5 |
| kCihaiT |
761.201 |
| kCowles |
5051 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0996.040 |
| kDefinition |
long, perpetual, eternal, forever |
| kEACC |
21465D |
| kFanqie |
于憬 |
| kFenn |
521B |
| kFennIndex |
641.04 |
| kFourCornerCode |
3023.2 |
| kGB0 |
5132 |
| kGB1 |
5132 |
| kGradeLevel |
3 |
| kGSR |
0764a |
| kHangul |
영:0E |
| kHanYu |
31546.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
yǒng(303) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
31546.030:yǒng |
| kHKGlyph |
2109 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0996.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
31546.030 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0603.040 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5340 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-A5C3 |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-314A |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-F9B6 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-6735 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-4663 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-5B5B |
| kJapanese |
エイ ヨウ ながい |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:324 |
| kJapaneseKun |
NAGAI TOKOSHIENI |
| kJapaneseOn |
EI YOU |
| kJis0 |
1742 |
| kKangXi |
0603.040 |
| kKarlgren |
261 |
| kKorean |
YENG |
| kLau |
3238 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
3057 |
| kMandarin |
yǒng |
| kMatthews |
7589 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3768 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ015039 |
| kMorohashi |
17088 |
| kNelson |
0130 |
| kPhonetic |
1452 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+1260+85.4.1 V+20154+85.4.1 |
| kRSUnicode |
85.1 |
| kSBGY |
316.34 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
354.05 7.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
yǒng粵wing5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
3057 |
| kTang |
*hiuæ̌ng |
| kTGHZ2013 |
441.210:yǒng |
| kTotalStrokes |
5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
vắng |
| kXerox |
245:167 |
| kXHC1983 |
1392.020:yǒng |